New Delhi: Nishant Pitti, CEO of EaseMyTrip, reacting to the recent controversy over resumption of flight bookings to Maldives through the platform, has admitted that "there were some bookings" between May 16-26 but the company responded swiftly. Took action and removed them.
This reaction came when Kerala Congress took to social media platform
He responded to a post by Kerala Congress on ".
Recently, screenshots circulated on social media showed Maldives bookings available on EaseMyTrip, raising questions about whether the company has called off its boycott.
Pitti claimed that other "Chinese-owned travel portals" continued to promote the Maldives without any interruption.
“Why focus only on us? Don't you know about other Chinese-owned travel portals that have never stopped promoting Maldives? We have been serving for the last 16 years without any foreign investment.Yes, you are right, nothing is permanent – money will come and go. But our nationalist viewpoint will never change. Well, we are here for the long term, and it is not easy for us to leave.
EaseMyTrip had initially halted bookings for Maldives in January after three Maldivian ministers made derogatory comments about Prime Minister Modi following his visit to Lakshadweep.
The Congress party questioned the resumption of bookings, asking, "A few months ago, online travel aggregator @EaseMyTrip took a nationalist step by removing Maldives as a destination from its flight and hotel booking platform to support PM Modi Was.Now they are quiet, bookings for Maldives have started again. We wonder if this is a sign of something? Is money more important than PM Modi? Money will come and go, and so is PM Modi!”
Responding to the Congress' post, Pitti wrote on Twitter: "Dear @INCIndia, thank you for your concern. @EaseMyTrip has stopped bookings for Maldives from 8th January till today.Some bookings were made between May 16 and 26, but we took immediate action and got them removed.
This reaction came when Kerala Congress took to social media platform
He responded to a post by Kerala Congress on ".
Recently, screenshots circulated on social media showed Maldives bookings available on EaseMyTrip, raising questions about whether the company has called off its boycott.
Pitti claimed that other "Chinese-owned travel portals" continued to promote the Maldives without any interruption.
“Why focus only on us? Don't you know about other Chinese-owned travel portals that have never stopped promoting Maldives? We have been serving for the last 16 years without any foreign investment.Yes, you are right, nothing is permanent – money will come and go. But our nationalist viewpoint will never change. Well, we are here for the long term, and it is not easy for us to leave.
EaseMyTrip had initially halted bookings for Maldives in January after three Maldivian ministers made derogatory comments about Prime Minister Modi following his visit to Lakshadweep.
The Congress party questioned the resumption of bookings, asking, "A few months ago, online travel aggregator @EaseMyTrip took a nationalist step by removing Maldives as a destination from its flight and hotel booking platform to support PM Modi Was.Now they are quiet, bookings for Maldives have started again. We wonder if this is a sign of something? Is money more important than PM Modi? Money will come and go, and so is PM Modi!”
Responding to the Congress' post, Pitti wrote on Twitter: "Dear @INCIndia, thank you for your concern. @EaseMyTrip has stopped bookings for Maldives from 8th January till today.Some bookings were made between May 16 and 26, but we took immediate action and got them removed.
