OYO asks govt to probe FHRAI's 'illegally-run' executive committee

Claims committee's actions hurting small hotel owners; constant friction with organised players discouraging SMEs and entrepreneurs from moving ahead with the times and with technology

IPO-bound hospitality major OYO has written to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) requesting it to intervene and investigate the running of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and order eviction of erring executive committee members.

The hotel aggregator urged the MoT to take necessary action against FHRAI’s “illegally run” Executive Committee and its members who are working for self-interest instead of that of small hotel owners.

The representation by OYO alleged that FHRAI’s actions are detrimental to small hotel owners. It also claimed that the industry body's “constant tussle and continued malafide friction with organised players