Treebo Hotels plans expansion and looks to enter homestay market

Treebo plans to double the number of hotels registered on its platform to 800 by 2019 from the current 400

Ruptub Solutions, which owns and operates budget hotel chain Treebo Hotels, is planning to enter homestay business as it seeks to tap the nascent but fast-expanding non-hotel accommodation, a popular option among new-generation travellers. 

The Bengaluru-based company will initiate a pilot for the same by the end of this year, said Siddharth Gupta, co-founder of Treebo. 

Encouraged by the potential in the budget hotel segment, the app-based hotel aggregator is also preparing to set its foot in “India-like” markets in a bid to scale up its business and have a diversified customer base, said Gupta. The plans, however, will come