BookMyShow users win Blockbuster prizes

Lucky winners of Blockbuster Week take home Renault KWID, Singapore trip and much more

Mumbai, November 17, 2016: BookMyShow, India’s largest online entertainment ticketing brand, today announced the lucky winners of its recent BookMyShow Blockbuster Week. As part of these celebrations for Diwali, all BookMyShow users who booked a minimum of two movie tickets in a transaction between October 22-30, 2016, availed flat discounts upto Rs. 150 and also won assured prizes from MakeMyTrip and Ola. All users who transacted for movie tickets during the offer period were also eligible to enter the lucky draw for bumper prizes- an all new Renault KWID and a 4 nights/5 days all expenses paid trip for two to Singapore from MakeMyTrip. While Yaseer Abdulwahid from Mumbai took home the Renault KWID, New Delhi’s Abhishek Khanduja will soon be travelling to Singapore. 

Congratulating the winners, Marzdi Kalianiwala, Vice President - Business Intelligence and Marketing, BookMyShow said, “BookMyShow Blockbuster Week was immensely successful in adding to the Diwali festivities of our users. We were glad to provide them with the opportunity to spend more time with their families at the movies while availing flat discounts and winning assured prizes through transactions on BookMyShow. We would especially like to congratulate the winners of our two bumper prizes and certainly hope that we were able to make this Diwali extremely memorable for them.”

On winning Renault KWID, Yaseer Abdulwahid said, “At first when I got a call from BookMyShow informing me that I have won a car, I couldn't believe my ears. The feeling is still yet to sink in. First car is always special and I'm thankful to BookMyShow for choosing me as their lucky winner for this bumper prize."

Abhishek Khanduja, the winner of trip to Singapore said, “Nothing could be as amazing as winning a grand trip to Singapore. It definitely is a fantastic gift, especially since it comes just a few days before my birthday. Love you BookMyShow. It is totally worth booking thousands of tickets on BookMyShow.” 

About BookMyShow

BookMyShow, (Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.), is India’s largest online entertainment ticketing platform that allows users to book tickets for movies, plays, sports and live events through its website, mobile app and mobile site. Founded in Mumbai (India) in 1999 and launched in 2007, BookMyShow is now present in over 350 towns and cities across India, currently meeting the entertainment demands of millions of customers. For more information, please visit www.bookmyshow.com.

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ixigo Launches ‘ixibaba’ - An AI-powered Personal Travel Assistant

An enlightened travel chat bot that helps you plan your trips

New Delhi, Delhi, India 21 July 2016: ixigo, India’s leading travel search marketplace has launched ‘ixibaba’ - an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to simplify the lives of travellers. Along with the human-like-persona of a savvy ‘baba’, ixibaba provides quick, quirky answers to all travel planning and booking related queries. ixibaba will help Indian travelers find the best ways to plan their trip by conversing with them on topics across flights, hotels, buses, cabs, places to visit and vacation destinations. Apart from using ixigo’s proprietary meta-search engine to find where the cheapest travel deals are, the chatbot also covers weather, things to do in a city and even find offbeat adventure activities.

A first-of-its-kind innovation in the Indian travel space, this development is in line with the advances in chat technology and customer interaction. On the new product launch, ixigo CEO & Co-Founder, Aloke Bajpai said - “ixibaba is a personal travel assistant that can help you with all your travel queries just like a knowledgeable friend would. With platforms such as Facebook messenger and Whatsapp reaching a critical mass of over a billion users, chat based information and commerce is bound to take off. We believe we are at the forefront of this evolution when it comes to travel!” Rajnish Kumar, CTO & Co-Founder added - “It took us one year to build ixibaba and it will continue evolving as it learns from real interactions with travelers, since we use artificial intelligence and deep-learning. In tests with over 1000 users, we have seen a nearly 80% accuracy in recognizing travel related queries, and we expect this to continue improving.”

ixibaba has learnt from over 30 million data points across destinations, points of interest, routes, things to do and travel trivia from India and across the world. He will not only tell you all he knows about them but also give you real time information such as the weather, travel routes, flight timings, train status, etc. You will get answers to questions as simple as “What are the cheapest flights to Mumbai tomorrow” or “Find me things to do in Goa in December” or “Flight schedule of 6E184” or “How to go from Patna to Ahmedabad” to complex questions such as “Show me hotels with a pool in Jaipur for under 2000” or “What are some good weekend getaways from Delhi this season?”

ixibaba is fairly easy to use and access since it is accessible on both the web and your mobile browser via the same URL -https://www.ixigo.com/ixibaba/ . You can also chat with ixibaba on Facebook messenger by adding ixigo to your contacts or sending a direct message to  ixigo at http://www.facebook.com/ixigo .

