MUMBAI - An Indian startup is turning its attention towards usurping the West's largest hotel chains after establishing itself as India's biggest player and shaking up the Chinese market. The startup takes a commission for facilitating bookings while the hotels -- often small, independent ventures -- are re-branded as an "Oyo hotel". Those signs could soon become omnipresent across Europe's main cities, unsettling major hotel chains like Marriott International if Agarwal has his way. "We want to bring quality affordable spaces for travellers and help neighbourhood hotels beat the big hotel chains," he said. It started with a tie-up in New Delhi and now vouches for 164,000 hotel rooms in India and 180,000 in China.

Source: Bangkok Post December 23, 2018 03:33 UTC