MSN India ties up with Desiya.com

Media News, June 8

MUMBAI

MSN India today announced it's partnership with Desiya Inc., a New Jersey based online travel company for it’s newly launched online travel services channel - www.msn.desiya.in. MSN India will now offer its users travel bookings and services including air tickets, hotel bookings, car rental, holidays and other destination services for India and worldwide.

“Desiya. was born to address the travel needs of people looking for an avenue where they can plan and book their travel to India from just one place. We are excited about our association with MSN India, as this offers us an opportunity to deliver the best of online travel services to a large number and fast growing Indian online population”, said Amit Taneja, CEO ,Desiya.com

Mr. Niraj Dutt, Executive Vice-President, NDTV Media, the Sales Partner of MSN India said, “India has always been a travel destination for people from around the world and Indians who have settled abroad. With more working professionals and their families opting to travel for their holidays what matters most when they travel, is convenience and hassle free travel services. Desiya is the ideal partner for MSN India in addressing these needs of our users who look at travelling abroad or within India. ”

Mr. Rajnish, Head- Digital Marketing Revenue and Strategic Business, MSN India said, “There has always been a vacuum when it came to a convenient one-stop solution for all travel related services. We believe, that together, MSN India and Desiya will be able to bridge that gap and address the needs of the growing travelling population .Travel is today a popular form of leisure. The number of working people who travel has been substantially increasing year after year. Travel enthusiasts on MSN India can now do all their travel enquiries and bookings etc at www.msn.desiya.in.”

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The MSN Travel page will now feature Desiya.in. Users can enter their travel details like - destination, number of passengers/rooms, check in and check out dates, class, type of hotel, airline/hotel preferences, one way or return, view the fares on each airline or hotel and make payments by credit card online. Users can also rent cars of their choice and have airport pick ups or drops by entering their flight details. Holiday packages have been customized for every kind of holidayer -Adventure, Beach , Honeymoon , Religious, Romantic, Cultural, Trekking, Sporting and Leisure. Each service is available with additional search options allowing the user to customise their travel plans.

MSN India has always been committed to providing users the best online experience when it comes to staying in touch with family, friends and colleagues or entertainment or news or shopping. Now, MSN Travel will add on to this experience through www.msn.desiya.in.

About MSN and Windows Live

MSN attracts more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering compelling programmed content experiences to consumers and online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. Windows Live, a new set of personal Internet services and software, is designed to bring together in one place all the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web. MSN and Windows Live will be offered alongside each other as complementary services. Some Windows Live services entered an early beta phase on Nov. 1, 2005; these and future beta updates can be found at http://ideas.live.com. Windows Live is available at http://www.live.com. MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com. MSN worldwide sites are located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx.

About Desiya Inc

Travel is more than getting from one place to another. It’s about an experience that stays with you. Desiya was born to ensure that experience by providing its users, choice, convenience, transparency and value for money. Desiya is promoted by an experienced travel and technology professionals. Desiya’s current product offerings consists of hotel accommodation, airline tickets, car rentals and vacation packages bookable online at www.desiya.in. Desiya have offices in New Jersey, London, Gurgaon and Kolkata. Current Desiya branded sites are www.desiya.com, www.desiya.co.uk and www.desiya.in

About NDTV Media

NDTV Media is India’s best-known and most respected Media Marketing and Consulting company. It is a full-service marketing & ad sales company specializing in the intricate needs of the media Industry .NDTV Media has been the fulcrum behind the success of three Superbrand channels, NDTV 24X7, NDTV India & NDTV Profit. The NDTV Media team is the best in the business, having excellent relationships with over 800 advertisers in the country. NDTV Media has a presence in 6 major cities across India: Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore & Ahmedabad.