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Travelstart is Africa’s leading online travel agency. Established in 1999, Travelstart brings you a state-of-the art flight comparison tool to search and pay for cheap flights, car rental, online hotel bookings and holiday packages.

The Travelstart News Room is your comprehensive guide to find out how we continue to make a difference to how people search, book and pay for travel.

2024

• Travelstart Nigeria Country Manager, Bukky Akomolafe, Speaks as Samsung Electronics Unveils Galaxy AI S24 Series, Revolutionizing Mobile AI Published 26 January 2024

2023

• Travelstart and Uber have joined forces to make holiday travel in Nigeria more convenient and cost-effective. Published 28 January 2024
• Travelstart and Uber have joined forces to make holiday travel in Nigeria more convenient and cost-effective. Published 07 November 2023

2020

• We Are Ready for Lift Off Published 19 November 2020
• Travelstart and SafariNow Partner with Discovery Miles Published 11 November 2020

2019

• Travelstart to Power Jumia Travel Across Africa Published 9 December 2019
• Travelstart Celebrates Turkish Airlines' Debut in Port Harcourt Published 26 June 2019
• Travelstart Group Gets New Investor & Acquires New Company Published 12 June 2019
• Travelstart Supports Lala at the Paris Premiere of her first short film, “FINE” Published 31 May 2019
• Travelstart Nigeria unveils campaign aimed at easing financial burdens of travel Published 19 February 2019

2018

• Travelstart Nigeria and Uber Nigeria Announce Flight Partnership with “UberEscape” Published 29 August 2018
• Travelstart Nigeria and Virgin Atlantic Partner For The Royal Wedding Published 30 April 2018
• Win a Trip for 2 to Zanzibar Courtesy Travelstart Nigeria Published 27 March 2018
• Travelstart Marks Six Years Of Operating In Nigeria Published 21 March 2018
• Travelstart Announces Cheaper Prices On Flights In 6 Days, 6 Destinations Promo Published 20 March 2018
• Travelstart Nigeria and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Partners With the Nigerian Bobsled & Skeleton Federation For the 2018 Winter Olympics Published 25 January 2018

2016

• Travelstart Scoops Two Africa Travel Awards Published 11 November 2016
• Travelstart Nigeria Launches Interswitch Payment Gateway Published 09 September 2016
• Travelstart Appoints Philip Åkesson As Country Manager, Nigeria Published 1 June 2016
• Travelstart Wins At 2016 World Travel Awards Published 11 April 2016
• Survey Reveals Nigerians’ Airport Pains Published 9 March 2016

2015

• Travelstart Nigeria To Attend AKWAABA 2015 Published 2 September 2015
• Nigerian Passport Ranked 57th Most Useful in the World Published 29 July 2015
• BizCom: New Head Of Communications at Travelstart Nigeria Published 24 June 2015
• >Techloy: Travelstart appoints its new Head of Communications for Nigeria Published 24 June 2015
• Entrepre-news: Travelstart Nigeria Appoints Ojo Head of Communications Published 24 June 2015
• Travelstart And IROKOtv Capture Nigerians With Marketing Campaign Published 15 June 2015
• Travelstart Nigeria Partners With KLM To Launch A Marketing Campaign Published 20 May 2015
• Travelstart Nigeria unveils affordable flight booking system Published 22 March 2015
• Travelstart’s neXt Agent – The Next Big Thing Published 18 March 2015
• Travelstart Nigeria launches Next agent platform Published 18 March 2015
• Hallmark Newspaper: Travelstart Unveiled neXt Published 16 March 2015
• Travelstart Nigeria debuts with new product christened 'NeXt' Published 17 March 2015
• Nigerian Pilot Sunday: Travelstart Reforms Online Travel Bookings Published 15 March 2015
• Travelstart Introduces Visa Denied Service To Reduce Potential Loss For Travellers Published 17 February 2015
• Travelstart Acquires Satisfly To Leverage Social Data Published 15 January 2015

