Travelstart Wins Best Mobile Shopping Experience Award

Travelstart Wins Best Mobile Shopping Experience Award

CAPE TOWN, 4 September 2018 – Travelstart received the award for best mobile shopping experience at the 2018 PriceCheck Tech & E-commerce Awards.

The Tech & E-Commerce Awards recognises outstanding South African people and businesses in e-commerce and technology. Winners are chosen through a public voting stage and the expertise of a carefully-selected panel of judges.

Travelstart’s Head of Product, Pia Spratley, said: ‘We are thrilled to win this award - the importance of mobile commerce is nothing new and we've sharpened our focus on it for the last 2 years’. She added: ‘being able to relate to where users are, what they are thinking about and what they are doing while on their mobile phone or tablet has been very important to us. It has allowed us to create the optimal travel experience on both our website and native app, Flapp.’

Flapp provides users with a simple way to book flights, rent cars and manage bookings on the go. The app has been downloaded over 860 000 times and consistently features in the top free travel apps in the Google Play and Apple App Stores. As smartphones become more widespread, there is a growing number of customers who use Flapp to book international flights and complex trips on their phone, indicating increased consumer trust in the mobile commerce experience.