Sep 15, 2008

Business - India Post launches online travel ticket service

India Post (Karnataka Circle) today announced the launch of online travel ticket booking service in Karnataka on a pilot project basis in association with ARM i-Solutions Private Limited, a Chennai-based technology solutions provider. The service is initially available in 150 post offices across all 28 districts in the state. Karnataka is the second state after Tamil Nadu where India Post has launched this service in 200 post offices.

Branded as Genie Ease-Ticket, the service is a next-gen computerised reservation system and end-to-end travel distribution solution launched by ARM i-Solutions. It facilitates distribution of all types of travel products such as air, train, bus, car, hotels, tour packages, movie tickets from a single platform.
India Post will launch this service in Maharashtra and Kerala shortly, said M P Rajan, chief postmaster general. He said ARM and India Post will install Genie Ease-Ticket system in about 8,000 post offices in the next one year

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Anonymous said...

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