MakeMyTrip Limited was founded in 2000 by Deep Kalra in New York to cater to overseas Indians booking flights back home. Five years later, in 2005, it launched operations in India and quickly expanded from flights into hotels, holiday packages, and other travel services. Notable early moves include launching RoutePlanner in 2012 to help users plan multi-modal trips and setting up a USD 15 million innovation fund in 2014 to support travel startups.
The company operates a digital travel ecosystem across multiple brands—MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Redbus, and TripMoney—offering services like flights, hotels, buses, trains, cabs, holiday packages, and forex. Its platform integrates booking, scheduling, payment, and customer support, serving millions of users across India and select international markets including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Acknowledged for technology-driven innovation, MakeMyTrip has embraced AI and automation to enhance personalization, dynamic pricing, and customer service. It pioneered features like AI-powered hotel “Collections” to streamline stay recommendations. Over the years, it has pursued strategic acquisitions—Ibibo/Goibibo and Redbus in 2016, BookMyForex in 2022, Savaari car rentals and Happay expense management more recently—to bolster its travel and fintech offerings.
MakeMyTrip’s growth trajectory includes expansion into corporate travel with platforms like MyBiz, Quest2Travel, and MyPartner, as well as the evolution toward a full-fledged travel “super app” offering cruises, experiences, and multi-currency services. Most recently, it rolled out a train “Seat Availability Forecast” feature in June 2025 and is raising USD 3 billion via debt and equity to repurchase shares from Trip.com, reducing foreign ownership.