2014

• Daily Sun Interview: Nigeria is Underserved - Igwe Published 11 December 2014
• Kenya Airways, Travelstart Partner to Promote Tourism in Nigeria Published 28 October 2014
• Travelstart Rewards Selfie Winner With Return Tickets To Nairobi Published 27 October 2014
• The Guardian: Travelstart Awards Winner With Two Return Tickets to Nairobi Published 31 October 2014
• Naija247news: Travelstart Nigeria Integrates GTB Web Payment Solution For Online Travel Consumers Published 1 September 2014
• Techmoran: Travelstart Nigeria Integrates GTPay For Real-time Online Payments Published 1 September 2014
• Travelstart Nigeria Integrates GTB Web Payment Solution For Online Travel Consumers Published 29 August 2014
• Nigeria Travel Digest: Travelstart Nigeria Ties Up With Dana Air for Domestic Flight Bookings Published 16 July 2014
• Travelstart Nigeria Ties Up With Dana Air for Domestic Flight Bookings Published 14 July 2014
• Travelstart reveals top ‘hidden’ holiday destinations for Nigerian travellers Published 18 July 2014
• Travelstart Reveals Nigerians' Favourite International Travel Destinations Published 6 May 2014
• Travelstart Statistics Shows Increase In Demand For Online Travel In Nigeria Published 11 March 2014
• Travelstart Launches Mobile Phone Flight Booking Service In Nigeria Published 28 January 2014

2013

• Travelstart Reveals Growth Strategy in New Markets Published 31 July 2013
• 2013 STUDY: Up To 15 Phones Are Left On During Every Flight Published 19 June 2013
• My Broadband: How many SA passengers leave phones on in-flight? Published 19 June 2013
• BusinessTech: SA flyers’ mobile phone habits revealed Published 19 June 2013
• Zaywa Article: Leading online travel agency Travelstart continues its global expansion with Egypt operations Published 19 June 2013
• Swedish Business Week Profiles Stephan Ekbergh Published in Veckans Affärer 2013-02 Read the blog post
• Beş ülkede online seyahat hizmeti sunan Travelstart’ın Türkiye girişimi Geziko.com alanında liderlik hedefliyor Published on Webrazzi 2013-03-22
• Bora Bora top destination for Romantic South Africans Published on traveldailynews.asia 2013-02-18 
• The Polynesian islands of Bora Bora are the top destination of choice for Romantic South Africans according to a survey conducted by the country’s biggest online travel agency Travelstart Published on africabusiness.com 2013-02-14
• The Polynesian islands of Bora Bora are the top destination of choice for Romantic South Africans according to a survey conducted by the country’s biggest online travel agency Travelstart Published on apo-opa.org 2013-02-14 
• Geziko markası ile Türkiye'ye adım attı; beş yılda zirveye çıkma hedefi açıkladı Published on Turizmde bu sabah 2013-01-21 (Turkish)
• Vize çıkmazsa bilet parası iade Published on Milliyet.com.tr 2013-01-13 (Turkish)

