Via.com eyes $1 bn GMV from airlines, rail, bus tickets, cab rides sales

July 20, 2016

Via.com offers airline, rail and bus tickets on its platform. It also has a network of over 1,00,000 independent re-sellers in the travel, retail and fintech space in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and UAE.

Airline flash sales increase hotel bookings by five times: Via.com

July 11, 2016

According to Via.com, the recent spurt in flash sales in the airlines segment has led to an increase in the hotel bookings and holiday packages by almost five times. The surge in air travel bookings due to the price war started by the airlines has resulted in an overall increase of sales in the company by nearly 200% in June itself.

We Have the Most Comprehensive Inventory of Hotels and Airlines - Kousik Bhattacharya, Via.com

June 14, 2016

B2B obviously has a normal pace. We now have over 100,000 partners across the world (75,000 of these are in India). The target was to add 1,000 new sign ups every day and doubling the B2B customer base to 2,00,000 by the end of 2016 fiscal, Bhattacharya told BW Hotelier.

Via.com Appoints V Swaminathan As CEO,Vinay Gupta Now Chairman

March 6, 2013

Online travel agent Via.com has appointed V Swaminathan as its new CEO starting January 2013, Swaminathan has confirmed to MediaNama. Prior to this appointment, Swaminathan was COO of Via.com. Prior to joining Via, he has also worked with Sabre Holdings and TT Services.

Via.com and Tiger airways singapore

December 5, 2012

Via.com, South East Asia's leading travel network with leadership position in India, The Philippines and Indonesia today entered into an exclusive strategic alliance with Tiger Airways Singapore, one of Asia's leading low cost carriers.

Via Bus bets big on domestic pilgrimage

December 8, 2011

Via Bus Tours, part of the Bangalore-based travel operator Via Group, is betting big on the domestic pilgrimage tourism market, with plans to add 16 more multi-axle luxury Volvo buses to its existing fleet of four in the next two quarters to connect major cities and towns with pilgrimage centres.

Bangalore Via to takeover Jalandhar-based firm

November 12, 2011

Bangalore-based Via, one of the largest players in the domestic travel market in India having presence in 2,400 cities and a network of close to 20,000 travel agents, has acquired Jalandhar-based travel company TSC travel Services (Pvt) Ltd.

Travel firm Via to raise $100m in 4-5 months.

March 30, 2011

Indian travel services company Via plans to raise as much as $100 million from venture capital and private equity investors to fund its global expansion.

Travel Company Via to Raise $100 Million.

January 23, 2010

Bangalore -- Indian travel services company Via plans to raise as much as $100 million from venture capital and private equity investors to fund its global expansion.

Sequoia to invest $10 million in online travel agency

January 23, 2010

Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India has invested around $10 million (Rs46 crore) in online travel agency Via.

Software product firms are hot favourites of VCs Via,

November 26, 2007

has raised $5 million from NEA-IndoUS Ventures.