Travelport, OYO sign hotel content deal

Travelport and OYO have entered into an agreement whereby 6,000 OYO properties will be made available through Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform to its travel agency users, both in India and globally. With this agreement, Travelport aims to cater to the needs of its agents to add the hotel content in their local regions; alongside responding to the needs of hoteliers by giving them access to the international travel booking industry.

Travel Commerce Platform connects hotel providers and independent properties to its 68,000 connected agencies worldwide, in turn, offering travellers hotel choices through its 650,000 properties.

Kavikrut, chief growth officer, OYO, said, “We are pleased to partner with Travelport and take our offerings to a wider audience. Both OYO and Travelport are recognised for leveraging innovative technology capabilities. We are confident of utilising this synergy to unlock new growth areas for both partners.”

Niklas Andreen, senior vice president – hospitality, Travelport, stated, “This is an exciting partnership and one that forms part of our ongoing strategy to extend our hotel offerings. Our industry-leading connectivity enables us to directly acquire specific hotel content, as well as requested local hotel chains and individual properties, and we are looking forward to continuing to expand our offerings in this area throughout the year.”