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Prime Focus reloads advertising services
MUMBAI: Independent media services provider Prime Focus Limited has reloaded its advertising services offering in India with a series of hires across its creative team and a new offline editing facility. The newly revamped division offers advertising clients world-class post production technology and access to some of the nation’s leading creative talent.
Bhaarath Sundar has rejoined the Prime Focus advertising team as chief business development officer for Advertising & Animation after a period of two years as group CEO and managing partner of Teamwork Studios. Sundar is leading the reloaded advertising offering, which operates across three integrated sites in Khar, Mumbai, offering online editing and grading, a dedicated CG / VFX and animation team and a brand new dedicated offline editing studio.
Commenting on the re-launch, Sundar said, “Indian agencies and brands are producing truly world-class advertising, and we have reloaded thePrime Focus Advertising division to give our clients access to the best facilities and talent in India. Following our recent hires, we estimate we have almost 90 per cent of the high-end advertising services creative talent available in India, working under one banner and with all the latest technology at their finger-tips. The way ads are finished and delivered is constantly changing, and we’re here not only to help realize our clients’ ideas as beautifully as possible, but also to take away the headaches of the technical aspects of delivery.”
Joining Prime Focus co-founders and creative heads Huzefa Lokhandwala and Prakash Kurup on the creative team is an exciting list of some of the advertising services industry’s top talent in India.
“We have been a market-leader in the Advertising post production space for many years, but standing still is not in our DNA,” said Prime FocusLimited global CEO executive chairman founder and founder Namit Malhotra.
“This investment in talent and technology shows our commitment to the advertising community and the incredible work that they are producing. Our full-service post production offering, working alongside our Camera and Equipment Rental division, ensures that our advertising clients have access to the very latest kit and the best artistic talent from shoot all the way through post-production to multi-platform delivery.”
The Prime Focus Advertising team has recently delivered a number of high-profile commercials, including Advertising Age India’s ‘Top Ads of the Week’: IndiaMART ‘#IndiaKiKhoj’ (Show&Tell Productions / Bang In The Middle); Maggi ‘Hostel’ (Breathless Films / McCann Erickson); and Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk ‘Puppets’ (Breathless Films / Ogilvy & Mather).
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MakeMyTrip partners with OpenAI to boost AI-powered travel planning
Conversational AI now guides travellers from inspiration straight to booking
GURUGRAM: MakeMyTrip, India’s leading online travel company, has teamed up with OpenAI to bring a fresh twist to AI-driven travel planning. The collaboration integrates OpenAI’s APIs into MakeMyTrip’s app, making it easier than ever for travellers to move from chatting about dream trips to booking them.
The move centres around MakeMyTrip’s Myra interface, a GenAI trip planning assistant that now handles over 50,000 conversations a day in languages ranging from English and Hindi to Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. Myra helps travellers explore options, create itineraries and book flights, hotels and extras without the usual hassle of searching and filtering.
MakeMyTrip co-founder and group CEO Rajesh Magow said, “With OpenAI, we turn curiosity into confident decisions. When travellers start their journey through conversation, MakeMyTrip becomes a seamless extension of that discovery process. AI combined with our travel data makes it possible to deliver personalised, bookable options at scale.”
OpenAI managing director- international Oliver Jay added, “MakeMyTrip is showing how AI can make travel planning feel more like a conversation than a chore. Advanced AI isn’t just about back-end efficiencies, it’s about transforming the way travellers experience and engage with the platform.”
MakeMyTrip has long invested in AI across the travel lifecycle, from inspiration and discovery to booking and post-sales support. Nearly half of Myra’s queries now come from tier-2 and smaller cities, and voice interactions are booming outside metros, making AI travel assistance more accessible than ever.
With this partnership, MakeMyTrip is not just keeping up with AI trends, it’s aiming to lead the way, turning every traveller’s whim into a smooth, bookable adventure.
