Mumbai: In a strategic move to capitalize on the significant and growing student travel segment, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd., India’s leading integrated travel and travel related financial services company, has launched “Study Buddy”.
This is an exclusive student-focused Foreign Exchange promotion available across Thomas Cook India’s omnichannel network, including over 150 foreign exchange outlets pan India, and extends over a 3 month period ending September 30, 2018.
Foreign Exchange Student Business Increased Significantly
Against the backdrop of a steady increase in Indian students opting to study abroad for graduate and postgraduate studies, Thomas Cook India has registered an impressive 20-25 per cent YoY growth in its foreign exchange student business over the last 3-4 years.
Given the strong growth potential and in a focussed initiative to catalyse demand and expand its student market-share, Thomas Cook India has launched a 3 month strategic Study Buddy promotion- timed strategically to target the critical booking window for student travel.
Study Buddy’s attractive offers and deals intend to inspire student foreign exchange transactions with a range of assured gifts, including a 20 per cent discount Myntra gift voucher, a 10 per cent discount on Skybags, and a laptop every day to a lucky winner.
Benefits of Thomas Cook India Student Portfolio:
- Attractive rates on the purchase of foreign exchange
- Doorstep delivery
- Zero charges on Remittances for university/ tuition fees and living expenses
- The convenience and security of Thomas Cook India’s Borderless and One Currency Prepaid cards
- Free ATM withdrawals
- Currency Notes across all global currencies and Demand Drafts
- Special Student airfares; 10% discount on base fare
- Excess baggage allowance on select airlines
- Overseas Travel Insurance
Thomas Cook India’s omnichannel presence (its portal www.thomascook.in backed by its Call Centres and its extensive network of over 150 retail outlets) offers students ease and convenience in booking their student travel products/services. The Company’s Online Forex Store and Forex app are handy tools to equip the digitally savvy student segment with foreign exchange bookings on-the-go, coupled with the added advantage of doorstep delivery.
Deepesh Varma, Senior Vice President, Foreign Exchange – Sales & Relationship Management, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. said, “The student travel market in India is a significant opportunity and at Thomas Cook India we have already witnessed impressive growth of 20-25 per cent YoY. Hence in an initiative to inspire demand and maximize transactions, we conceptualized “Study Buddy”, timed to coincide with the student travel season. Study Buddy’s attractive offers and assured gifts are intended to delight the value-seeking student community!”
He added, “Being a specialist in Foreign Exchange, our core product-service offering includes Remittance of University/Tuition Fees, Forex Prepaid Cards and Currency Notes backed with years of experience in guiding students and parents on changing forex regulations and the safest way in carrying foreign exchange abroad. This together with our “Study Buddy” offers creates a compelling proposition for students and parents to fulfil all their foreign exchange requirements through us, and with ease- via our omni-channel network.”
