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Business Combination, Premium On Share Price

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Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Legal Expenses, Value

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Number Of Customers

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Apr. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 11, 2019 customer $ / shares shares	Mar. 08, 2019 $ / shares
Yatra Online, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		100.00%
Business Acquisition, Share Price		$ 7
Business Acquisition, Number Of Common Stock Shares Acquired \| shares		48
Business Combination, Premium On Share Price		84.00%
Settled Litigation [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Legal Expenses, Value \| $	$ 20
Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number Of Customers \| customer		800
Yatra Online, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share Price			$ 3.80
Minimum [Member] \| Yatra Online, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share Price			3.70
Maximum [Member] \| Yatra Online, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share Price			$ 8.16