Sam Nussey, Reuters
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's strategy of investing heavily in headline-grabbing startups is certainly risky. Will investors continue to back him?
5 days ago
Sam Nussey, Reuters
An expected operating profit of $3.1 billion doesn't sound too bad, but questions over SoftBank's future remain. One of its priorities will be overseeing a turnaround at Oyo.
7 days ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
What’s happening with Oyo cannot be looked at separately from the modern Indian milieu that gave birth to it, and in which it operates. Oyo now needs to rise above that legacy and bring in the global business practices that ensure it survives and thrives in the future.
2 weeks ago
Saritha Rai, Bloomberg
Looks like Oyo is taking a more sustainable approach to global growth rather than simply looking to boost hotel numbers at any cost. But will the new board appointment lead to a discernible change in strategy?
3 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Oyo has disclosed a surge in losses in documents related to its $1.5 billion in new funding. The hospitality company claims it will turn profitable three years from now, yet Skift Research dug beneath the headlines to deliver analysis substantiated by Oyo's latest income statements.
3 months ago
Shira Ovide, Bloomberg
The cities and municipalities that are trying to contain the likes of growth-hungry startups like Airbnb have a major disadvantage: Their adversaries have fought this fight multiple times before.
3 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
WeWork's implosion is putting pressure on all of SoftBank's investments, Oyo included. If it's not changing course already, the budget hotel chain may soon have to decide whether, as CEO Ritesh Agarwal put it, to grow fast or grow right.
3 months ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Oyo has a hype machine to rival any brand. But beneath all of the disruption, some hotel owners complain its technology is unstable and lacks functionality, leaving them to clean up the mess. Growth for growth's sake may seem great for a unicorn-like valuation, but the hotel chain will need to grapple with flaws in its business model that can't keep pace.
4 months ago
Danni Santana, Skift
Oyo is opening, on average, one new hotel per day. It should be available in all 50 U.S. states in no time.
6 months ago
Pavel Alpeyev, Bloomberg
With a second Vision Fund, Japan has emerged as the dominant driver of key technologies, many of which apply to travel and tourism. While the first staked ridehailing and the future of work technologies, the second is said to eye opportunities in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving.
7 months ago
Danni Santana, Skift
Oyo's dynamic pricing strategy could turn out to be a bit of a double-edged sword in the U.S., where the company faces greater competition. On one hand occupancy is sure to go up for many of its hotel partners, but if a majority of rooms are booked last-minute at incredibly low prices, hotel managers can start enduring some losses.
7 months ago
Danni Santana, Skift
Sometimes it's obvious when a company is growing too fast. This doesn't appear to be one of those times. Oyo wants to be everywhere customers want to vacation.
8 months ago
