EaseMyTrip Hits Back At Congress Over Revival Of Maldives Bookings

EaseMyTrip CEO Nishant Pitti has recently responded to Congress after the latter criticized the online travel company over the resumption of Maldives bookings on Saturday.

The company’s co-founder has further remarked that the firm’s nationalistic approach will never change.

Nevertheless, the online travel company has acknowledged that few bookings to the island country were indeed made on its platform.

Taking to X, Nishant Pitti said,

“Dear @INCIndia, thank you for your concern. @EaseMyTrip has halted Maldives bookings from January 8th until today. Some bookings did occur between May 16th-26th, but we took immediate action and got them removed.” said pitti responding to Kerala’s congress unit.

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Furthermore, he also pointed towards other travel companies, who had taken Chinese investment and continue to promote Maldives.

“Why focus only on us? Are you not aware of other Chinese-owned travel portals that never stopped promoting Maldives in the first place? We have been serving for the last 16 years without any foreign investment.” added EaseMyTrip co-founder.

He further asserted, that the company will stay for the ‘long haul.’

Earlier, EaseMyTrip company decided to suspend bookings to Maldives, after the massive diplomatic row which was triggered over offensive social media posts made by three Maldivian deputy ministers over PM Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep.

As a result, the relationship between the two countries reached at all time-low under the presidency of Mohammed Muizzu.

After EaseMyTrip’s solidarity with PM Modi and Indian government, it left an impact of 240,000 annual bookings in company’s platform.

But this fiscal year 2024, the online travel company has recorded highest EBITDA, reaching ₹2282 million, thus recording 19% year-on-year growth.