About Us — Krew18 | India's #1 Travel Industry Hiring Network
India's First Travel Hiring Network

Built by travellers.
Built for travel.

KREW18 didn't start in a boardroom. It started on the ground — years inside the travel industry, understanding what hiring in this space actually takes.

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Setesh Thakur Pranav Dutt Tripathi Meet the founders ↓
₹18Cr+Ad spend managed
1stTravel hiring platform in India
100%In-house built tech
2Industry insiders behind it
The Story

One problem nobody had fixed yet.

Before anything else, the founders were travellers. That's what made them fall in love with this industry — and what kept them close.

Born on the ground, not on a whiteboard

Over years working with travel founders across India, one problem became impossible to ignore: finding and hiring the right people in this space. Generic job portals don't know the difference between a DMC manager, a tour leader and a travel tech operator. KREW18 was built to fix that — permanently.

Tech built in-house, always

When you're handling the data of travel companies and their people, you can't afford carelessness. Built from scratch and maintained in-house — no outsourcing, no templates.

Community, not just a database

The travel industry runs on relationships. KREW18 is building a professional ecosystem — not another pile of CVs and job posts.

The Founders

Two people who know this industry inside out.

Not investors. Not outsiders. The people who built KREW18 have spent their careers in travel — that's exactly why they're the right ones to solve this.

Founder Setesh Thakur, Founder of KREW18 and DS Digital

Setesh Thakur

Founder, KREW18 & DS Digital
Meta Business Partner · LinkedIn Top Voice

Setesh didn't build KREW18 from a whiteboard. He built it from years on the ground — working with travel founders, understanding their teams, their problems, and the one thing nobody had fixed: hiring the right people in this industry.

A traveller first, he founded DS Digital to work exclusively with travel brands. Over ₹18 crore in managed ad spend later, he knows this industry inside out.

Travel Marketing ₹18Cr+ Ad Spend Meta Partner DS Digital
Co-Founder Pranav Dutt Tripathi, Co-Founder of KREW18

Pranav Dutt Tripathi

Co-Founder, KREW18
Top Shopify & WordPress Dev · IIMB Alumni

Pranav built the tech behind KREW18. Not outsourced. Not templated. Built himself. When you handle the data of travel companies and their people, you keep it in-house — and they always will.

A traveller first, he went deep into Shopify, WordPress, performance marketing and digital systems. KREW18 is where travel obsession, technical depth and business sense come together.

WordPress Expert IIMB Alumni In-House Tech Shopify
Our Mission

Premium hiring infrastructure for India's travel brands.

Not a job board with a travel filter. A dedicated hiring and professional network — for an industry that has never had one.

01

Industry-first

Every feature, filter and job category is built around the travel industry's real needs — not adapted from a generic template.

02

Privacy-first

Talent data is never sold. Company data stays protected. Built by people who know how sensitive hiring information is.

03

Premium experience

This industry deserves better than a cluttered admin dashboard. KREW18 is built to feel like the category leader.

04

Built for the long run

Not a quick MVP. The definitive platform for travel hiring in India — and eventually, globally.

What We Stand For

The principles behind every decision.

Trust over everything

Hiring is a high-trust decision. Every piece of data on this platform is treated with the seriousness it deserves.

Premium without compromise

Travel is an aspirational industry. The platform that serves it should feel like it belongs at the same level.

Community over database

Travel runs on relationships. KREW18 is building a professional ecosystem, not just a list of CVs.

Built for the long run

Designed to be the definitive platform for travel hiring in India — and eventually, globally.

The Build

How KREW18 came to life.

12 versions. Thousands of lines of code. One mission — to build the travel industry's hiring home.

FoundationApril 2026

From idea to architecture

Full platform architecture from the ground up — 8 database tables, 7 custom shortcodes, two distinct user roles for talent and companies. No templates. No shortcuts.

PaymentsApril 2026

Full Razorpay integration

Server-verified payments with HMAC-SHA256 signature checks, idempotency and instant credit delivery. No card data ever touches our server.

Design SystemApril 2026

Dark luxury UI/UX

A premium design system — green-on-black, Syne + Epilogue + DM Sans. Every pixel crafted to feel premium, not template-ish.

RefinementMay 2026

Hardening & launch prep

12 versions deep — dashboard UX, mobile responsiveness, security audits and platform-wide polish.

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