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Articles tagged “oyo rooms”

Hotels

An In-Depth Look at Hotel Chain Oyo’s Financials and Strategy: New Skift Research

Oyo promises a new type of hotel company. It’s an asset-light brand that seeks to connect the global long tail of mom-and-pop hotels through its tech and distribution platform. But can it live up to the hype? Skift Research dives deep into Oyo’s business strategy and financial performance.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 5 years ago

An In-Depth Look at Hotel Chain Oyo’s Financials and Strategy: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Oyo Enters the U.S. Budget Hotel Market

Oyo has a seductive model of renovating budget hotels, running them efficiently through technology, and marketing them directly to consumers. But the startup risks imperial overreach by entering markets like the U.S. that differ significantly from its core markets in India and China.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Oyo Enters the U.S. Budget Hotel Market

Online Travel

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Surprising factors have delayed the coronation of MakeMyTrip Group as India's queen of domestic online travel. Paytm came out of nowhere to grab share, Oyo upended budget hotel distribution, Ixigo tried to make price comparison chic, and Booking.com outmaneuvered Expedia for premium hotel bookings. From this scrappy mix, online travel will find new lessons.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

What India Reveals About the Future of Online Travel: A Skift Deep Dive

Hotels

Oyo’s $1 Billion Fundraising Raises Strategy Questions for Hotel Chains

Hotel groups may be tempted to dismiss Oyo as a company focused on budget travelers. But Oyo is growing faster than you can say "Softbank," the name of its most important funder. Procrastinating foreign brands risk playing a game of catch-up.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

Why India’s MakeMyTrip Made Peace With Rapidly Growing Oyo

The decision by MakeMyTrip, India's largest online travel agency, to start selling Oyo budget lodging is significant. The move recognizes that the heavily funded Oyo is no longer a rival marketplace and is instead primarily a supplier. Asset-light hotel chains need to wake up to Oyo's rise.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Why India’s MakeMyTrip Made Peace With Rapidly Growing Oyo

Hotels

India Hotel Brand Oyo Rooms Attracts a $10 Million Strategic Investment From China Lodging Group

The 23-year-old CEO of loss-generating hotel aggregator Oyo Rooms has a business vision that has attracted total funding of $446 million to date. What could go wrong? Well...

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

India Hotel Brand Oyo Rooms Attracts a $10 Million Strategic Investment From China Lodging Group

Hotels

Interview: OYO Rooms CEO on Reinventing Hotel Distribution

OYO Rooms founder believes that the future of travel is brands becoming their own distributors, which is, of course, every brand's dream. It may turn out to be true for super brands in isolated cases but it would be a very fragmented and unsatisfying user experience. There is a lot of convergence going on but the mammoth online travel agency sector isn't checking out anytime soon.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Interview: OYO Rooms CEO on Reinventing Hotel Distribution