The Stayzilla saga: Here's how the start-up evolved then shut down

Stayzilla shut its business after it failed to keep up with rising competition

Stayzilla, an alternate stay aggregator shut its business after it failed to keep up with rising competition from MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo. It was once refered as one of the successful companies which has emerged from Chennai.

Yogendra Vasupal, who has been an online entrepreneur even while he was a student, along with his friends Sachit Singhi and Rupal Surana (now Rupal Yogendra), has been looking for an online business idea to work on, as early as 2003 itself. Their search through various businesses has ended up in the hospitality industry. Last month, Vasupal admitted he made bad decisions that led