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ezeego1.com goes live with many firsts to its credit

ETW Staff - Mumbai

ezeego1.com has gone live and the portal offers comprehensive features with many unique firsts not seen before in the online travel market in India.

Speaking on this new venture, Peter Kerkar, global CEO, Cox & Kings, said, “ezeego1.com is unique in a way because it is a travel meta search site with booking capabilities. It is a platform where suppliers and end customers meet to get real time information and transaction capability online. All travel providers, both online and offline, will be represented on ezeego1.com.''

ezeego1.com uses the best technology platform in the Indian travel industry. The portal offers a real time web-based booking engine, which is seamlessly integrated to the mid and back office. Some of the unique features of the site are as follows:

(a) Rail Europe: ezeego1.com has an exclusive tie-up with Rail Europe. It enables passengers to book rail tickets anywhere in Europe where Rail Europe has a network. It is a seamless interface and a first for any website in India.

(b) Shopping cart concept: You do not have to make separate payments for multiple services bought on the site. Even if you purchase more than one product on the site, a single payment can be made for all services.

(c) Car transfers: ezeego1.com is the only website in India to provide car transfer facilities from the airport to the place or residence, office and vice versa.

(d) International cars: The site has a tie-up with major car rental companies in the world to provide transfers in most places in the world.

(e) EasyBill outlets: Indians are not accustomed to making huge payments online, due to a variety of reasons such as credit card limits etc. In order to provide a facility to make offline payments, the company has tied-up with EasyBill, which has 2,200 outlets across India.

(f) Holiday options: The site provides group tours, city breaks, package tours and branded products that are offered by tour operators.

(g) Secure payment gateway: The site has a secure payment gateway, which does not capture the customer's credit card details on the site. It moves directly to the respective bank's site. The payment gateway used follows the verified by Visa and Master Card Secure.

ezeego1.com also has a B2B component that would enable travel agents and tour operators to source products online.