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About ixigo

Launched in 2007 in Gurgaon, India by Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar, ixigo is India’s leading travel search marketplace, connecting over 80 million travellers with content & deals from over 25,000 online & offline travel & hospitality businesses. ixigo aggregates and compares real-time travel information, prices & availability for flights, trains, buses, cabs, hotels, packages & destinations. ixigo’s mission is to simplify the lives of travellers by building apps that make their travel search and planning hassle-free and it has won several awards in its journey, including the TiE-Lumis Entrepreneurial Excellence Award and the NASSCOM Top-10 Emerge Award. ixigo’s investors include SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax. Join ixigo on Facebook and Twitter for more updates.

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Tips on things to keep it in mind while booking travel packages

India 20 July 2016: Taking a break from mundane schedule is always exciting and pleasurable. Planning vacation is undoubtedly a fun task, but only when somebody else is doing for you. Otherwise, visiting websites, looking for reliable agents to offer you a reasonable deal can often be neck breaking.

There is no dearth of exotic and mind-boggling tourist spots. Ranging from destinations that are highly visited and popular among tourists, there are plenty of unexplored spaces and offbeat destinations. However, the first challenge is to select from the pool of options. Once decided upon the destination, begins the hunt for striking gold in finding a good travel deal.

A number of factors have to be kept in mind before embarking on a family vacation. The health and comfort of children comes first; also if elder people are travelling along, additional care needs to be taken for them. Therefore, while a package deal should be affordable, it should also ensure maximum exploration of the destination and comfort in terms of food and stay. Below are certain points that can help you select good travel package for your upcoming vacations:

Chalk out a travel plan

Selecting the destination to travel often becomes challenging.  Hence, the role of different agencies and packages those offer reasonable deals. However, even before you select your destination it is important to set a budget for your travel and number of days to travel. Setting a budget and number of days would further help to you select the destination now. Likewise it is important to have an outline of your vacation ready before checking out for travel packages, as it would help you to remain focused.

Enroll yourself to travelling sites

With plenty of players in the market, there are many online travel websites offering you budgeted deals. Amidst the competition, they cannot afford to lose a customer. Hence, the trick is to enroll yourself to various websites by sharing your details and mail ids. You would soon start receiving deals, discounts and offers in your mail from where you can select the most suitable one.

Go for unpopular

Brand name sells and hence is expensive too. This is not only in case of apparels and footwear but also in travel website. Therefore, book your deals from less popular portals as they tend to give you some additional discounts in order to build their clientele. Also they may offer you customization and add on as well.

Book round trips

Flight fares are often expensive. The fares also depend upon the distance and destination. While you may choose to travel to various places on a single trip, it is advisable to book round trips. Doing so always try to depart and arrive onn the same airport, it ensures saving on some cash.

Say no to extra

Travel packages often tend to lure by giving you options to select additional services to make your trip more pleasurable and memorable. However, remember not to end up opting for these extra offerings. Offering such as airport transfer, shopping assistance and likewise tend to charge you more. 

Travel agency should be 24*7 open

Be careful while choosing you travel agency as mostly during vacation people tend to choose unvisited destinations, therefore there are chances that you may need an assistance to locate your hotels or tourist places. Therefore, it is necessary for your travel agency to be 24*7 available and reachable so that you can seek their help at given point of time.

Plan your trip well in advance

Planning your vacation well in advance not only gives helps on saving on the budget but also help to avail more option and better facility. In case of last minute bookings, you are left to select from the available options and also paying a higher price for the services and bookings.

 Authored article from BigBreaks.com (launched in 2015 is one of India’s most comprehensive and user friendly Travel Portals, aiming to be a one stop shop , or rather a travel super market for anyone wishing to travel within or from India).

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How to overcome loneliness

Mumbai 17 July 2016: You can be lonely even when you're in the middle of a crowd. The best thing to do when you are lonely is to accept it. 

Here are tips on how you can overcome your loneliness by Pocketnewsalert.com

Keep yourself occupied

Keeping yourself busy is a productive way of overcoming loneliness. Being engrossed in your work makes you forget about your loneliness and the sadness associated with it. 

Indulge in fitness

Indulge yourself in fitness activities, it helps you be healthy and have a positive attitude. Go for a run in the morning, it will clear out the thoughts in your mind. 

Find a new hobby

Finding a new hobby will keep you busy in your free time doing things that you enjoy. You'll be surprised how much starting a new hobby can help in overcoming loneliness. 

Go on a trip alone

Explore some new places alone, it will help you feel better. To overcome loneliness its a good idea to escape from your daily routine and just explore new places.

Read a book

To get rid of your loneliness start reading a new book. You will surprised how much this will help you forget about your loneliness. A good book is the only companion you need if you love reading.

Learn a new language

Learning a new language can take a lot of time and effort and hence it will keep you busy enough to forget about your loneliness. Learning a new language is a fun thing to do and it will surely make you feel better. 

Love yourself

The most important tip of them all,  you should love yourself. When you learn to love and pamper yourself, you are sure to overcome loneliness. So go ahead and love yourself!!!

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