We design, develop and operate high quality hospitality spaces at scale -
Our USP relies on 3 critical pillars -
Designing beautiful spaces
Maintaining excellent service standards
An optimized backend that cantralizes key backend activities
A central backend allows us to handle key backend activities from a centralised location. Activities like Sales and marketing, revenue management, property management, inventory management, concierge services.
This backend can serve multiple properties. This achieves 2 critical things -
Boosts profitability of each property as it is unburdened with most backend activities
Allows us to provide premium high quality stay experiences to the guests at an accessible price
The integration of all the above three is the innovation we are bringing to the market.
Startup Description
We create beautifully designed, aesthetically pleasing spaces with consistently excellent service to ensure a high-quality stay experience. Our innovative operating model allows us to deliver premium hospitality at an accessible price, maintaining both exceptional guest satisfaction and strong profitability.
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Business Model
We currently develop our own properties to establish high design and service standards. Going forward, our expansion will follow a dual approach:
Company-Developed Properties – Built and operated by us to maintain excellence.
FOCO Model Franchising – Partnering with property owners while retaining control over the guest experience.
Both models will be supported by a centralized backend, ensuring efficient operations, superior unit economics, and an asset-light expansion strategy, making it highly attractive for franchise partners.
Customers
based in
India
Business
Modal Type
We have a transaction based model. We charge guests on a per night basis. We sell via our own website, direct and via all available OTAs
Type of
Sales
B2C
Competitors
Our primary competition comes from local boutique players in each region, along with chain hotels operating in a similar price range, such as The Fern, and other regional hospitality chains.
The challenge for most independent regional players lies in three key areas:
Limited adoption of technology tools to enhance operations.
Lack of access to skilled talent or the resources to train them effectively.
Inability to design aesthetically appealing living spaces that elevate guest experiences.
Even those who overcome these challenges struggle to scale, leading to higher prices—often exceeding ₹10,000 per night—to sustain their operations.
With our unique operating model, we address these inefficiencies, allowing us to deliver a superior hospitality experience at an accessible price while maintaining profitability.
Teams
Ninad Kulkarni
Co-founder
Saikrishna Rane
Co-founder
Kunal Sabale
Co-founder
Tell us a bit about how founding team knows
each other.
We are engineers turned entrepreneurs driven to redefine hospitality in India. Frustrated by shallow tourist experiences, we launched a travel startup offering immersive cultural journeys in Konkan, Maharashtra. After conducting 40+ tours, we identified a larger issue—the lack of high-quality stays. Recognizing a bigger opportunity, we pivoted to hospitality, leading to the creation of Aalayah Stays to elevate guest experiences through design, service, and operational excellence.
Are all the founders full-time on this
project?
Yes
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