At 25, MakeMyTrip says best is yet to come, bets on investments, AI to outpace industry growth

As India’s pioneering online travel company, MakeMyTrip, completes 25 years of existence, its founders reckon that their company has made enough investments that will enable it to outpace industry growth in the future. 

“The best is yet to come,” said Deep Kalra, Co-founder and Chairman, MakeMyTrip, who, along with Co-founder and CEO Rajesh Magow, was in conversation with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory. 

“So the best part of this 25 is that the last 12 months have been our best ever,” he said. “We do genuinely believe that the best is yet to come because of not just MakeMyTrip… (but also) because of where India is, how we are poised, how travel is taking off, we are seeing all of that.”

A slew of positive factors

Magow outlined the reasons for such optimism. “In many ways, the company, the country, is growing,” he said. “We have a demographic dividend. We have infrastructure investments. We have rising incomes. We have disposable income.”

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