Ixigo’s Next Shift: It’s Exploring a Move Into Corporate Travel

Skift Take As higher airfares squeeze the leisure travelers who fueled Ixigo's rise, the travel platform is eyeing corporate travel for a steadier source of demand. Ixigo, a company built around consumer, leisure travel, is exploring a shift into small-business and corporate travel, CEO Aloke Bajpai said during the company's first-quarter earnings call on Thursday. Bajpai said Ixigo has already noticed GST-registered users — a marker of business activity — booking flights, buses, and trains on the company's existing consumer apps, without any dedicated product built for them. "We meaningfully see usage among merchants, traders, small business owners, unmanaged corporate travelers who use GST numbers on our platform already," Bajpai said, adding that the pattern shows up across Ixigo's bus and train