Interviews and news stories in external newspapers, magazines and other media
Article in The Exchange, published on 2019-06-13 Cloud9xp, leading online marketplace, booking service and distributor for leisure experiences with a Kenyan base has announced that they have joined forces with one of the fastest growing and tech-enabled tours and travel companies in the region, Heartbeat Adventures. The deal finally came to a positive conclusion after…
Bauck, who is also the chairman of HotelOnline, hit the news in Ventureburn in February when the controversial Zmyslowski in 2017 tried to conclude a deal to merge his startup with Bauck’s (see this story, this one and this one). The Norwegian’s company, Savanna Sunrise did in the end merge with a Polish entity, Hotel Online sp. z.o.o, in the…
Cloud9xp, an online marketplace, booking service and distributor for leisure experiences backed by Hotel Online has merged with Hearbeat Adventures, a tech-enabled tours and travel companies in the region. Speaking to TechMoran, Cloud9xp Cofounder, Tesh Mbaabu said, “Cloud9XP acquired Heartbeat Adventures. We wanted to strengthen our position in the market by integrating a traditional tours and travel…
Interview with me about HotelOnline in The Exchange. 2019-04-25. How two Norwegians turned Kenyan built a global traveltech success from five apartments in Syokimau When Håvar Bauck landed in Kenya in 2002, the country was in chaos. The government of outgoing president Daniel Moi was preparing to exit the scene after 24 years in power….
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Article published in TechMoran, 2019-04-18 Kaleidoscope Africa’s series of events to boost tech entrepreneurship in Kenya Kaleidoscope Africa, an initiative by four Nairobi-based entrepreneurs, aims to create a forum for the entrepreneurship community of Nairobi centered around new, innovative entrepreneurship-related topics to be discussed or presented in an interactive session where we strongly encourage participation…
Kenya based entrepreneurs launch talk forums Article published in The Exchange on 2019-04-02 Nairobi is expected to host a new series of entrepreneurial discussions and talks that will promote the growth of businesses in the region. Kaleidoscope Africa is an initiative by four successful Nairobi-based entrepreneurs, aiming to create a forum for the entrepreneurship community…
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Article in Techmoran, 2018-09-27 HotelOnline, an online hotel booking software suite firm that helps hotels get online bookings through its super simple, cloud-based dashboard to manage bookings, rates and availability from one place has signed up over 1,500 hotels and accommodation providers across 17 markets in Africa, Europe and South Asia. Connected to the major…
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Article published in Finansavisen on 2018-05-07 Finansavisen, a leading Norwegian business daily, writing about HotelOnline acquiring European Travel Group, the company behind the Cityhotels booking portal. The story was featured on the front page.
Article published in Techmoran on 2018-05-15 Senegalese Teranga Solutions has merged with HotelOnline to create a traveltech industry leader in the global frontier markets. The companies individually had systems and business models that were complimentary and together they now have a cloud-based ecosystem platform for independent hotels – the first of its kind, making HotelOnline a global leader in…
Article in SmartMonkeyTV, published on 2018-04-01 Travel tech start-up HotelOnline’s Co-Founder Havar Bauck on a merger that almost went wrong and fundraising global expansion in emerging markets Getting up out of the early growth stage is one of the hardest climbs for start-ups in Africa. This week Russell Southwood talks to Kenyan based travel tech…
