You can put it down to the fabled itch — after seven long years, Cleartrip and White Space are getting a divorce. Cleartrip has always focused on simplicity in the design of our products and our home page has been … Continue reading
Travel sites and pricing tricks
From the very beginning, Cleartrip has had a simple and unique philosophy towards the display of pricing in our products: “What you see is what you pay”. Cleartrip was the first travel company to display prices inclusive of taxes and … Continue reading
The Cleartrip Small World contest
We’re in the mood for some fun today, so we’re going to run a travel-trivia contest on Twitter. So here it is — The Cleartrip Small World contest. Here’s how it works: We’ll ask 10 questions on Twitter, whose answers … Continue reading
Small World – Under the Hood
A few weeks back we launched a significant rewrite and redesign of Small World. At Cleartrip, we’ve always been big believers in sharing the technology and design details in our products; and in this post, we’re going to delve into … Continue reading
Why we fired our PR agency
Yesterday, we had the unpleasant task of firing our Public Relations agency, Buzz PR. We fired them because they were spamming our customers. At Cleartrip, we do not spam our customers or anyone else, ever. Period. There is no negotiating … Continue reading
Charting Expressway growth
About eight months ago, when we were readying to launch Expressway, many of us had doubts about whether the Indian market was ready for such a product. We wondered whether customers would feel comfortable storing their card details online. Optimism … Continue reading
SEO contributes more at Cleartrip
Almost eight months ago, we published SEO flying higher at Cleartrip to share some insights of progress over a twelve month period. Last month, we completed two years of dedicated SEO work and we created a new infographic to share … Continue reading
Decoding rising airfares in India
We all know that airfares are increasing. We can feel that we are paying much more to fly than we were a couple of years ago, or even twelve months ago. But exactly how much have airfares increased over the … Continue reading
Looking beyond the last click
Imagine Spain playing a football match. While the glory of the goal belongs to a Torres or a Silva, would the goal even be possible without an Iniesta or a Xavi? Football may not be an obvious analogy for Search … Continue reading
iOS6 Adoption Rate in India
Apple previewed iOS 6 in June at WWDC and launched it on September 19th, making updates available over-the-air and through iTunes. iOS 6 offers over 200 new features; including Facebook integration, expanded Siri capabilities, shared Photo Streams, Passbook and more. … Continue reading