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== Background ==
== Background ==
HotelOnline was founded in late 2015 by Marek Zmyslowski and Maciej Prostak. Savanna Sunrise Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|last=Southwood|first=Russell|title=Savanna Sunrise opens up global online hotel bookings in East Africa|newspaper=Balancing Act Africa|url=https://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms-en/36782/savannasunrise-opens-up-global-online-hotel-booking-in-east-africa-b2c-processes-drive-digital-take-up-and-data-use|location=[[London]]|date=2016-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Charlesen|first=Henrik|title=Nordmenn er ledende på hotellbooking i Afrika|pages=front, 31, 32|newspaper=[[Finansavisen]]|language=no|location=[[Oslo]]|url=https://finansavisen.no/news/4256/242/Nordmenn-er-ledende-p%C3%A5-hotellbooking-i-Afrika|date=2017-03-06}}</ref> which later took the name of HotelOnline after merger, launched in Dubai in 2014, by Endre Opdal and Håvar Bauck,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Changarampatt|first=Manoj|newspaper=Techweez|location=Nairobi|date=2017-12-06|title=Founder Havar Bauck, on Building HotelOnline to Become a Hotel Booking Stalwart|url=http://techweez.com/2017/12/06/havar-bauck-hotelonline/}}</ref> to facilitate e-commerce and online marketing for hotels in Eastern Africa.
HotelOnline was founded in late 2015 by Marek Zmyslowski and Maciej Prostak. Savanna Sunrise Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|last=Southwood|first=Russell|title=Savanna Sunrise opens up global online hotel bookings in East Africa|newspaper=Balancing Act Africa|url=https://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms-en/36782/savannasunrise-opens-up-global-online-hotel-booking-in-east-africa-b2c-processes-drive-digital-take-up-and-data-use|location=[[London]]|date=2016-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Charlesen|first=Henrik|title=Nordmenn er ledende på hotellbooking i Afrika|pages=front, 31, 32|newspaper=[[Finansavisen]]|language=no|location=[[Oslo]]|url=https://finansavisen.no/news/4256/242/Nordmenn-er-ledende-p%C3%A5-hotellbooking-i-Afrika|date=2017-03-06}}</ref> which later took the name of HotelOnline after merger, launched in Dubai in 2014, by Endre Opdal and Håvar Bauck,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Changarampatt|first=Manoj|newspaper=Techweez|location=Nairobi|date=2017-12-06|title=Founder Havar Bauck, on Building HotelOnline to Become a Hotel Booking Stalwart|url=http://techweez.com/2017/12/06/havar-bauck-hotelonline/}}</ref> to facilitate e-commerce and online marketing for hotels in Eastern Africa. After growing rapidly in [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Rwanda]],<ref name="theexchange">{{cite news|last=Chege|first=Kimani|title=How two Norwegians turned Kenyan built a global traveltech success from five apartments in Syokimau|newspaper=The Exchange|url=https://theexchange.africa/hotelonline-conquers-africa-from-kenya/|location=[[Dar es Salaam]]|date=2019-04-25}}</ref> in 2015 and 2016, Savanna Sunrise acquired Hotel Online Sp. z.o.o.<ref name="ventureburn">{{cite news|last=Timm|first=Stephen|newspaper=[[Memeburn|Ventureburn]]|location=[[Johannesburg]]|date=2019-07-11|title=Norwegian Håvar Bauck’s Kenyan startup HotelOnline announces it’s raised $320k|url=https://ventureburn.com/2019/07/norwegian-havar-baucks-hotelonline-320k/}}</ref><ref name="traveldailynews">{{cite news|last=Koumelis|first=Theodore|newspaper=Travel Daily News|location=[[Cyprus]]|date=2017-06-17|title=Local go Global – African Hotels Equipped with a New Business Engine|url=https://www.traveldailynews.com/post/local-go-global-african-hotels-equipped-with-a-new-business-engine}}</ref> in Poland in 2017. The new group rebranded to HotelOnline later in 2017,<ref name="ventureburn" /> and launched their own Nigerian operation.<ref>{{Citation|last=Adepoju|first=Paul|newspaper=Innovation Village|location=Lagos|date=2017-06-15|title=HotelOnline announces merger, appoints former Jovago head as Nigeria country manager|url=http://innovation-village.com/hotelonline-announces-merger-appoints-former-jovago-head-nigerias-country-manager/}}</ref>


