Travel search engine iXiGO has signed a partnership with NDTV Convergence for powering airfare searches on NDTV.
Published: 16 Oct 2008
Travel search engine iXiGO has signed a partnership with NDTV Convergence for powering airfare searches on NDTV.
NDTV's flight search, powered by iXiGO, will enable users to search airfares in real-time across all the airlines and airports in India, and book them directly on airline websites.
"iXiGO's flight search engine will strengthen NDTV Convergence's leadership in online and mobile media, extending their bouquet of offerings to online travel," stated a release.
Positioned as a one stop-shop for flights, hotels, restaurant guides and other products, NDTV Travel (http://travels.ndtv.com/) provides handy tools such as currency converter, flight time finder,
a list of all tourist offices in India, weather check and restaurant guides.
NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100 percent subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is a web 2.0 company. The company develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as internet, mobile, ITV and IPTV.
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