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consumers’ trust; in the third year award by Business World in 2018 of 63,000 applicants in Lufthansa
we have become the established was just the first step towards that Runway To Success, 2017, he is
one-stop shop for millennials goal. Chirag was recently named on the right path to building the
in India with operations in 5 in the prestigious list of Forbes next brand in travel, the brand for
countries and 200+ locations in the 30 Under 30 Asia, 2019 for his Millennials, Deyor Camps.
APAC region. achievements in the travel sector
at such an early stage in life. Being Improving with challenges
Instrumental Leadership amongst 50 top CEOs in India The biggest challenges in the

India’s largest direct to consumer, presented by Facebook and taking industry are that of ‘Discovery,
adventure first, experiential travel away Asia One’s India’s Greatest Trust and Experience’. The
company, a dream, translated into Brands award for his venture, industry is highly fragmented and
reality by the CEO & Co-Founder Deyor Camps are amongst great is dominated by local operators.
of Deyor Camps, Chirag Gupta recognition of his passion and There are few companies with an
and co - founders Himanshu ability. He has an ability to inspire online presence; however, they
Agarwal and Gautam Yadav. Being millennials while himself being simply cannot be trusted. We
in the limelight for disrupting one. In his young career, he has have customers who come to us
this niche in the travel industry, managed to convince investors after a bad experience and tell us
Chirag Gupta has been featured on from Japan, UK, South Africa and about how they booked through
various platforms. From addressing Indian HNIs to believe in his idea ‘Business X’ and travelled with
crowds at the biggest Middle East and invest in the business to help ‘Operator Y’. The Indian customer
travel conference in Dubai, to him achieve his goals. His profile needs a trusted brand where he/
addressing aspiring entrepreneurs speaks in length about his success she knows that the company is not
in colleges, to media houses such and passion towards disrupting the concerned about him/her only till
as BTVi Live, Et Now Economic new era of travel and spearheading the sale is recorded but also looks
Times and CNBC TV18 Young this change in travel trends. From after the end to end process from
turks, Chirag has embarked on this getting investors to agree to invest booking to service & after sales.
journey to concur the adventure in his idea in a 7 minute pitch We also have customers telling us
Industry in India. Taking home the on CNBC Young Turks to being about booking through an online
Young Entrepreneur of the year selected as the top 21 startups out site but getting no communication

We at Deyor Camps are focused
“
solely on building a brand. We
understand all the elements of

brand building and know that it
is not limited to just reaching the

customer but also retaining and

receiving referrals from them.
“