MakeMyTrip
MakeMyTrip sponsors 5 properties, mostly business, tech and industry, then music, and has 11 campaigns on record. 2 confirmed in 2026.
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Sponsorships
Season by season, then every row newest first with what our check found on its source.
Partner · Event · 2026
Listed under Other Sponsors on Goafest's own 2026 sponsor page.
Product placement · Series · 18 Sep 2025
Airport scenes, every time a character travels.
Partner · Event · 2024
Named among the 50-plus brand partners of Goafest 2024; tier not stated.
Hospitality · Event · 2024
Accommodation partner; carried a 20% festival discount.
Shirt sponsor · Team · 2013
Front-of-shirt sponsor of Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2013–2014.
Ambassadors
Talent named in MakeMyTrip's campaigns. Current means seen in a campaign since April 2025. From campaign credits, not contracts.
| Name | Status | First seen | Latest campaign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alia Bhatt | Current | 1 Apr 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 |
| Ranveer Singh | Current | 1 Apr 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 |
| Rishabh Pant | Current | 23 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Aparshakti Khurana | Current | 9 Aug 2025 | 9 Aug 2025 |
| Kareena Kapoor Khan | Past | 15 Apr 2024 | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Jackie Shroff | Past | 8 Apr 2024 | 8 Apr 2024 |
| Shankar Mahadevan | Past | 8 Apr 2024 | 8 Apr 2024 |
| Prabhu Deva | Past | 8 Apr 2024 | 8 Apr 2024 |
Campaigns
With the agency and talent where the trade press named them.
Integrated campaign · 13 Aug 2026
MakeMyTrip partnered with India's Ministry of Tourism to launch more than 350 guided tours across roughly 60 Indian cities, expanding a longer-running relationship with the ministry (which dates to a 2023 push to showcase 600-plus offbeat destinations) into curated, bookable itineraries on the platform.
Regional · 14 Nov 2025
A Marathi-language film built around everyday Maharashtra characters Shinde Kaku and Aaba, arguing that redBus covers routes from Wai to Wani and Mumbai to Malvan at low fares. It ran on Star Pravah, Zee Marathi, Sony Marathi and Lokmat 18 News, on YouTube, Meta, JioHotstar and Spotify, and on auto branding.
Ad film · 24 Oct 2025
A month-long value campaign encouraging advance festive and year-end bookings, fronted again by Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh; ET BrandEquity described the accompanying ad film as recasting everyday travel-booking villains as heroes, while Moneycontrol covered it as a broader early-booking initiative.
Talent: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh.
Ad film · 23 Oct 2025
A set of digital films pairing cricketer Rishabh Pant with commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu in a banter-driven face-off, using Sidhu's one-liners and Pant's quick wit to argue that well-rated hotels need not cost more on Goibibo.
Agency: Restless @MagicCircle. Talent: Rishabh Pant, Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Launch · 9 Aug 2025
MakeMyTrip launched Myra, an AI-enabled travel agent built into its app for conversational trip planning and booking; the assistant's capabilities were expanded through 2026, and trade press separately reported an ad campaign fronted by actors Aparshakti Khurana and Manjot Singh to drive its adoption.
Talent: Aparshakti Khurana, Manjot Singh.
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Integrated campaign · 23 May 2025
A series of exaggerated comic scenarios that plays on the Hindi word 'bas' to make redBus the default word for bus travel, each film signing off on the older line 'Bus yaani redBus'. It ran on television, on JioCinema's live IPL streams and on auto branding in key cities.
Agency: Leo Burnett.
Other · 1 Apr 2025
MakeMyTrip marked its 25th anniversary (Silver Jubilee) with a nostalgic ad film starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh that moved through different eras of Indian travel, from manual bookings and long queues to today's digital convenience, backed by large-format billboards in several cities carrying the same milestone message.
Talent: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh.
Digital/social · 16 Aug 2024
An Independence Day campaign mapping 47 roads that carried moments of the freedom struggle, from the Madduru bullock-cart march to the sepoys who walked Meerut to Delhi. redBus built an Instagram AR filter that reads any road surface and a Google My Maps layer with animated route cards, plus an Instagram contest.
Ad film · 15 Apr 2024
The second digital film in Goibibo's run with brand ambassador Kareena Kapoor Khan, who revives her Jab We Met character Geet. It extends the 'Hotels Aise On Goibibo, Full Marks By Bebo' line that the earlier Poo film started.
Talent: Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Ad film · 8 Apr 2024
A four-film IPL-season campaign starring Jackie Shroff, Prabhu Deva and Shankar Mahadevan (plus a fourth film with two cricketers) shot without showing the celebrities' faces, positioning MakeMyTrip itself as the real 'Asli Star' by spotlighting its hotel and homestay offerings through each star's distinct persona.
Agency: Talented. Talent: Jackie Shroff, Prabhu Deva, Shankar Mahadevan.
Digital/social · 2024
Goibibo's 15th anniversary push, which opened by announcing it would not celebrate at all and then flipped into a GoibiBRO Birthday Sale with the line 'Iss saal party tera BRO dega'. Influencers, gag deliveries called Broceries and flash discounts across flights, hotels, cabs, buses and homestays carried it to millennial and Gen Z buyers.
1 deal outside India and the Gulf
Rows under the same brand name abroad. Not counted in the numbers above.
Shirt sponsor · Team · 2000
Front-of-shirt sponsor of Charlton Athletic, 2000–2002.
Agencies
Credited on MakeMyTrip's campaigns, latest first. Roles (creative, media, PR) are not recorded yet.
| Restless @MagicCircle | 1 campaign | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Leo Burnett India | 1 campaign | 23 May 2025 |
| Talented | 1 campaign | 8 Apr 2024 |
Marketing leadership
As reported in the trade press, with the date and the article.
Against travel & hospitality peers
Confirmed deals only. The full travel & hospitality leaderboard.
| Brand | Properties | 2026 deals | Campaigns | Main passion point | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MakeMyTrip | 5 | 2 | 11 | Business, tech and industry | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Emirates | 12 | 11 | 3 | Kabaddi, hockey, tennis and more | 2027 |
| Qatar Airways | 7 | 4 | 4 | Motorsport | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Etihad Airways | 6 | 4 | 1 | Motorsport | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Airbnb | 2 | 3 | 5 | Music | 27 Jun 2026 |
Where peers sponsor and MakeMyTrip doesn't
| Property | Peers on it |
|---|---|
| Web Summit Qatar | Qatar Airways |
| Big 5 Global | Emirates |
| Dubai Desert Classic | Emirates |
| Dubai Fitness Challenge | Emirates |
| Yas Marina Circuit season | Etihad Airways |
| Dubai Rugby Sevens | Emirates |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Qatar Airways |
| Dubai Airshow | Emirates |
Questions people ask
What does MakeMyTrip sponsor?
MakeMyTrip has 5 confirmed sponsorship properties on record, mostly in business, tech and industry, then music, including Goafest, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, Zomaland by Zomato. The latest is dated 13 Aug 2026.
Who are MakeMyTrip's brand ambassadors in 2026?
Campaigns since April 2025 feature Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Rishabh Pant, Aparshakti Khurana. This comes from campaign credits in the trade press, not from endorsement contracts.
Which agency works on MakeMyTrip's campaigns?
Credited on MakeMyTrip campaigns: Restless @MagicCircle (1 campaign, latest 23 Oct 2025); Leo Burnett India (1 campaign, latest 23 May 2025); Talented (1 campaign, latest 8 Apr 2024).
Does MakeMyTrip sponsor cricket?
Yes. MakeMyTrip has 1 confirmed cricket deal on record.
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