Anand Kumar had been working in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, predominantly in sales and marketing roles. And one thing he noticed over this period is how his hotel guests always had various booking sources.
Anand first wanted to do something of his own in 2007 but owing to personal reasons, had to drop the idea for an online travel booking portal. However, as someone said, if things are destined to be, they will be, and 10 years later, Anand launched
in 2017 out of Chennai.An online Business-to-Consumer (B2C) travel portal that is instructional and comes packaged in a user-friendly website, Hookrooms, the founder claims, guarantees the best available prices.
The startup provides business and leisure travellers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking a wide-range of accommodation, in every part of the world.
“When we started, we were at the cusp of boom in online travel agencies (OTAs). My thinking was that these…