The African No.1 Online Travel Agency Announces more properties, hitting 300,000 hotels across the world and 30,000 in Africa.

Accra, 8th March,2017 – Jumia Travel is further solidifying its global presence in the hotel, travel, and tourism ecosystem, unveiling new continental and international destinations. The company has registered an inventory of more than 30,000 hotels in Africa and over 300,000 worldwide; only four years since inception in 2013. These include new properties in popular destinations in Africa including South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia, as well as outbound destinations including Dubai, London, New York, Paris, and Mecca among others.

Guaranteeing continued quality of service, Jumia Travel’s boss Paul Midy says, “We have the requisite capacity to offer our partners global visibility, and to our customers, solutions for all their travel needs anywhere in the world.”

The move is directed at enabling more Africans to expand their travel horizons both domestically and internationally. As part of the initiative, customers will have access to travel packages to the new destinations; with 24/7 local customer service and expertise as well as flexible payment options including Mpesa, payment on arrival, and credit cards.

The packages will consist of hotel stays, return flight tickets, tours or excursions upon request and availability. They exclude Visa processing fees, travel insurance, among other activities not mentioned above.

“Travelers are increasingly shifting focus from generic products to more customized and personalized experience. We are therefore working closely with our hotels and other OTA partners to provide our customers with tailor-made worldwide travel options,”

added Midy.

‘’Africa is evolving and developing by the day in terms of travel and tourism with improvements in technology. By using the internet, we have been able to sell Africa to the rest of the world and now we believe Africa can also explore the world. Having more destinations in Africa and across the world means we bring Africa to the world and the world to Africa’’ – Claire Staal, MD Jumia Travel Ghana.

Jumia Travel recently launched its flights services, adding to its efforts to create a one stop travel shop across Africa.

About Jumia Travel

Jumia Travel (travel.jumia.com) is Africa’s No.1 online travel agent, allowing you to get the best prices for more than 30,000 hotels in Africa and more than 300,000 hotels around the world.

Our ambition is to bring every bit of available accommodation online, and to create the easiest and cheapest way to travel in Africa and across the world.

At Jumia Travel, we have hundreds of travel specialists constantly in touch with our customers. Our offices are located in Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Algiers (Algeria), Douala (Cameroon), Kampala (Uganda), Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Nairobi (Kenya) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Before June 2016, Jumia Travel was known as Jovago. Jumia Travel was founded in 2013 by Jumia and is backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and financial partners.