Travelstart

Travelstart
Website type
Private
Available inEnglish
Founded1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Headquarters
Cape Town
,
South Africa
Key peopleStephan Ekbergh (CEO)
IndustryTravel
ServicesTravel booking
Employees200+ [when?]
Websitetravelstart.co.za

Travelstart is a South African travel booking website, offering flights, hotel bookings, car rental, holiday packages, and other travel services through an online booking engine.

The company operates in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Travelstart was founded in Sweden in 1999, by Stephan Ekbergh. Before launching Travelstart, Ekbergh founded Sweden's first online travel agency, Mr Jet, in 1995.

In 2010, Travelstart Nordic was sold to European Travel Interactive AB(eTRAVELi), and the former's headquarters moved to Cape Town.

In 2012, Travelstart Nigeria was launched, followed by Travelstart Egypt.[citation needed]

In December 2019, Travelstart acquired competitor Jumia Travel from Jumia. Under the purchase agreement, Travelstart took control of Jumia Travel's online book websites.

References

  1. ↑ "A relatively unknown outfit is rapidly becoming one of the biggest web businesses in South Africa", ITWeb Brainstorm, 2010-01-07
  2. ↑ "About Us". travelstart.co.za.
  3. ↑ "Travel pioneer starts online roll-out in SA", MyBroadband, 2006-08-30
  4. ↑ "eTRAVELi köper Travelstart|" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  5. ↑ "eTRAVELi acquires competitor Travelstart in Europe" Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, 2010-01-20
  6. ↑ May, Kevin (January 21, 2010). "TravelStart sale to eTRAVELi triggers major Scandinavian power shift". Phocuswire.
  7. ↑ "Travelstart Travel Agency Launches in Nigeria" (Press release). May 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Travelstart takes over rival Jumia Travel, plans to tap new customers | PhocusWire". www.phocuswire.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  9. ↑ "The Wrap: Travelstart takes over management of Jumia Travel's operations across Africa". WIT. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-31.