ETW Staff – New Delhi
redBus.in crosses a milestone of cumulative three crore tickets sold through its platform. The last crore tickets came in 1/8th time in comparison to the first one crore. It took 70 months to reach the first one crore tickets; then another 16 months to reach two crore and just last nine months to reach the three crore milestone.
Prakash Sangam, CEO, redBus.in, said, “The pace of growth has accelerated over time driven by innovation in technology – integration with different software systems of 1000s of bus operators, mobile apps, live bus tracking technology and through superior service – round-the-clock customer support, widest choice of tickets, home delivery of bus tickets. This has resulted in redBus becoming the online travel agent of choice for millions of transacting customers and for bus operator and travel agent partners. This landmark of three crore tickets is testimony to the trust reposed on redBus by them.”
Mobile apps of redBus is one of the key catalysts of growth. redBus’ apps on Android, iOS etc are number one travel apps. Contribution of transactions from mobile have tripled in a years’ time making redBus not only the biggest online bus ticketing platform in the country but also the biggest travel category mobile commerce application.
