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Last Minute Keys teams up with RippleDME for Online Marketing
NEW DELHI. Mobile-based marketplace solution that enables hotel bookings, Last Minute Keys has teamed up with RippleDME for online marketing.
Last Minute Keys enables hotels to sell off their unsold inventory and helps customers to get quality hotels at rates and deals that are unmatched in the hotel industry.
Currently LMK is tied up 400 hotels in 12 cities (Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Cochin & Goa) and plans to expand to 1000 hotels in over 25 cities in a short span of time.
LMK hopes to launch a Web &IOS version soon.
RippleDME MD Vikalp Kumar says, “We are delighted to have Last Minute Keys with us, as we will work towards making it a making it a go to App for Last minute hotel booking leveraging social media. Our digital insights show the power of digital on Hotel Booking and we intend on leveraging the same to grow the brand further.”
RippleDME CEO Gaurav Sharma says, “Our goal is to create awareness about the ease LMK adds to a last minute traveler’s life through storytelling and being there for them. Given this, #MrMusafir fits in perfectly, driving reliability amongst our users who have grown in the digital era and are responsible for things beyond themselves now. For them LMK is a great app to help solve their last minute travel needs.”
LMK CEO Manoj Gursahani says “Our objective behind launching Last Minute Keys was to ensure that the average man get last minute deals on hotels, at the best price. Meanwhile, making sure that even hotels get a platform to sell their unsold inventories.”
Speaking on the marketing strategy, Gursahani added, “LMK will be marketing through social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter.”
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Micro-Dramas Surge in India, Redefining Mobile Content Habits
Meta-Ormax study maps rapid rise of short-form storytelling among 18–44 audiences.
MUMBAI: Micro-dramas aren’t just short, they’re the snack that ate Indian entertainment, and now everyone’s bingeing between the sofa cushions. Meta, in partnership with Ormax Media, has released ‘Micro Dramas: The India Story’, a comprehensive study unveiled at the inaugural Meta Marketing Summit: Micro-Drama Edition. The report maps how the vertical, bite-sized format is reshaping content consumption for mobile-first audiences aged 18–44 across 14 states.
Conducted between November 2025 and January 2026 through 50 in-depth interviews and 2,000 personal surveys, the research reveals that 65 per cent of viewers discovered micro-dramas within the last year proof of explosive adoption. Nearly 89 per cent encounter the format through social feeds and recommendations, making algorithm-driven discovery the primary engine rather than active search.
Key viewing patterns show a median of 3.5 hours per week (about 30 minutes daily) spread across 7–8 short sessions. Consumption peaks between 8 pm and midnight, with additional spikes during commutes and work breaks classic “in-between moments” that the format fills perfectly. Around 57 per cent of viewing happens in ambient mode (while doing something else), and 90 per cent is solo, enabling more intimate, personal storytelling.
Romance, family drama and comedy lead genre preferences. Audiences show growing openness to AI-generated content, 47 per cent find it unique and creative, while only 6 per cent say they would avoid it entirely. Regional languages are surging after Hindi and English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada dominate consumption.
Meta, director, media & entertainment (India) Shweta Bajpai said, “Micro-drama isn’t a passing trend, it’s rewriting the rules of Indian entertainment. In under a year, an entirely new category of platforms has emerged, built audience habits from scratch, and created a business vertical that is scaling fast.”
Ormax Media founder-CEO Shailesh Kapoor added, “Micro-dramas are beginning to show the early signs of becoming a distinct content category in India’s digital entertainment landscape. When a format aligns closely with how audiences naturally engage with their devices, it has the potential to scale very quickly.”
The study proposes ecosystem-wide responsibility, universal signposting of commercial intent, shared accountability among advertisers, platforms, creators, schools and parents, built-in safeguards, and formal media literacy in schools.
In a feed that never sleeps and a day that never stops, micro-dramas have slipped into the cracks of every spare minute turning 30-second stories into the new national pastime, one vertical swipe at a time.
