Company
Overview 
JourneyMart.com
JourneyMart.com is one of India’s foremost online travel providers, trading since 2001. Originally conceived as a Travel e-commerce platform and developed as a “Mall for Travel” (M4T) on the internet, JourneyMart.com was re-invented in late 2004 to operate as an online travel provider itself. JourneyMart.com has since made rapid strides towards creating a leadership position for itself in the fast growing e-commerce based online space for travel within, from, and into India. Equipped with advanced travel technologies like real-time Flight Search and Booking engine and a Hotel Reservation engine, which have been developed by JourneyMart based on its expert understanding of the fast evolving India market and the travel e-commerce environment.JourneyMart.com obtained IATA accreditation within a record 5-month period (applied for in late December 2004 and granted in May 2005), and has since established a creditable number of associations and offerings :
- ticketing arrangements with more than 30 airlines who fly from, to and within India
- operating relationships with over 400 hotels within India
- access to over 19,000 hotels worldwide through arrangement with recognized global hotel providers
- Car rental options, travel insurance, rail bookings and visa facilitation arrangements
- Customized holidays and incentive travel packages.
JourneyMart.com is managed by a team of dynamic, committed and qualified professionals who handle travel arrangements, technical design and development, editorial content, customer support, advertising, sales and marketing. The teams are constantly reviewing new developments in various travel-related areas to make the JourneyMart experience a valuable one for the user - be it a traveler or a partner travel business. For business opportunities contact us at business@journeymart.com .
JourneyMart.com is one of three divisions of Interzign Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - a New Delhi, India, based travel technology and solutions providing company. The other divisions are:
M4T – “Mall for Travel ”
M4T is a platform that facilitates travel buyers and sellers alike. The endeavor is that travelers can source destination and travel related information, and the convenience to search, find, book and buy travel from a choice of travel sellers - all on a single internet platform.
As a business opportunity, potential users of the platform could be :
- National / State / Regional tourism bodies who choose to go beyond just promoting their destination. They can use M4T to convert interest into purchase by offering the traveler a choice of sellers showcasing their products in a friendly and convenient manner yet remaining neutral to the actual transaction.
- Travel industry associations who can promote and create actual commerce opportunities for their members beyond just a listing or directory;
- Communities of travel sellers who together seek to reach out to travelers sharing the philosophy of “co-option” – co-operate and compete;
- Media and entertainment organizations whose business model includes the creation of industry specific marketable properties and extract revenue by selling space within such properties, and more.
For business enquieries and more product details contact us at solutions@interzign.com.
Destination Explorer
Destination Explorer has extensive travel content on over 186 countries covering 600 destinations/ cities around the world. This content has been extensively researched and written by a professional and prolific in-house content development and editorial team. We also receive feeds from contributing writers, and are responsible for content management and continuous upgradation. Our travel content syndication can provide up-to-date and relevant content online or offline and can be customized to suit 'the look and feel' of your website or print media. Destination Explorer has provided traveler-friendly and relevant content for the Harper Collins Travel Guides on Goa, Ladakh, Kerala, Himachal, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal.
For further information or queries on Destination Explorer, please contact editor@journeymart.com
Gautam Chadha
Chairman & CEO
Leads JourneyMart.com with his global
understanding of the travel industry and vision of evolving travel markets.
JourneyMart.com was set up in keeping with the new e-business environment.
Well
recognized in the Indian travel trade, Gautam has over 25 years of experience and
professional expertise honed with stints at ITC Hotels, American Express TRS and British
Airways where he was last Marketing Coordinator for Asia, Africa, Australia and
concurrently Brand Manager - Ethnic Services at the airlines headquarters in London. In
1991, the entrepreneur in Gautam surfaced and he ventured out on his own. He returned to
India to set up a travel marketing organisation and has been associated with leading
global travel brands including US Airways, Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd, Hertz, British
Midland, America West Airlines and Hyatt Corporation. Gautam is responsible for
introducing the concept of a cruise vacation in the India market, and has been widely
acknowledged by the industry for the same.
Gautam currently heads his own
travel marketing organisation, TIRUN Travel Marketing, which has a network of 6 locations throughout India and represents Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity
Cruises, Island Cruises and SilverSea for marketing
and sales distribution in India and area countries. |
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Gurjit Singh Ahuja
Executive Director
Gurjit brings a strong travel sales, marketing and product development base, along with his dynamic understanding of technology and travel e-commerce environment to the company. With over 17 years of professional experience spanning Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Lines and the Car Rental industry, Gurjit follows evolving trends in travel keenly and shares his knowledge of the trade at various educational and training forums. Gurjit has worked in New Delhi as Sales Manager with Discover the World Marketing handling US Airways, America West Airlines, British Midland Airlines, Aeromexico, Hertz, Hyatt Hotels, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Celebrity Cruises. Gurjit's previous assignments include sales and marketing with the Malaysia Airlines, prior to which he was responsible for business development with Catvision Products Ltd., a company that spearheaded C-band, CATV , MATV technology and the cable television revolution in the India market. |
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The Rest of the Team
The Interzign teams are led by and made up of experienced professionals from respective
areas of expertise - Creative Heads for Content Writing and Design, Technical Directors,
Senior Programmers, Network Administrators and Hardware Technicians; Marketing,
Advertising and Customer Relationship Managers from the Advertising, Travel, Tourism and
Hospitality Industry

