The development aligns with the company’s vision to build in-house technology to solve supply-demand imbalance in real-estate and hospitality.

By | Business Bureau | Published: 10:49 am

Hyderabad: The hospitality company Oyo has launched its first remote technology development centre in Hyderabad. The development aligns with the company’s vision to build in-house technology to solve supply-demand imbalance in real-estate and hospitality. Primarily an engineering centre, it will focus on developing innovative products for customers, partners and employees.

Oyo has appointed Priyank Choudhary, who joins as VP-Engineering for leading the Tech Development Centre. Additionally, Priyank will lead micro markets and new products technology.

Elaborating on the development, Anil Goel, CTO, Oyo said: “In a short span of four years, Oyo has emerged as the largest hospitality company in India- technology has been the biggest driver for Oyo and its partners. We have created value in all aspects of hospitality operations. Our new Tech Development Centre in Hyderabad will drive our operations across the country and internationally. It will serve as the COE for machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives of Oyo. Our focus will also be on developing effective customer engagement strategies, understanding their behavior better and offering a personalised and superior experience.”

Oyo will grow its engineering team based out of the development centre in the coming months. The management and development of various verticals, including holiday packages, sales technology along with products and solutions for corporate travel and travel agents will be based out of the centre.