HolidayIQ.com is an online travel community and information portal powered by user-generated content. Travel information is generated through varied forms of content including reviews, photographs, videos and interactive travel forums. The website is not a travel agent and does not do any bookings directly. It is a repository of travel information that connects travellers to each other and to hoteliers, tour operators and online travel agents. Description HolidayIQ.com is owned by Leisure & Lifestyle Information Services Pvt. Ltd. The company operates in the leisure travel space in India. In addition to being a travel information portal, the company also creates products for hoteliers and travel agents in India. Based on traveller insights, the website provides information to visitors to the website. The company has investments from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners. HolidayIQ.com does not hold any transactions with consumers. It connects travellers to its travel partners and follows the 'cost per search' business model to earn revenue. HolidayIQ.com claims to have close to 30,000 hotels and 1,300 destinations in India listed on its website. HolidayIQ.com merged with the Singapore-based travel search company Wego in 2010. However, the companies de-merged in 2013. On October 31, 2012, HolidaylQ.com launched a campaign called 'Goa to the power of HolidaylQ'. The initiative aimed at improving traveller experience in Goa. Key hotels of Goa were given customized tablets called the hiq!PAD that is preloaded with an application that enables guests at the hotel to share reviews about their stay.
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