Indian Railways offers online hotel bookings
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Indian rail passengers will now be able to book hotel rooms at the same times as their train tickets, following a partnership between the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and OYO Rooms.
Under the new agreement, OYO Rooms, the online hotel booking site, will power IRCTC’s new hotel booking page. This will offer passengers a choice of approximately 45,000 hotel rooms in more than 170 Indian cities in India.
Commenting on the tie-up, IRCTC’s chairman & managing director, Dr AK Manocha, said; “OYO Rooms has propelled the hotel market in India towards new horizon and pioneered the standardisation of affordable hotel-rooms. This partnership contributes another chapter to the successful narrative of ‘Made in India’ initiatives and how tech-enabled solutions will power the next wave of innovation.
“We have made the necessary technology integrations and will be actively communicating about this newly available option through e-mailers, information on e-tickets so that our travellers can explore and utilise these services.”
Abhinav Sinha, OYO Rooms’ chief operating officer, added; “We are honoured and delighted to power the hotel booking engine of IRCTC and serve Indian railway passengers. With this tie-up, IRCTC customers will have ready access to OYO’s inventory of predictable, standardised and affordable hotel accommodation.”
The tie-up with IRCTC could provide a major boost for OYO Rooms; the rail company’s website generates up to 550,000 bookings per day.
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