NEW DELHI: The share allotment of Easy Trip Planners IPO will be finalised on Tuesday. The Rs 510 crore issue, which was sold between March 8 and 10, was a big hit with investors, as it mopped up bids worth 159.33 times the issue size.
Easy Trip Planners is a travel company, which was ranked second among the key online travel agencies in India in terms of booking volumes during the nine months ended December 31, 2020. The travel company was the only profitable online travel agency among the key online travel agencies in India during FY18-20 in terms of net profit margin.
The company has access to 400 international and domestic flights and around 11 lakh hotels in India and abroad. The travel agency has 96 lakh registered customers and a network of close to 60,000 travel agents.
Easy Trip Planners sold shares in the price band of Rs186 -187 per share and through its IPO and plans to raise ₹ 510 crore at the higher end of the price band. Opening on March 8, Easy Trip Planners IPO subscription window closed today on March 10, remaining open for a period of three days. The shares of the online travel firm are proposed are likely to be listed on the BSE and NSE on March 19, 2021. Easy Trip Planners plans to sustain high growth in air travel by further boosting its international air travel. It also intends to expand its Hotel and Holiday Packages segment which enjoys better margins vis-a-vis air ticketing segment. Thus it recently incorporated subsidiaries in U.K., U.A.E. and Singapore to garner higher share from international travel. The revenue contribution from this segment has increased to 5.4 per cent in FY20 from 2.7 per cent in FY19 and is expected to rise further, Motilal Oswal Retail Research said in a note.