EbixCash, the Financial Exchange Division of Ebix, announced that it has decided to further invest in the growth of its B2B business under the leadership of travel industry veteran Praveen Chugh, who has immediately taken over as Via – Chief Operating Officer, Agency Sales. As a part of the hiring, Chugh’s existing travel company Business Travels assets was also acquired by Via.
Chugh has been empowered by the company to recruit as many as one hundred domain specific travel sales executives besides opening up new travel locations across the length and breadth of the country. The appointment of Chugh also follows a number of key senior sales leadership hires in the Corporate travel sector by EbixCash, for its corporate and luxury travel initiative – Mercury.
Chugh is credited for having led one of the travel industry’s most successful growth stories TSI-Yatra, increasing the company’s turnover more than 300 per cent in a span of 3 years. He is presently the President of Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) besides being the Vice Chairman of the World Travel Agents Association Alliance (WTAAA) amongst other key industry leadership affiliations.
“We are simply excited to have Mr. Praveen Chugh on our side. His vast experience, success record and contacts in the world travel industry provide us with an industry veteran who can lead Via B2B sales to new heights. He has the ability and drive to grow our Via Travel Division business at high double-digit rates.” Ebix Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Robin Raina said, “We believe that the strength of our vast retail network, end-to-end enterprise travel technology & functionality, coupled with strong sales leadership; positions us to grow our travel business aggressively internationally.”
