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vishnuharidas on April 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: OYO furloughs thousands of employees as revenue dr...

They replace the numbers on Google Maps first - either by adding the hotel for the first time on Maps or by "claim this business" option. Everyone else collects the data from Google Maps (or their services) and now on every website, the hotel has Oyo's number.

dhimes on April 9, 2020 [–]

Man, this is infuriating. What does Google say when the hotels call to correct the information?

vishnuharidas on April 9, 2020 | [–]

I don't think hotels can do this, either the hotels don't know how to claim the business back, or this is a part of their agreement.

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