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  Hospitality firm OYO on Tuesday said it will show COVID-19 vaccination status of the staff of its partner hotels on its app as it believes that such initiative will be a key factor in building trust and confidence among consumers when they are ready to travel again. The initiative, 'VaccinAid' is crucial to aid the recovery of the impacted tourism and travel industry, OYO said. "Vaccination is the most important intervention against COVID-19. We are launching an industry-first feature, VaccinAid, to show self-reported vaccination status of hotel staff across OYOs," OYO Founder and Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal said in a tweet. OYO's guest surveys show that 87 per cent will prefer hotels with immunised staff when they plan to travel again. "Vaccination visibility when self-reported timely and accurately will become a confidence builder for travel recovery," he added. "VaccinAid is our small attempt to promote the larger cause of vaccination am...

Buoyed by its success in Bihar where it launched its operations four years ago, OYO Hotels and Homes aims at expanding its footprint in the state by investing in infrastructure and talent. The investment in infrastructure and talent will create 700 jobs in the hospitality sector in the next six months, a top company official said. "Bihar is an important market for us and has been performing well since launch. We will continue to invest in expanding our footprint and serve thousands of customers in Patna," Aditya Ghosh, CEO, India and South Asia, OYO Hotels and Homes said in a statement. He said "Since our launch in Patna in August 2015, weve worked closely with small and independent hotel owners and utilized our deep expertise in standardizing amenities and guest experiences to empower them as better hospitality players. Ghosh said OYO's presence in Bihar includes 28 cities including Patna, Bodhgaya, Muzaffarpur, Purnea and Bhagalpur among others. ...