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In the next quarter, Goibibo will expand the social network to its user generated content pieces such as photo reviews, ratings and Q&As

Online travel aggregator Goibibo.com has launched a travel social network on its mobile app.

Named GoContacts, this enables travellers to get connected on Goibibo app using their phone books.

The company claims 3.4 million of its users have already got connected on the network.

In the next quarter, Goibibo will expand the social network to its user generated content pieces such as photo reviews, ratings and Q&As. GoContact members will be able to see reviews, photos, questions and answers that have been generated by their social network contacts.

Users will also be able to discover the destinations that their contacts have travelled to and accommodations that they would have used. Goibibo is also building customised privacy settings, so as to enable users to decide what they want to share and what they want to keep private.

Ashish Kashyap, Founder and CEO, ibibo (Owner of Goibibo & redBus) said: “By launching GoContacts, we are further strengthening the network effects on the Goibibo. The 3.4 million users who have got connected on Goibibo is a testimony of the fact that we are on our way to create India’s largest traveler’s community.”

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