Month: December 2015

From Kanpur to Kuala Lumpur. Hello 2016!

From Kanpur to Kuala Lumpur. Hello 2016!

2015 has come to an end and it has been an exciting year for us to say the least. We are grateful that we had a terrific ride and we never imagined we will be where we are today. In Jan 2015, we were in just 3 cities across the country and we ended the year with 165 cities, 4000+ properties and 40,000+ rooms. We went from ...

Christmas by OYO

Christmas by OYO

Sorry for a late Christmas post. We were busy playing Santa, and now let's tell you how. Nothing represents joy and happiness like Christmas does and so, we decided to put our heads together and started thinking about how could we make this Christmas even more joyful for our customers. Our Operations and Customer Delight ...

How We Built the OYO Rocket Ship

How We Built the OYO Rocket Ship

Most of you may be familiar with the layers of the Atmosphere. But for the sake of convenience, the Stratosphere is the atmospheric layer above the Troposphere in which most commercial and military air crafts fly and through which most rockets must pass before they ascend greater heights. Why this reference? Because I believe ...

The Making of the OYO App

The Making of the OYO App

We started working on our mobile app in March and shipped the first version of it on 22nd April, 2015 on the Android Play Store. The iOS version went live on 1st May, 2015 on the App Store. Over the course of the last few months, we have refined it, added more features and have grown to over 2 million downloads in less than 7 ...

100 Days of Celebration

100 Days of Celebration

People often wonder how OYO operates at such a large scale and yet manages to consistently deliver a great customer experience. The key is to maintain a healthy and strong relationship with all our stakeholders - be it our guests, our owners, or our hotel staff. After all, we are in the business of making people happy. In the ...