Online retailer Exclusively.In, which offers flash sales of discounted Indian clothing and jewelry to its members, has started a luxury travel division, according to a statement from the company. Exclusively.In launched last summer with $2.8 million in funding from Accel Partners India and Helion Venture Partners, and has offices in New Delhi and New York. By expanding into discount travel, the company is following a trend popularized by other members-only, flash-sale sites, including New York-based Gilt Groupe.
Author: Arlene Weintraub
Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.
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