The Clearrio Advantage

Manu Sasidharan, Head of Hotels, Cleartrip spoke to Anirban Dasgupta on the 'road to recovery of the hospitality sector and how Cleartrip is all prepared to serve its customers in tune with the new norms, advanced technology and customer service.

The tourism industry, perhaps facing its biggest challenges ever in the last couple of years, has shown some growth in the recent past. How do you perceive this situation and what would be your strategy to bring Cleartrip back on a fast-paced track?

We have seen a very positive recovery in all aspects - revenue for our partners, average room rates, and also occupancy in the last 2 quarters (from April). I am very positive that this momentum will continue in the upcoming quarters with tailwinds owing to seasonality. At Cleartrip, we focused our efforts on building our foundation in terms of technology and direct contracting with our hotel partners over the last 6 months and we started the season with "The Big Billion days on Cleartrip" which has set the stage for us to do a hockey stick growth.

Your view on the steps that are required to be taken by the corporate as well as the government to bring back the confidence of the consumers to the pre-pandemic levels?