2. INTRODUCTION
WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING HOTEL CHAIN
MORE DESTINATIONS. MORE EASE. MORE AFFORDABLE
STARTED IN 2013
Present. in 800+ cities/ 43000+ Exclusive Hotels/
1.2 M+ Exclusive Rooms
GLOBAL PRESENCE
India,China,Indonesia,UAE,Nepal,Mexico,Phillipines,US
Vietnam,Sri Lanka etc.
KEY PRODUCTS
OYO Townhouse/ OYO Silverkey / OYO Home
3. 2011
Ritesh Agarwal took the plunge
with his first start-up ORAVEL
this year OYO received its
first Series A funding
2014 in August
2013
Agarwal was selected for
Theil Fellowship which gave
him funding of $100,000
OYO received funding of a
whooping amount $25
Million
2015 in March
2015 in July
OYO bagged $100 million in
Series C round of funding
from Softbank
2016 in January
The hotel chain hit the 1
million check-ins mark and
also launched in Malaysia
2017
Continuing its expansion,
OYO launched a new
business in Nepal
2018
Established operation in UK,
Dubai, China, Singapore &
Indonesia. Became a
Unicorn in September.
2019
It has more than 330,000
rooms in 500 cities globally
OYO App was launched
followed by massive
expansion
2015 in April
2020
OYO is trying to cope up with
the losses made during
Pandemic by announcing
Furloughs and 25% pay cut
for employees
Timeline
5. Growth through Creativity Growth through Direction Growth through Delegation
• Problem : Affordable, liveable temporary
locations
• 2012 : Launched – “Oravel Stays
• 2013 : Oyo (On your Own)
• Highly Technology driven
• Great working place for youngsters
• Brand New experience for the Hotel
Partners
• Functional organizational structure
• Separate Departments – Operations,
Marketing, Finance, HR, Strategy, Tech,
product etc
• The Smart incentive system and Reward
management policies
• “OYOpreneurs” – Managers and
Employees
• Decentralized organization structure
• Smart Rewards to motivate employees
• OYO philosophy - celebrating the
entrepreneurial mindset of all
OYOpreneurs
• The Autonomy of Decision Making
• 3rd largest chain the world
Leadership Crisis
• Technically or entrepreneurially oriented
• Communications – informal and frequent
• Growth of OYO was explosive.
Control Crisis
• Employees - Reimbursement of Fake Bills
of Hotel Stays
• Partners - Malpractices by Hotel Owners
• Customers- Illegal Practices in Hotel
Rooms
Autonomy Crisis
• Lower level employee – restricted by a
hierarchy
• Solution is to move toward more
delegation
6. Growth through Coordination Growth through Collaboration Growth through Alliances
• A formal system for reporting and
greater coordination
• The Cohesive Revenue model
• Strict guidelines coordinated to Hotel
Partners
• Employee welfare schemes and smart
incentive schemes along with ESOPs.
• Diversified Journey - Oyo Products
& Services
• OYO acquired many established
hotel chains and other strategic
companies globally
• OYO helping Tier 2 Cities in
renovation making them Tourism
Friendly
• Alliances with over 5000+ brands
Eg., PayTM, Myntra, Ola, ZoomCar,
Dineout etc
• OYO become 3rd largest hotel chain in
the world.
• Acquisition and Operation Teams even in
Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
• Renovated hotels; Wi-fi Facilities;
• Global expansion – collaboration with
different head quarters
Red Tape Crisis
• A Rift between OYO and its Hotel
Partners.
• Strict guidelines and stringent rating
system for Hotel Partners.
• Heavy Penalties on Hotel Partners.
Growth Crisis
• Heavy workload due to huge business line up.
• Challenge of retaining hotel partners
• Struggle in maintaining band value in eyes of
customers
• Challenge of a new collaboration with hotel
partners with the excessive competition.
Identity Crisis
• Unstable growth model
• Psychological saturation of employees
• Heavy pressure for innovative solutions
• Cutthroat competition
• COVID – 19 :(
7. Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
• Locational advantages
• Geographic presence
• Online presence
• High product quality
• Standardization
• Ever growing network
• Subsidizing Hotel
Stays
• Workplace diversity
• IT infrastructure
• Inability to understand
customers’ needs and
expectations
• poor service & customer
service
• Insufficient budget & cash
• high employee turnover
• Co-branding strategy
• R & D
• Tight margins
• Organizational culture
• Exponential growth
• Changing customer
standard of living
• Business travelers
• New technologies
• E-commerce and social
media
• New market segment
• Global Market
• Regulatory framework
& regulations
• Growing concerns
about safety
• Competitors
• Economic conditions
• Rise in inflation
• Cultural intelligence
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11. Blinded Dissolution
Crisis
Faulty Action
Inaction
• Missing Quality
Inspection
• Poor CRM system
• Poor practices with
partner hotels
• Fraud
• Miscommunication
between department
• Unwillingness to
address the visible
issues
• Downgrading - intake
of quality managers
and replacing them
with freshers to cut
costs
• Aggressive
acquisitions and
mergers
• Rapid expansion
• Cutting 5% of its
12000 employees in
China
• 12% of its 10000
employees in India
• Plans in shutting over
1200 chains to
recover losses
Not
yet!
Weitzel and Jonsson Model