OYO to show vaccination status of partner hotels’ staff on its app

Hospitality firm OYO 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.