Oyo resumes UK expansion after pandemic hit

Hotel chain firm Oyo has resumed its expansion in the UK, adding 40 hotels to its platform and doubling its revenue in 2022, signalling post-pandemic recovery.

Oyo said revenue per available room (revpar) in its network hotels shot up 50% in 2022 compared with 2021, with the same metric up 110% compared with 2020.

The India-based company now has over 150 hotels in 65 cities across the UK, with the addition of new hotels in Otterburn, Folkestone, Worcester, Swansea, Crewe, Kidderminster, Solihull, Peterhead & Boston.

However, as at December 2020, Oyo had over 250 hotels in its UK network.

What they said

Puneet Yadav, country head at Oyo UK said: “We have been witnessing high interest from existing hotel owners in our portfolio who want to operate more hotels with us as well as a lot of hotels in highly competitive cities such as London.

"Our revenue uplift track record, low hassle while joining Oyo and highly tech-enabled operations and customer care support have been the key drivers of this interest.”