OYO Rooms, Travelport ink new hotel content deal

Online hotels aggregator OYO Rooms has signed an agreement with UK headquartered travel commerce platform Travelport whereby 6,000 hotel properties offered by it will also be available to the latter's connected travel agencies.

As per the pact, "6,000 hotel properties offered by OYO will be made available through Travelport's travel commerce platform to its travel agency users both in India and around the world," OYO Rooms said in a statement.

However, the companies did not share the financial details of the agreement.

OYO Rooms Chief Growth Officer Kavikrut said: "Both OYO and Travelport are recognised for leveraging innovative technology capabilities. We are confident in utilising this synergy to unlock new growth areas for both partners." Travelport's travel commerce platform connects hotel providers and independent properties to its 68,000 connected agencies worldwide, offering travelers more hotel choices as it now offers 6,50,000 hotel properties, it said.

"This is an exciting partnership and one that forms part of our ongoing strategy to extend our hotel offering," Travelport Hospitality SVP Niklas Andreen said.

Travelport's connectivity enables it to directly acquire specific hotel content as well as requested local hotel chains and individual properties, he said.