Title - Spice Digital, IRCTC tie up for e-ticketing

New Delhi : Spice Digital, a part of the BK Modi’s Spice Group, has tied up with the IRCTC to provide a one-stop shop for providing solutions related to rail travel. Announcing the launch of ‘Spice Safar’, the company said it would be a one-stop travel and tourism solution through neighbourhood retail outlets. Spice Digital had tied up with the IRCTC to act as a principal agent on behalf of the Railways’ sister concern for carrying out their e-ticket booking services in the country.With this initiative, Spice Digital not only makes its debut in offline travel and tourism space, but also does so with a pan-India footprint.Saket Agarwal, Global CEO Services, Spice Digital, said, “The Spice group is known for being the game changers and the initiators for many firsts in the field of telecom and VAS. Keeping with this tradition, Spice is now at the threshold of being the largest travel and tour aggregator in the retail space and has initiated the first milestone with the launch of the IRCTC e-ticketing services. We have also launched ‘Spice Safar’, a brand dedicated to this venture.”Amit Nigam, vice-president, M-commerce, Spice Digital, said, “Spice Safar has been launched with an objective of taking care of travel-related needs of the general public. The first offering from the brand is Railway e-ticket booking, post which hotels, taxis and other modes of travel would be integrated through neighbourhood retail outlets”.‘Spice Safar’ will be connected to the Railways in real time basis via the IRCTC. The retail agents can log on the Spice Safar propriety platform and search trains, check fares and book tickets online through this interface.