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> Travel along an Indian highway and try to find your standard roadside motel as you would in US ala Best Western. There are no low-mid tier chains. I agree wi
by signal11 7y ago
> Travel along an Indian highway and try to find your standard roadside motel as you would in US ala Best Western. There are no low-mid tier chains.
I agree with you, and I was very bullish on OYO precisely because of this opportunity. However they have executed terribly by really not caring about a quality experience, instead chasing short-term growth.
Looking at Indian social media, OYO's brandname is now associated with a crap experience. It may already be too late, however they could still come out of this by doubling down on customer satisfaction ASAP.
> The textbook on how fast you can scale things is being rewritten
In hospitality, just putting your branded linens into a hotel isn't really "scaling". It's about consistency of experience. And that takes a time and/or a substantial training budget to ensure at least a few people at each site are trained appropriately, and this learning trickles down to every employee/partner.