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 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.
