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OYO using Yatra to grow business travel segment

More than 500 OYO hotels added to Yatra for first time

OYO and Yatra partner to expand hotel offerings for business travelers across India

OYO is working with travel platform Yatra to expand in the business travel segment in several parts of India.

Vishnu Rageev R.
By Vishnu Rageev R.Jul 16, 2025
Vishnu Rageev R.

Vishnu Rageev R is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience in business journalism. Before joining Asian Media Group in 2022, he worked with BW Businessworld, IMAGES Group, exchange4media Group, DC Books, and Dhanam Publications in India. His coverage includes industry analysis, market trends and corporate developments, focusing on retail, real estate and hospitality. As a senior journalist with Asian Hospitality, he covers the U.S. hospitality industry. He is from Kerala, a state in South India.

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Summary:

  • OYO is working with travel platform Yatra to expand in the business travel segment in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru, with more than 500 hotels already added.
  • Hotels under OYO brands—Sunday, Palette, Clubhouse, Townhouse, Townhouse Oak and Collection O—are now available on Yatra for business travellers across India.
  • OYO plans to add 1,000 more serviced hotels by September, expanding Yatra’s inventory in emerging metros with growing business travel demand.
OYO IS WORKING with travel agent platform Yatra to expand in the business travel segment, focusing on Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru. More than 500 OYO-operated hotels have reportedly been added to Yatra's platform as part of the alliance.

OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal also chairs G6 Hospitality, parent of Motel 6 and Studio 6, while Yatra is led by cofounder and CEO Dhruv Shringi.

“While direct demand continues to be our mainstay, contributing nearly 80 percent of our total business, we are now looking to tap into a niche segment of business travellers exploring emerging business hubs,” said Varun Jain, OYO’s chief operating officer, according to PTI. “This partnership also opens up opportunities to serve companies adopting blended travel programs—combining business and leisure—and flexible mobility plans aimed at improving cost efficiency and employee productivity.”

Hotels under OYO’s brands—Sunday, Palette, Clubhouse, Townhouse, Townhouse Oak, and Collection O—have been onboarded to Yatra’s platform for business travellers across India, the companies said in a statement. OYO plans to add 1,000 more company-serviced hotels to the platform by September.

This will expand Yatra's inventory in emerging metros where demand for accommodation is rising due to increased business travel, the statement said.

India's business travel spending reached ₹38.2 billion in 2024, ranking eighth globally and fourth in Asia-Pacific. Spending is expected to return to pre-2019 levels by 2025, driven by economic growth, corporate earnings, and demand for in-person meetings, the statement said, citing a Global Business Travel Association study.

OYO added 50 new DanCenter units, its European vacation rental brand, across India in the first quarter of financial year 2026. It plans to add 200 more homes by the end of the financial year, expanding its presence in the vacation rental market.

Agarwal and G6 Hospitality CEO Sonal Sinha previously spoke with Asian Hospitality on leadership and success.


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