List of Indian Hotel/Travel Booking Websites

As we move towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Indians, who travel so much, could make use of these Indian websites for booking hotels / travels. Surely, there will be many with foreign investments.

Recommendation – Use OYO, and MakeMyTrip group. Use these websites to booking hotels/travels across the world.

• Indian websites for hotel/travel booking
  • Cleartrip – https://www.cleartrip.com/
    • Headquartered in Mumbai
    • CEO & Founder seems a foreign citizen studied in UK with PIO (Person of Indian Origin card) status – Ref
    • Possible that the International trips booked on the website are in done in collaboration with foreign website like Expedia
  • Ibibo – https://www.goibibo.com/
    • Owned by MakeMyTrip Mauritius which is fully owned by MakeMyTrip of India – Wiki
  • ixigo – https://www.ixigo.com/
    • Office in Gurugram, Haryana
    • Some foreign hotels are booked through Booking.com
    • Has some investments from foreign companies – which is same for most, if not all, companies
  • MakeMyTrip – https://www.makemytrip.com/
    • Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Has some Chinese investment; Wiki
  • OYO – https://www.oyorooms.com/
    • Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Wiki
    • Only for accommodation booking and not for travel booking as of yet
  • Yatra – https://www.yatra.com/
    • Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Wiki
    • There has been rumors of investments from Saudi
  • redBus – https://www.redbus.in/
    • Headquartered in Bengaluru
    • Part of Ibibo Group – Wiki
• Some websites popular in India but aren’t Indian
  • Agoda.com – Owned by Booking Holdings based in the USA – Wiki
  • Goomo.com –
    • Headquartered in Mumbai
    • Owned by Goomo Holdings Services India Private Limited which is subsidiary of a foreign company – Ref
    • One of the director seems to be belonging to a company in Berlin, Germany – Ref
  • Trivago.com – Owned by Expedia Group
• Not Indian
  • airbnb.com – Headquartered in California, USA
  • Booking.com – Headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wiki
  • Expedia.com – Headquarter in Seattle, Washington, USA – Wiki
  • Hotels.com – Owned by Expedia Group
  • Google Hotels – Headquartered in California, USA
  • Kayak.com – Owned by Booking Holdings
  • Momondo.com – Part of Kayak.com subsidiary of Booking Holdings
  • Otel.com – Part of MetGlobal Group based in UK with CEO from Turkey – Ref & Ref
  • SeatGuru.com – Owned by TripAdvisor Media Group
  • SkyScanner.com – Owned by Ctrip (which is Chinese) said to be owned by Booking Holdings)
  • TripAdvisor.com – (article in reference says its under Expedia Group)
  • Vrbo.com – Part of Expedia Group

• Interesting Read
  • Who owns who in world of travel: https://opptee.com/travel-search-who-owns-who-who-are-you-booking-with/