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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

India’s MakeMyTrip.com buys Singapore travel agency

In a deal that will span three years, Indian online travel booking service Makemytrip.com will fully acquire Singapore based travel agency Luxury Tours and Travel (LTT).

The Indian company has spent USD3 million for a majority stake and will make further investments as it plans to acquire more shares from existing shareholders by 2014. Cash payments will be made based on valuations linked to LTT’s profitability.

The acquisition will expand coverage of MakeMyTrip’s travel services to Southeast Asia. LTT has arrangements with over 100 hotels in Singapore and more than  25 in other parts of the region as part of its hotel reservations, tours, and related services business.

MakeMyTrip raised USD70 million last year with a NASDAQ listing and it’s also backed by private equity investors.

We’ve sought comments from MakeMytrip but have yet to receive a response. We’ll post them once we do.


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