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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/

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