Treebo Hotels
Treebo Hotels is an Indian budget hotel chain that operates on franchising. As of January 2020, Treebo Hotel has over 600 hotels in 113 cities in India. History. Treebo Hotels was founded in June 2015 as Zipotel by the IIT Roorkee graduates Sidharth Gupta, Rahul Chaudhary and Kadam Jeet Jain. Treebo Hotels won the award for the "Best Budget Hotel" category in the Lonely Planet Travel and Lifestyle Leadership Awards 2017. In July 2016, Treebo raised a $17 million round of investment. In August 2017, Treebo raised an additional investment round of $34 million. As of  now, Treebo has raised $57 million and is backed by SAIF Partners and Matrix India Partners as investors. In May 2018, Treebo made its first acquisition of the online events discovery platform Events High. In November 2018, Treebo launched three sub-brands (Trip, Trend, Tryst) as part of its new branding strategy. Treebo Trip Hotels offer basic comforts. Treebo Trend Hotels are the major chunk of properties. Treebo Tryst Hotels are the premium Treebo properties. In 2018, online travel agency MakeMyTrip dropped Treebo from their listings which led to a major hit on their revenues. They had to lay  off 70-80 employees. Treebo Hotel's losses jumped to Rs 115 Cr in 2018. But from August 2018, the company has managed to slash its cash burn by over 80 per cent and according to its Registrar of Companies (RoC) filings, Treebo aims to double its revenue growth and attain profitability by 2021. For this, Treebo added another source of income, Hotel Management CMS SuperHero, a SaaS platform to cater to hotels that are not Treebo branded, remove minimum guarantee for hotel owners, and as part of minimizing the cash burn. The company in July 2019 laid off 100 -120 employees following a failed fourth round of investment. The Hotel Superhero model that launched in August 2019 has already over 300 properties across the country. In October 2020, Treebo Hotels raised $6 million in its Series C funding round from its existing investors as bridge financing to continue its survival. Description. Treebo Hotels aims to be a budget hotel brand as opposed to competing aggregators and networks like OYO Rooms. Treebo Hotels is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.