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OYO Rooms (stylised as OYO), also known as OYO Hotels & Homes, is an Indian multinational hospitality chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes, and living spaces. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Founded in 2012 by Ritesh Agarwal , OYO initially consisted mainly of budget hotels. [ 1 ]
In 2011, Agarwal founded an Airbnb equivalent called "Oravel Stays". [17] [18] Agarwal's enterprise was accelerated through the Venture Nursery program in 2012, and was later one of the winners of the 2013 Thiel Fellowship, receiving a US$100,000 grant. [19] [20] The company launched as OYO Rooms in May 2013. [21] [22] [3]
Ejigbo is an important town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is one of the earliest Yoruba towns, and is as old as Old Oyo founded by Oranmiyan.. Various traditions of Ejigbo origin agree that the founder of present day Ejigbo was a prince of Ile-Ife (son of Ogirinyan, one of the youngest grandsons of Oduduwa of Ife) whose name was Akinjole.
Oyo Hotel & Casino [a] is a casino hotel near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Highgate and Oyo Hotels & Homes, and its casino is operated by Paragon Gaming. It is located east of the Strip and next to the former site of the Tropicana resort. The hotel has 696 rooms with a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) casino.
Oranmiyan followed the advice and founded Oyo where the serpent stopped. The site is remembered as Ajaka . Oranmiyan made Oyo his new kingdom and became the first "oba" (meaning 'king' or 'ruler' in the Yoruba language ) with the title of " Alaafin of Oyo " (Alaafin means 'owner of the palace' in Yoruba).
Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city; Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria named after the Oyo Empire; Oyo, Oyo State, a city founded in the 1830s as an alternative capital of the remnants of the old Oyo empire
Old Oyo, also known as Oyo-Ile, Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo is the site of a ruined medieval city that was once the capital [1] of the Oyo Empire in what is now modern-day Nigeria. It has been abandoned since 1835. It was a major cultural and political center of West Africa during the empire's height. [2]
According to early accounts, he founded Oyo as its first Alaafin in the year 1300 shortly after establishing a new dynasty in Igodomigodo. [3] Following Oranmiyan's death, his family is fabled to have erected the commemorative stele known as the Staff of Oranmiyan - Opa Oranmiyan in the Yoruba language - at the place where their grandfather died.