MTI Investment and HotelOnline launch a booking portal for sustainable tourism to Zanzibar
MTI Investment SE (ticker: MTI), listed on Nasdaq First North, and HotelOnline Kenya Ltd announce the launch of a unique booking portal, www.sustainablezanzibar.com, for sustainable tourism to the paradise island Zanzibar, linking sustainable tourism with sustainable waste management. Joining Sustainable Zanzibar will provide hotels with increased visibility, recognition for their sustainable practices, and access to a […]
Valentine’s Day Marketing 101 for Hotels: How to attract Couples
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and for hotels and restaurants, that means it’s time to start planning your marketing strategy. Here are a few tips to help you get started: Start promoting your Valentine’s Day specials early. Send out email blasts, post on social media, and even create a landing page on your website dedicated […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SavannaSunrise Opens Up Global Online Hotel Booking In East Africa – B2C Processes Drive Digital Take-Up And Data Use
Article published in Balancing Act Africa, 2016 Set up by two Norwegians, SavannaSunrise aims to put locally owned, mid-range hotels in Africa on the online map. These types of online B2C processes are probably going to be a spearhead of both digital take-up and data use. Russell Southwood spoke to one of the co-founders Havar […]