| March 2000 |
Interzign Solutions is conceptualized by three
enterprising professionals |
| June 2000 |
Interzign Solutions is incorporated as a
Private Ltd Company and JourneyMart- its first venture, is set up. The company moves into
its present office in Greater Kailash, New Delhi, starting operations with a staff of
four. |
| April 2001 |
JourneyMart.com goes online under beta test |
| April 2001 |
Concept introduction to the travel trade at
SATTE 2001 |
| November 2001 |
JourneyMart enters into marketing alliance
with Yahoo India and gains access to 17 million users registered with Yahoo
India |
| February 2002 |
Employee strength up 7 times, to 30 |
| March 2002
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Forges Travel Channel Partnership with MSN
India |
| September 2002 |
JourneyMart becomes exclusive Travel Channel
partner of Rediff.com and powers the travel section on Rediff.com |
| September 2002 |
JourneyMart moves Hosting Solutions to
Reliance Infocom Ltd |
| November 2002 |
JourneyMart ties up with the Department of
Tourism, Govt of India website www.tourismofindia
to provide travel service fulfillment |
| March 2004 |
JourneyMart becomes the Travel Channel partner
of www.moneycontrol.com |
| August 2004 |
JourneyMart tests online viability by becoming an online travel agent, changing it's revenue model to be a complete online travel provider. |
| December 2004 |
JourneyMart applies for IATA accreditation. |
| May 2005 |
JourneyMart is now an accredited IATA Travel Agency |
| August 2005 |
Over 400 hotels in India now available on request through the JourneyMart Hotel Search |
| September 2005 |
JourneyMart has ticketing arrangements with over
30 airlines, including low cost carriers. |
| April 2006 |
Launches an online domestic
flight booking engine |
| May 2006 |
Expands relationship with 650
hotels in India. Targets 1000 hotels by end 2006 |

Press
Releases
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Top Accolades for JourneyMart.com
New Delhi, May 2008
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JourneyMart.com is now an
'Online Travel Agent' for your hotel
New Delhi November 2004
- Journey Watch
The JourneyMart.com Quarterly Travel Poll,
New Delhi, October 2004
- Journey Watch
The JourneyMart.com Travel Survey - 2004 Q1
New Delhi, 27 April 2004
-Department
of Tourism, Govt. of India website www.tourismofindia.com
partners www.JourneyMart.com for travel fulfillment
New Delhi, 01 November 2002
-JourneyMart.com partners with Rediff.com as their Travel
Channel Associate. More than 19 Million registered users at Rediff.com can now fulfil
their travelling needs online
New Delhi, August 2002
- JourneyMart Travel Sweepstakes on www.msn.co.in
New Delhi, 18 July, 2002
- JourneyMart.com ties up
with Intel Online Services for Hosting Solutions
New Delhi, November 19, 2001
- Indians Thinking Global
New Delhi, 10 April 2001
- JourneyMart.com announces Quarterly Travel Poll
Travel Trends Today, New Delhi,
December 2004
-Domestic travelers willing to spend more on
comforts
Hindu Business Line, 14 November 2004
- Europe tops hot
spot list
Business Standard,New Delhi, May 07,2004
- Go Net or Go Bust
Travel Trends Today, New Delhi, November 2002
- Click For a Round Trip
HTCity, Hindustan Times, New Delhi,
April 14, 2002
- Bottomline:Journeymart.com is a one-stop travel shop for travellers as
well as the industry
The Financial Express,
New Delhi, October 9, 2001
- JourneyMart.com: The virtual travel mall
TT Bureau, September 2001
- JourneyMart.com - Purveyors
of a Unique Travel Experiment
Travel Trends Today, June 2001
-Travel Site
Mid-Day, Mumbai, May 23, 2001
- DTWM
India changed to Tirun Travel Marketing
Trav Talk, May 2001
-Complete
Travel Internet
The Hindu, Chennai, April 17, 2001
-The Realms of Gold
The Hindu, Chennai, April 23, 2001
- JourneyMart.com
National Herald, New Delhi, April 24, 2001
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JourneyMart.com targets service providers for revenues
The Financial Express, New Delhi, April 25, 2001
- Global
Flavour to Local Needs
The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, April 25, 2001
- Online
Travel rakes in the moolah despite 'dotcalm'
The Economic Times, Kolkatta, April 29, 2001

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