Travelocity India files suit against Cleartrip
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Travelocity India has filed a civil suit against Cleartrip in the Mumbai High Court claiming damages of US$37.5 million (over INR165 crore) due to an alleged data theft by top executives of the rival.Moneycontrol.com said the suit has been filed last week by online travel agencies, Desiya and Travelguru both owned by Travelocity, the company said in a statement.In 2009 Travelocity had filed an FIR with the Gurgaon police against Cleartrip CEO Stuart Crighton and former CEO of Desiya, Amit Taneja alleging they had illegally procured various confidential information, hotel business database and know-how of its business processes, the report said.Last August, both Crighton and Taneja underwent a procedural arrest in Gurgaon and were released on bail.A Cleartrip spokesperson quoted in the report said:”Cleartrip believes that this civil suit is vindictive and the figures quoted are completely groundless and something we deny strongly.”We can only assume that this has been added for additional sensationalism to this case as it seems to be losing steam”.The spokesperson further said since December 2009, senior executives of Cleartrip have been “facing continuous harassment with what Cleartrip believes to be a misconceived and baseless criminal complaint filed by a large American travel portal, Travelocity”.Cleartrip has cooperated fully with the investigating authorities and would continue to do so, the spokesperson said, adding “as the matter is sub-judice, we are not able to comment further.”
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