From starting Kenya’s first Airbnb to building digital revenue platform for hotels [Capital Business]
[From Capital Business] NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 2 – While working in Lagos, Nigeria, Håvar Bauck often visited his friend Endre Opdal in Kenya to discuss business ideas and opportunities. Every time they spoke, they agreed on one thing; that Kenya had immense potential. The duo in 2013, leased and furnished 5 apartments for accommodation in […]
Kenya’s HotelOnline, Backed by Yanolja, Buys Hotel Software Brand HotelPlus [Skift]
https://skift.com/blog/kenyas-hotelonline-backed-by-yanolja-buys-hotel-software-brand-hotelplus/ [From Skift] HotelOnline, which is based in Kenya and has more than 6,000 hotel clients for its software, has acquired HotelPlus, a provider of hotel software to 2,200 clients in East Africa, the companies said on Monday. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, other than to say that the transaction was […]
HotelOnline Acquires HotelPlus to Accelerate Expansion Across Africa [Phocuswire]
https://www.phocuswire.com/hotelonline-acquires-hotelplus-accelerate-expansion-africa [From Phocuswire] HotelOnline, a Kenya-based revenue management company, has acquired East African hotel software provider HotelPlus. The full terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the transaction mainly takes the form of shares, according to Håvar Bauck, one of HotelOnline’s two founders. Eric Muliro, who founded HotelPlus in Kenya in 2009, is getting […]
HotelOnline is thrilled to welcome Yanolja as an investor and shareholder [Press Release]
Yanolja Cloud Pte. Ltd., a leading South Korean travel technology unicorn backed by Softbank and Booking.com today announced their investment in HotelOnline. Endre Opdal, HotelOnline Founder and CEO: This is a game-changing moment for HotelOnline. With our operations back in break-even after the Covid crisis, this investment puts us in a unique position to scale […]
SaveApp and HotelOnline Partner for Your Dream Holiday [Press Release]
SaveApp and HotelOnline today launched a strategic partnership to allow their users save towards their ultimate dream holidays. Through SaveApp’s Ukonga platform, users can now access exclusive holiday packages from Cloud9, by HotelOnline. To encourage SaveApp customers to take up the offer, HotelOnline will match the first KES 500 saved towards a holiday, with an […]
HotelOnline launches partnership with HyperGuest [Press Release]
HyperGuest and HotelOnline launch cooperation. HotelOnline is a leading Pan-African revenue management group, offering a wide range of solutions for marketing, distribution and management technology for hotels. More than 6,000 hotels in 27 African countries use HotelOnline to get more bookings. HyperGuest quote: We are very proud to collaborate with HotelOnline. With over 6,000 hotels […]
How to Create a Hotel Website: Build a Hotel Website that will Convert
How to Create a Hotel Website…The world has turned digital, that’s a fact we can’t deny. Potential clients are searching online for hotels and accommodation and whatever they find online about your Property/ hotel is going to determine whether they book or not. Does your hotel have a website? If it does, are there improvements […]
Why your Hotel needs a Channel Manager
A Channel Manager is a back-end system that distributes and synchronizes the rates and availability of a hotel across online channels, such as Online Travel Agents (OTAs), Global Distribution Systems (GDSes) and metasearches. Why Do You Need This System? Hotels and properties get most of their booking from third party websites also known as OTA, […]
Zimbabwe’s AfricaBookings is HotelOnline’s Second Acquisition [Article in Disrupt Africa]
Zimbabwe-based hotel-booking startup AfricaBookings is the second platform acquired by B2B company HotelOnline within a month, as the company looks to ramp up its B2B offering. Founded in 2014, HotelOnline is a leading e-commerce and digital marketing platform for hotels that has helped more than 1,500 hotels across 18 markets in Africa and the Middle […]
Senegal’s Teranga Solutions Acquired By HotelOnline, A Hotel Booking Platform
Senegalese Teranga Solutions has merged with HotelOnline to create a new traveltech firm focused in the global frontier markets. The companies individually had systems and business models that were complimentary and together they now have a cloud-based ecosystem platform for independent hotels, thereby making HotelOnline a leader in frontier markets. Moustapha Ndoye and his brother […]