Is your Property Ready for Millennial Travelers in 2021?
Millennials, more than any other generation are making travel their priority, they are saving more for experiences and vacations. Bearing in mind they make the largest percentage in the world, every industry including the hospitality industry is looking for ways to accommodate them. That said, is your hotel/property ready for the Millennials travelers? Things that […]
Kenya: Travel Tech Start-Up Hotelonline’s Co-Founder Havar Bauck On A Merger That Almost Went Wrong And Fundraising Global Expansion In Emerging Markets
Getting up out of the early growth stage is one of the hardest climbs for start-ups in Africa. This week Russell Southwood talks to Kenyan-based travel tech start-up HotelOnline’s Co-Founder Havar Bauck about growth and finding its “sweet spot” in the competitive world of online travel. So how did the merger in 2017 go with […]
Founder Havar Bauck, On Building HotelOnline To Become A Hotel Booking Stalwart
Havar Bauck, the founder and executive Chairman of HotelOnline is a Norwegian but is quick to note that he was born in Norway, but his heart is with his lovely wife and two daughters in Kenya. These two countries aren’t exactly where he spends most of his time, he says airports and planes are the […]
Local Go Global! African Hotels Equipped With A New Business Engine
The combination puts HotelOnline at the forefront of online hospitality solutions industry in Africa, active in DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe. African hotels gain a much stronger business partner as Savanna Sunrise Ltd. and Hotel Online Sp. z.o.o complete their merger. The company will operate under […]
HotelOga And Savanna Sunrise Merge, Plot Travel Tech Domination In Africa
Two African companies have joined forces in a bid to create what they claim will be the biggest hospitality tech group on the continent. Savanna Sunrise and HotelOga will merge under undisclosed “similar valuations”, the pair say in a statement, with management roles being divvied up between the original founders of both. HotelOga’s Marek Zmysłowski […]