In a bid to provide standardised accommodation options to train travellers through a convenient booking platform, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with OYO Rooms.

The partnership is expected to provide a more user-friendly hotel booking window for rail travellers, as OYO Rooms will show their available inventory of rooms through the IRCTC website itself, along with the promise of offering standardised amenities to the train passengers. This means that very soon, travellers will be able to prepare their entire itinerary by booking both the train tickets and the preferred type of accommodation through a one-stop window.

The IRCTC-OYO Rooms partnership will offer as many as 45,000 hotel rooms spread across 170 cities in India. All of these rooms will have certain assured amenities, including air-conditioning facilities, complimentary breakfast, Wi-Fi access, and 24-hour customer service support. The partnership symbolises the growing leverage of synergies between the government and homegrown Indian businesses to drive the next wave of innovation.

Did You Know?

• OYO Rooms is an Indian brand having a large network of hotels.
• OYO Rooms currently operates in more than 170 Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa, Chennai, Kolkata, and others.
• OYO is present in major metros, regional hubs, leisure destinations and pilgrimage towns.
• OYO Rooms provides standardized hotel rooms with features such as an air-conditioner, TV, complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi with 24×7 customer service support.