Who are they and how they started off
Thrillophilia mobile app was founded in 2009 by Abhishek Daga, an alumnus of the IIT BHU and Chitra Gurnani alumnus of the Indian School of Business Initially they used word of mouth and Digital marketing to popularize their company. A few months later, the company sold its trip to Ladakh on Thrillophilia.com. Today, as per Alexa traffic rankings, Thrillophilia is among the top 20 Travel Websites and has been credited with India’s largest adventure travel website with more than 400 tours on the website. Thrillophilia claims to have had at least 70% growth every quarter since its founding. The company started with eco tours and experiential tours in 2011 branched out to selling corporate tours, activity honeymoon trips and weekend getaways. Further in 2012, Thrillophilia added wildlife getaways. As of today, Thrillophilia employs over 30 people.
The team initially started with the idea of building an adventure and activity portal where each and every possible activity trip of India would be listed and become a one stop destination for adventure travel. Even though there was measured success, the company decided to focus more on particular regions and then scale up.
How Thrillophilia is Creating Entrepreneurs across India
Thrillophilia is an Indian Adventure Travel company headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Chitra Gurnani and Abhishek Daga in 2009. In its initial years, it focused on online sales of adventure tours but later expanded to ground operations and now conducts a variety of tours, experiences, adventure activities and things to do in the Indian subcontinent. The company started out with their passion for travel and their belief in India as a good market for adventure tours. The company has been in the space for a few years and has now added activities and things to do in their portfolio. Thrillophilia is now a marketplace for tours, activities and to-do things with the site having undergone a major revamp as well.
Today, as per Alexa traffic rankings, Thrillophilia is among the top 20 Travel Websites. And It has been credited with India’s largest adventure travel website with more than 400 tours on the website and soon we are launching Thrillophilia Mobile App also. Thrillophilia claims to have had at least 70% growth every quarter since its founding.
Features of an Adventure Travel App
1). Booking tours
2). Listing of tours
3). Profile
4). Messages
5). Plan a trip
6). Recent Trending spots
7). Feedbacks & Comments
8). Testimonials
9). Social media linking
What the co-founder says-
“It’s been a rollercoaster ride. We celebrated every success, every moment of joy and pushed ourselves harder during tough days. Yes there were lots of tough days, days when we did not do any sales for 45 days, days when the website was under malware attack and then blacklisted by Google, month on month negative cash flows, but persistence was the key. Like every start-up, there were problems faced concerning getting good deals from vendors.”
“When we started a lot of service providers out rightly rejected us based on our size. We came out stronger and then came the plan of having corporate tours. An entirely managed experience where we had built our own outdoor and training team and started doing an activity and experiential learning programs. These services turned the table for us and gave the thrust we needed, and we now have served more than 14000 people and counting.”
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