Ixigo Bets $6.9M on Brevistay as Hotels Move Up Its Agenda

Ixigo has approved a deal to buy a 54.66 percent majority stake in Brevistay Hospitality, a hotel booking platform focused on short-stay and overnight reservations.

The deal is worth INR 65.69 crore, or ($6.9 million). Once completed, Brevistay will become an Ixigo subsidiary.

Ixigo strengthens its hotel business

Brevistay was founded in 2016 and offers flexible hotel bookings across India. Its model lets travelers book rooms for shorter periods, not only for a full night. This can be useful for people waiting between flights, business travelers who need a room before a meeting, medical travelers, or anyone who needs a private space for a few hours.

For Ixigo, the deal fills a clear gap. The company is already strong in trains, buses, and flights, but hotels have been a smaller part of its platform. With Brevistay, Ixigo will get access to more flexible hotel inventory, while the combined network will include over 10,000 directly contracted hotels across India.

Why Brevistay fits Ixigo’s audience

Ixigo has built much of its business around mobile-first and price-sensitive travelers. Many of these users come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, where demand for online travel booking is still growing. Brevistay’s flexible-stay model fits this audience because it gives travelers more choice and can make hotel use more affordable.

The model can also help hotel partners. Rooms are often empty during parts of the day, especially between check-out and evening check-in. Short-stay bookings can help hotels earn extra revenue from that unused time. For Ixigo, this creates a practical way to expand accommodation without copying the standard hotel-booking model.

The move comes after a strong year

Ixigo is expanding after a strong fiscal 2026. The company reported 34 percent growth in revenue from operations to INR 1,228 crore ($129.1 million). It also said AI handled 4.35 million customer queries in Q4 FY26, while more than 81 percent of voice calls were managed end-to-end by AI.

The company has also been widening its business beyond rail. Flights and buses were key growth areas during the year, and hotels are now the next logical category.

AI becomes the second part of the strategy

Alongside the Brevistay deal, Ixigo also approved investments in two AI startups, Proactai and Vestra.AI. The company invested INR 7.5 crore ($788,000) in Proactai and INR 4.5 crore ($473,000**) in Vestra AI. These investments support its wider push to use AI in travel planning, customer service, and internal operations.

This follows the launch of Ixigo NEXT in May 2026. The updated app includes Tara, an AI travel assistant that can understand voice, text, and tap-based requests in English, Hindi, and Hinglish. It also includes Trip Mode, which helps travelers manage live trip details such as alerts, boarding passes, and flight updates.

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