2012

• Dünya devi Travelstart, Geziko ile Türkiye pazarına giriş yaptı Published on TurizmGüncel.com 2012-11-22 (Turkish)
• Travelstart Geziko.com ile Türkiye Pazarına Girdi Published on sosyalmedya.co 2012-11-22 (Turkish) 
• Online pazara bir isim daha eklendi; Travelstart "Geziko" ile Türkiye'ye giriş yaptı Published on Turizmde bu sabah 2012-11-22  (Turkish)
• Travelstart,Geziko Markasıyla Türkiye'de Published on SonDakika.com 2012-11-22 (Turkish) 
• Travelstart,Geziko Markasıyla Türkiye'de Published on Haberler.com 2012-11-22 (Turkish)
• Travelstart Geziko markasıyla Türkiye pazarına giriyor Published on Btnet.com.tr 2012-11-22 (Turkish) 
• İşte Türkiye'nin online seyahat pazarındaki son durumu Published on Turizmdebusabah 2012-11-22 (Turkish) 
• Travelstart, Geziko markasıyla Türkiye'de Published on Medyaloji 2012-11-22 (Turkish)
• BASIN BÜLTENİ Published by 2012-11-22 (Turkish)
• Africa’s fastest growing online travel agency tackles Turkey Travelstart will tackle the strong local competition in Turkey with simplicity, low prices and customer focus. Published 2012-11-21
• Travelstart Sponsors Tech4AfricaAfrica’s Premier Mobile, Web & Emerging Tech event Published 2012-10-19 
• Travelstart reports 585% growth in bookings More and more Kenyans book their travel online. Published 2012-10-18
• Online Travel Agency, Travelstart introduces Cash on Delivery Service Shop for travel online without having to transact payments online. Published on Aida's Expressions 2012-10-11
• Travelstart introduces Cash on Delivery Service in Lagos Book your ticket online and pay by cash when your ticket gets delivered to your door step. Published 2012-10-03
• Visa Survey 2012 80 % of the South Africans would travel more if there were less visa restrictions according to a survey done by Travelstart. Published 2012-07-09
• Social media case study: Travelstart Published on Digitalfire 2012-06-26
• Travelstart Nigeria Launches at Oriental Hotel in Style! Published on Olori Supergal
• Travelstart launches in Nigeria Nigeria became the company’s second biggest market after just six weeks. Published on PR.com 2012-05-18
• Travelstart finally launches in Nigeria as it eyes more African countries Travelstarts stands out by giving opportunities, low prices and focus on customer service. Published on Humanipo 2012-05-18
• Attention, Flygerians! Travelstart Officially Takes Off In Nigeria Travelstart is working its way through Africa with Nigeria as the fifth and latest market. Published on tecloy.com 2012-05-17
• Travelstart Launches in Nigeria Published 2012-05-16
• Travelstart Nigeria launches model search Become the face of Travelstart and win N20,000 worth of travel. Published on ameyawdebrah.com 2012-04-20
• Online Travel Agency, Travelstart Launches in Nigeria Online booking now available in Nigeria. Published on TechTalk Africa 2012-03-27
• Travelstart Tanzania re-launches Travel Website Published 26 March 2012
• Travelstart Beta Launches in Nigeria Travelstart launches beta version of website to test market acceptance in Nigeria. Published 2012-03-20
• Travelstart Launches in Kenya  Travelstart is the first online travel website of its kind in Kenya, allowing customers to book, pay and receive flight confirmation all online. Published 2012-03-02
• Travelstart South Africa Launches New Car Rental Booking Website Published 2012-02-24
• Travelstart Data Shows Positive Growth in Online Travel Bookings Published 2012-01-27
• Travelstart Sponsored School Achieves 100% Matric Pass Rate Published 2012-01-10

2011

• Are you paying too much for flights? Online flight booking allows consumers to take control of their travel arrangements. Published 2011-11-15
• Travelstart Launches in Namibia 

2010

• Travelstart opens in Tanzania Published on bizcommunity.com 2010-11-23
• Travelstart says Tanzania rapidly growing market for outbound as well as inbound tourism Published on Business Times 2010-10-22
• Travelstart grows by a third in 2010 Published on it-online.co.za 2010-09-23
• Mtandao Wa Uwakala Wa Kuuza Tiketi Za Ndege Wazinduliwa Leo Jijini Dar Published on 24Seven 365 2010-10-13 (Turkish)
• Travelstart records 30 % increase in bookings Published on Travelwires.com 2010-09-20
• Starting up Travelstart’s founder and CEO on why he chose South Africa over Sweden. Published on brainstorm.co.za 2010-07-01
• Recession has brought a mixed bag. Weakened global currencies like the US dollar and the British Pound has made travel more affordable for people from other countries. Published on TIR 2010-03-01
• Fly to an island for Valentine's. Tropical Islands a favourite this Valentine’s Day. Published on Corridor Gazette 2010-02-11
• Travel rather than marriage SA's top Valentine's gift South Africans prefer a romantic getaway over a proposal for Valentine surprise. Published on Northern Rewiew 2010-02-11
• Viliegkoste skrik plaaslike reisigers af met Wereldbeker  Published on Sake24 2010-02-08 (Afrikaans)
• Online Travel bookings up South African online travel agency reports 70% growth in bookings for 2009. Published on Sowetan 2010-02-02
• Online Travel flies high despite recession's woes Travelstart shows great growth in a year littered with financial gloom. Published on Mercury 2010-01-27
• Record Growth in Business Published January 2010

2009

• Duplicitous Advertising Slammed by Travelstart CEO Travelstart CEO is calling for the industry to stop confusing its customers when advertising fares. Published on 2009-10-08
• Stop flight-price deceit Travelstart CEO gives his opinion on how the travel industry misleads customers by with dodgy pricing tactics. Published on fin24.com 2009-10-07
   

2008

• How to skip the Travel agents. Be your own travel agent and save money by booking online. Published at Iafrica.com 2006-12-19