{"id":100998,"date":"2017-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/travelstart-launches-travelstart-biz\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:54:13","slug":"travelstart-launches-travelstart-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/travelstart-launches-travelstart-biz\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelstart Commits To Making Business Travel Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60117\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Header_Biz1-1.jpg\" alt=\"travelstart.biz\" width=\"553\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After ten years in South Africa, Travelstart is now a household name for consumers planning and bookings their trips. More than 3000 people daily check into flights around the continent with boarding passes originating from Travelstart.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cWe have grown our share of leisure and business travel bookings in Africa over the past decade staking our claim as the continent\u2019s largest OTA. We have now assembled a specialised team and paired them with our state of the art travel technology to offer corporate clients a simple, smart and cost effective business travel solution &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.biz\/\">Travelstart.BIZ<\/a>.\u201d Says the company founder Stephan Ekbergh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60089\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Services_Biz.jpg\" alt=\"travelstart.biz\" width=\"551\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>User behaviour drives change and Travelstart feel the time is now right to use their technology and expertise and bring this change to Africa and provide businesses with an affordable, efficiency-friendly alternative to traditional TMC\u2019s (Travel Management Companies).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cThere is a lot of room for improvement on how things are done and as far as price goes, so yes corporates are paying too much for too little.\u201d continues Ekbergh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More information about the Travelstart corporate initiative can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.biz\/\">Travelstart.BIZ<\/a>. To set up demos or a meeting with the team heading up Travelstart.BIZ, contact <strong>Mikha&#8217;il Ernest on 021 4684300 or mikhail@travelstart.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After ten years in South Africa, Travelstart is now a household name for consumers planning and bookings their trips. More than 3000 people daily check into flights around the continent with boarding passes originating from Travelstart. \u201cWe have grown our share of leisure and business travel bookings in Africa over the past decade staking our claim as the continent\u2019s largest OTA. 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