Holiday IQ launches offline mobile tourist guide for India

21st February 2015
Holiday IQ launches offline mobile tourist guide for India
Tourism Secretary, Dr. Lalit K Panwar, launching the HolidayIQ’s offline mobile guide with Hari Nair, Founder & CEO, HolidayIQ.com, in New Delhi, February 18 2015

New Delhi, February 22, 2015: India’s largest holiday information portal,  HolidayIQ has  launched   an ‘Offline mobile guide’ for over 1300 Indian destinations. Each destination guide contains details on hotels, sightseeing options, etc, allowing the user to download and access traveller reviews and maps for on-the-go access, even while offline. 
The offline guide was launched by Lalit K Panwar, Secretary,Indian  Ministry of Tourism, who said, “This is a well thought-through innovation by HolidayIQ, aiming to offer travel and tourism information in the offline mode for over 1300+ destinations in the country. It is a commendable effort by the HolidayIQ team to provide access to a large database of travel information, in the offline mode. We are glad that this is in line with the government’s high priority to promote tourism and travel in the country. As the tourism infrastructure gets stronger, we see more and more people wanting to travel within the country.”
HolidayIQ’s offline mobile guide answers the five key questions before each holiday - where to go, how to reach, where to stay, what to do and where to book. The offline feature offers the largest repository of travel information – 37,000+ hotels, 50,000+ sightseeing options across 1300+ destinations, which includes resorts, homestays, serviced apartments, tented camps etc for each destination.
Says HolidayIQ Founder & CEO Hari Nair: “HolidayIQ’s online travel app received tremendous response within a couple of days after it was launched in October 2014, and it was also trending at the Play store. However, our constant battle within our team was to provide access to this large database of information on-the-go, where internet accessibility is the biggest challenge. Thus, the launch of the offline feature, with a native-mobile experience.”
Reviews, photographs, maps to find accommodation, etc have all been mapped and included in the guide, which also allows users to compare prices across 15+ travel agencies along with contact details, so at the click of a button one can reach-out to the preferred choice of accommodation.  It’s not rocket science but close enough!
HolidayIQ is India's largest travel community with over 3 million members from  over 80 Indian cities and is India's first holiday planning website powered entirely by reviews, photos, videos and other advice generated from these Indian travellers. 
Download Holiday IQ app here