Interviews and news stories in external newspapers, magazines and other media
Interview with me, in The Exchange about HotelOnline. 2021-02-01. HotelOnline, leading e-commerce and digital marketing enabler for hotels in emerging markets rolling out strategic initiatives as East Africa recovers from Covid-19 For many businesses, 2020 would be a year they would not want to remember. The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged most of businesses globally with reduced…
Interview with me about HotelOnline, published on intro.africa in 2020 by Thought Leader Global. In November 2019, Mikkel and Natalie, aka. Thought Leader Global, visited Nairobi to create an impressive collection of video footage about Kenya. We worked with them to create this amazing video about the travel and hospitality industry in Africa. Much of…
Kenyan based travel-tech outfit HotelOnline has made a strategic acquisition of companies across Africa, positioning itself at the helm of the industry. While many companies in the travel industry have been facing a major dip due to COVID-19, HotelOnline has diversified and acquired other entities solidifying its position in the African travel industry. Run by…
Key Butler slår seg sammen med afrikansk hotellkjempe: Vil kapre utleiemarkedet Interview with me about HotelOnline’s acquisition of Key Butler, originally published on Shifter.no 2019-09-10 HotelOnline og Key Butler samler krefter i en ny utleieplattform. Bak HotelOnline står Håvar Bauck og Endre Opdal. Gründerne har i løpet av de siste fem årene blitt en ledende aktør på e-handel og digital markedsføring av…
Article published in Techmoran on 2019-09-12 HotelOnline and Key Butler have agreed to merge their Norwegian entities in a European market consolidation move. Key Butler and HotelOnline merger will form Stay Plus and will target the Scandinavian rental market. only. HotelOmlome will maintain its operations in Africa. Led by Tore Hofstad, the Chairman of HotelOnline, and a key…
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HotelOnline Raises $320,000 from TRK Group, OYO Rooms early investor Shravan Shroff among others Article published in Techmoran on 2019-07-11 Nairobi-based travel tech platform HotelOnline, has raised $320,000 from its existing investors and new investors such as Norway’s Trond Riiber Knudsen Group and Shravan Shroff , an early backer of India’s OYO Rooms, and the co-founder of India’s…
Håvar Bauck, the Norwegian entrepreneur who hit the news earlier this year over his dealings with controversial Polish tech entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski announced yesterday that his Kenyan travel tech startup HotelOnline had raised $320 000. The company provides solutions for e-commerce and digital marketing to more than 1500 hotels in 18 markets across Africa and South Asia. The new…
Article in BusinessDay, published on 2019-07-17 Some Nigerian investors have taken a stake in HotelOnline, a Pan-Africa focused traveltech company, based in Oslo but started by to Norwegians based in Africa.by By Our Reporter On Jul 17, 2019 Some Nigerian investors have taken a stake in HotelOnline, a Pan-Africa focused traveltech company, based in Oslo but started by…
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Shravan Shroff Joins HotelOnline Board of Directors Article in BusinessWorld Hotelier, published on 2019-07-10 HotelOnline is a travel tech scale-up, started by Norwegian entrepreneurs Håvar Bauck and Endre Opdal, both living in Kenya. HotelOnline, with an aim to strengthen its position in current core markets, delivering outstanding quality to their hotel partners and creating more…
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Article published in Finansavisen on 2019-07-08 Article in Finansavisen, a leading Norwegian business daily, about our 2019 investment round. We raised USD 320,000, with renowned Norwegian startup investor Trond Riiber Knudsen among our new shareholders. Shravan Shroff, the first investor in Indian traveltech unicorn OYO Rooms also joined our board of directors.
