Orange Tours And Travels

What Orange Tours And Travels does

Orange Tours and Travels is an India-based, privately held online bus ticket booking platform headquartered in Hyderabad, founded in 2011. The company operates a direct-to-consumer, digital-first self-service model through its website (orangetravels.in), enabling individual travelers to search routes and book tickets across various bus operators. Its inventory appears focused on semi-sleeper and non-AC bus options for intercity and intracity travel, addressing consumer pain points around convenience, multi-operator access, and seat availability verification.

The underlying technology is a standard transactional web booking platform with no documented proprietary features, mobile app, API/SDK, or AI/ML components. The company employs 501-1,000 people, suggesting operational scale beyond a minimal booking site, though the absence of disclosed mobile apps or integrations implies the product surface remains narrow. No app, partner ecosystem, certifications, patents, or third-party technology integrations are recorded in the source material.

Commercially, Orange Tours and Travels earns revenue through transaction fees and commissions on each bus ticket booked via its platform. It does not disclose pricing structures publicly, and no enterprise, B2B, or contract-based revenue streams are evident. The company shows no documented funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership team, or partnerships, and the source material is limited to a homepage tagline, leaving operational depth, capital structure, and growth signals largely opaque to external analysis.

Name

Orange Tours And Travels

Legal name

Orange Tours and Travels

Website

https://orangetravels.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Orange Tours and Travels is a Hyderabad-based online bus ticket booking platform, founded in 2011, that serves individual travelers in India through a direct-to-consumer website offering semi-sleeper and non-AC bus options and earning revenue via transactional commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Bus Ticketing Services

NAICS

Charter Bus Industry (48551)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Wholesale Distribution Platforms & Switches (B2B Booking Engines/Marketplaces) (THAKAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Destination & Activity Wholesalers (Attractions, Tours & Ticket Inventory) (THAKAJAF)

Keywords

• Online bus booking
• Bus ticket reservations
• Intercity travel services
• Passenger transport booking
• Travel booking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Bus Ticket Booking Commission: The company generates revenue through transaction fees and commissions from bus ticket sales booked through its online platform. Customers purchase bus tickets directly through the website, and the company earns a commission on each transaction.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Orange Tours And Travels operates an online bus ticket booking platform that enables individual travelers to search routes and book semi-sleeper and non-AC bus tickets for intercity and intracity travel. The company aggregates bus operator inventory on a digital portal and earns revenue through commissions on each ticket transaction processed through the platform.

Product overview

Orange Tours and Travels is an online bus ticket booking platform providing travel services. Based on the limited source content showing only the title 'ONLINE BUS TICKET BOOKINGS & TRAVEL SERVICES', no specific product names, modules, or detailed product architecture information could be extracted from this page.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Bus Ticket Booking An online service enabling individual travelers to search bus routes, view semi-sleeper and non-AC bus options, verify seat availability, and purchase intercity and intracity bus tickets directly through the company's website.
• Travel Services Broader travel-related services provided alongside bus ticket booking, supporting traveler planning and access to ground transportation options across India.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cleartrip: Indian OTA offering bus booking among other travel products (flights, hotels). Comparable as a multi-category online travel intermediary competing for the same consumer wallet.
• MakeMyTrip: Largest Indian OTA offering flights, hotels, and bus booking. Competes via cross-category bundling and now owns redBus; its bus offering overlaps directly with Orange Tours but operates as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Goibibo: Major Indian OTA (owned by MakeMyTrip group) with bus ticket booking alongside hotels and flights. Comparable in offering breadth but bus is a secondary vertical within a larger platform.
• Yatra: Listed Indian OTA providing flights, hotels, and bus booking. Comparable D2C bus ticketing functionality but bus is one of several verticals, not the core focus.

Direct peers

• redBus: India's largest online bus ticket booking platform, acquired by MakeMyTrip. Directly competes with Orange Tours on the same routes, same operator inventory, and same D2C online booking model.
• AbhiBus: Online bus ticket booking platform operating across India with similar self-serve D2C model and operator-aggregator inventory approach. Closely comparable in scale, target market, and category.
• Travelyaari: Online bus ticket booking platform operated by AbhiBus (MakeMyTrip group). Directly comparable in business model — online bus ticketing with operator aggregation and consumer-facing booking flow.

Regional players

• TicketGoose: Online bus ticket booking platform with strong presence in South India (Chennai-headquartered). Comparable in offering and target segment, and competes most directly in Orange Tours' home geography.

Emerging players

• Ixigo: Listed Indian online travel aggregator with strong presence in train and bus booking. Comparable D2C booking model with focus on tier-2/3 city travelers — a segment Orange Tours also serves.
• Paytm Travel: Travel vertical of Paytm offering bus, train, flight, and hotel bookings. Comparable bus-booking functionality with the added advantage of Paytm's large payments user base as a distribution channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OrangeTravels
• Facebookfacebook.com/orangetravelstours

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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