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Oyo Rooms
OYO Rooms
OYO Hotels and Homes
Company type Private
Industry Hospitality
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012) [1]
Founder Ritesh Agarwal
Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana, India [2] [3]
Area served
Asia, Europe and Americas
Key people
Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and Group CEO
RevenueIncrease2.svg 5,464 crore (US$680 million) (FY23) [4]
Decrease Positive.svg−1,287 crore (US$−160 million) (FY23) [4]
Total assets Increase2.svg8,751 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2021)
Owners
Number of employees
1,330 (2023) [6]
Website oyorooms.com

OYO Rooms (stylised as OYO), also known as OYO Hotels & Homes, is an Indian multinational hospitality chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes, and living spaces. [7] [8] [9] Founded in 2012 by Ritesh Agarwal, OYO initially consisted mainly of budget hotels. [1] As of January 2020, it has more than 43,000 properties and 1 million rooms across 800 cities in 80 countries. [10]

Contents

History

In 2012, Ritesh Agarwal launched Oravel Stays as a budget accommodation listing and booking website, later renamed to OYO in 2013. [11] Shortly after launching Oravel Stays, Ritesh Agarwal received a grant of $100,000 as part of the Thiel Fellowship, a two-year program from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. [12] [13]

In March 2016, OYO acquired the team of Qlik Pass, founded by Rahul Gupta and Rishi Swami, to set up and lead its data science department. [14]

In March 2018, OYO acquired Chennai-based service apartment operator, Novascotia Boutique Homes, [15] [16] to establish its presence in the service apartment and corporate executive stay segment. It further acquired Weddingz.in, a Mumbai-based online marketplace for wedding venues and vendors, marking its entry into the fragmented $40-billion wedding industry. [17]

In 2019, OYO had over 17,000 employees globally, [18] [19] of which approximately 8000 are in India and South Asia. OYO Hotels & Homes was a full-fledged hotel chain that leases and franchises assets. The company invests in capex, [20] hires general managers to oversee operations and customer experience, and generates around a million job opportunities in India [21] and South Asia alone. OYO set up 26 training institutes for hospitality enthusiasts across India in 2019. [22]

In 2019, OYO and Airbnb announced a strategic partnership where OYO would list their properties in the Airbnb platform. [23] In March 2019, OYO announced a 1400 crore investment in its India and South Asia businesses to increase infrastructure, strengthen technology and internal capability. [24] In April 2019, OYO announced a strategic global distribution partnership with Hotelbeds. [25] The company also announced two joint-venture with Softbank [26] and Yahoo! Japan in 2019. [26] In May 2019, OYO announced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based @Leisure Group, Europe's largest vacation rental company. [27] In July 2019, OYO announced the acquisition of Innov8, a co-working space in New Delhi. [28] In August 2019, Oyo made its first major investment in the United States by purchasing the Hooters Casino Hotel, near the Las Vegas Strip, in partnership with US-based real estate company Highgate, for $135 million. [29] [30] In May 2022 OYO announced the acquisition of Europe-based company 'Direct Booker' with the transaction valuing the latter at around USD 5.5 million (over Rs 40 crore). Direct Booker has over 3,200 homes and serviced 20 lakh customers so far, OYO said in a statement. [31]

In April 2019, the company announced the launch of OPEN programme, an initiative for its partner hotels to help them reach their business goals. It further Introduced an upgraded Co-OYO app for hotel partners to provide complete visibility on all business & customer metrics. [32]

In June 2021, Oyo Rooms collaborated with Yatra, Airbnb, and EaseMyTrip to form the Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT), an industry body for the tourism sector of India. [33]

In October 2021, OYO appointed paralympian Deepa Malik as an independent director on the company's board of directors. [34] In December 2021, OYO onboarded former State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar as its strategic group advisor. [35]

Funding

The company's current and former investors include SoftBank Group, Didi Chuxing, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia India, Lightspeed India, Hero Enterprise, Airbnb and China Lodging Group.

In September 2018, OYO raised $1 billion, of which the RoC filing for the amount of $100 million raised from Star Virtue Investment Ltd. was made on 13 February 2019. [36] [37]

In February 2019, OYO received $100 million funding from the Chinese vehicle-for-hire company, Didi Chuxing. [38] In July 2019, Ritesh Agarwal, through RA Hospitality Holdings in Cayman Islands, [39] [40] signed a $2 billion deal to buy back shares from existing investors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia India, to increase his stake in the company to 30%. [41] The company was valued at $10 billion with this deal. [42] [43] In October 2019, OYO raised Series F funding of $1.5 billion led by SoftBank Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia India. [44]

In July 2021, OYO closed a debt financing round of $660 million from global institutional investors to service existing loans. [45] In July 2021, Microsoft expressed interest to invest in OYO before its IPO [46] and a multi-year strategic deal was signed in September 2021. [47] In October 2021, Oyo filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to raise US$1.2 billion through an initial public offering. [48]

In January 2022, more than 500 current and former employees of OYO, purchased around 3 crore shares in the company. The total value of these shares can be approximated to about 330 crore (US$41 million), as per the last valuation of OYO of $9.6 billion. [49]

Financials

YearRevenue (In crores)Profits/Loss (In crores)Source
FY 2019Increase2.svg 6,329Decrease2.svg-2,364 [50]
FY 2020Increase2.svg 13,168Decrease2.svg-13,122
FY 2021Decrease2.svg 3961Increase2.svg-3,943
FY 2022Increase2.svg 4781Increase2.svg-1,940 [51]

Products and services

In 2019, OYO acquired Hooters Casino Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip Hooters Casino (7823234654).jpg
In 2019, OYO acquired Hooters Casino Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip
OYO hotel in Johor, Malaysia The Vintage Hotel.jpg
OYO hotel in Johor, Malaysia

OYO Rooms operates the following brands for its properties and services:

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