== Technology ==
== Technology ==

Revision as of 09:14, 16 July 2021

HotelOnline
HotelOnline
FormerlySavanna Sunrise
Industrytravel technology
Founded2014
FoundersEndre Opdal, Håvar Bauck
HeadquartersDubai
ServicesE-commerce, digital marketing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
RevenueIncrease NOK23 million (expected 2019)[1]
Number of employees
42 (January 2017)[2]
Websitehttps://www.hotelonline.co

HotelOnline is a travel technology company, offering a suite of digital tools for e-commerce, online marketing and operations automation to the hotel industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company helps hotels digitize operations and offers managed distribution to online channels, such as Online Travel Agents (OTAs), Global Distribution Systems, and metasearch engines. HotelOnline partners with Expedia, Booking.com, Hotelbeds, Airbnb and Ctrip[3]

The company is incorporated in Dubai, with offices in Nairobi, Lagos, Kampala, Dakar and Oslo.

Background

HotelOnline was founded in late 2015 by Marek Zmyslowski and Maciej Prostak. Savanna Sunrise Ltd.[4][5] which later took the name of HotelOnline after merger, launched in Dubai in 2014, by Endre Opdal and Håvar Bauck,[6] to facilitate e-commerce and online marketing for hotels in Eastern Africa. After growing rapidly in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda,[7] in 2015 and 2016, Savanna Sunrise acquired Hotel Online Sp. z.o.o.[8][9] in Poland in 2017. The new group rebranded to HotelOnline later in 2017,[8] and launched their own Nigerian operation.[10]

Technology

HotelOnline provides a cloud-based suite of tools for automated online distribution and hotel operations, reservations management and AI-driven dynamic pricing.

Presence

HotelOnline has offices in Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Dakar and Oslo. In 2019 the company announced that it had a client portfolio of more than 1500 hotels in 18 markets.[8] With the Africabookings acquisition in 2020, the company claimed to have increased this portfolio by 5000 properties[11] around Africa.

References

  1. ^ Charlesen, Henrik (8 July 2019). "Putter penger i afrikansk hotellbooking". Finansavisen. pp. 18–19.
  2. ^ "HotelOnline LinkedIn page". LinkedIn.
  3. ^ Wakoba, Sam (2018-09-27). "HotelOnline signs up over 1500 hotels across 17 markets in Africa, Europe & South Asia". Nairobi.
  4. ^ Southwood, Russell (2016-04-08). "Savanna Sunrise opens up global online hotel bookings in East Africa". Balancing Act Africa. London.
  5. ^ Charlesen, Henrik (2017-03-06). "Nordmenn er ledende på hotellbooking i Afrika". Finansavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo. pp. front, 31, 32.
  6. ^ Changarampatt, Manoj (2017-12-06). "Founder Havar Bauck, on Building HotelOnline to Become a Hotel Booking Stalwart". Techweez. Nairobi.
  7. ^ Chege, Kimani (2019-04-25). "How two Norwegians turned Kenyan built a global traveltech success from five apartments in Syokimau". The Exchange. Dar es Salaam.
  8. ^ a b c Timm, Stephen (2019-07-11). "Norwegian Håvar Bauck's Kenyan startup HotelOnline announces it's raised $320k". Ventureburn. Johannesburg.
  9. ^ Koumelis, Theodore (2017-06-17). "Local go Global – African Hotels Equipped with a New Business Engine". Travel Daily News. Cyprus.
  10. ^ Adepoju, Paul (2017-06-15), "HotelOnline announces merger, appoints former Jovago head as Nigeria country manager", Innovation Village, Lagos
  11. ^ "Zimbabwe's Africabookings is HotelOnline's second acquisition in a month". Disrupt Africa. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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