Online travel firm, MakeMyTrip has announced that it is aiming to expand its all-women team of ‘Holiday Experts’.
Speaking on the occasion, Jasmeet Singh, Business Head, Holidays & Experiences, MakeMyTrip said, “We were amongst the initial set of companies who realized the power of working from home, and started investing in a team of freelancers.”
“Our efforts to build a strong base of end-to-end holiday planning experts have been consistently delivering dividends in the form of rising contributions to the Holiday Packages segment. We are now keen on expanding our base of 850+ Holiday experts and our franchise networks, as we target to penetrate deeper into this segment,” Jasmeet Singh added.
Jasmeet further added, “We take pride in our robust holiday expert program that includes women from all walks of life. It’s a platform that offers flexible work engagements, attractive conversion-based remuneration, and numerous opportunities for holistic growth.”
“Their trust in us as a brand bolstered during the pandemic as we remained committed to our promise of taking care of the team. During this period, we continued to remain invested in the team and leveraged their expertise for building cause-related and pandemic-focused assets, beyond travel packages,” says Jasmeet.
MakeMyTrip said in a statement, “In FY22, the team of women freelancers, serving as holiday experts, helped curate packages for nearly two lakh travellers – closing the year with the highest-ever packages sold by these experts in over 10 years.”
MakeMyTrip has also built a parallel structure of leads from within this team to ensure high efficiency and delivery standards along with a healthy working environment for these professionals.
During the pandemic, MakeMyTrip has seen a 200% increase in interest from women freelancers in joining this team from these markets. Currently, MakeMyTrip has over 850 women holiday experts with 43% of them being mothers and caregivers working from metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Indore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, and Lucknow.
The company also offers benefits including self and family insurance cover, access to upskilling and development courses, team bonding and engagement opportunities and travel perks, etc.
