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Travel sites shift focus to forex & holidays.

Byline: Urvashi Jha

Jun. 6--BANGALORE, India -- With the USP of best air fare losing ground in the online space, travel portals are increasing the range of non-air products like value holiday packages, discounted hotel deals, weekend breaks, foreign exchange and visa processing. Travel websites are aggressively promoting complete travel solutions rather than discounted air fare.

"Air tickets are being commodotised in the online space. We are becoming mere distributor where the brand of airline is a consideration and not the website. So it is more rewarding t

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