Streaming · Tech · Hyderabad
Netflix
When a 12-week production rolled into Hyderabad with three weeks' notice, Netflix's mobility team needed corporate housing that could absorb late date changes, multi-bedroom requests, and on-set commute math — without burning their RMC's calendar.
Netflix housed 38 production crew in 11 days for a Hyderabad shoot — without one spreadsheet.
38
Crew members housed
11 days
From brief to keys-in-hand
< 2 min
Per-booking pricing turnaround
0
Spreadsheets exchanged
The brief
- Traditional RFP cycle would have eaten 5 of the 11 available pre-production days.
- Crew were arriving on rolling dates from Mumbai, LA, and London — dates kept shifting.
- Budget approvals required GST-correct invoices upstream, with audit trails for compliance.
- On-set commute target: 25 minutes door-to-door from HITEC City and Madhapur shoot locations.
What we did
- Aira ingested the production schedule via a single Slack thread; auto-built 38 distinct date windows.
- Pulled live inventory across 14 verified Hyderabad properties — all confirmed in under 2 minutes per booking.
- Held first-choice properties for 24 hours per crew member; finance approved in one click via the secure traveller link.
- Each booking got a one-page audit packet: invoice + GST cert + commute map. Auto-shared to Netflix Finance.
Outcome
- All 38 crew housed within commute SLA. 4 properties were repeat-booked across crew rotations.
- Total mobility-coordinator time spent: ~6 hours across 11 days. Previous comparable production: ~40 hours.
- Zero post-stay disputes. Two early-departure refunds processed in under 24 hours via the dashboard.
“We cut our average relocation housing time from three days to four hours. ikan is the only reason our Hyderabad shoot stayed on schedule.”