Press Releases

Travelstart is Africa’s leading online travel agency. Established in 1999, Travelstart brings you a state-of-the-art flight comparison tool to search and pay for cheap flights, car rental, online hotel bookings and holiday packages.

The Travelstart News Room is your comprehensive guide to find out how we continue to make a difference to how people search, book and pay for travel.

2017

• Travelstart Partners with Uber

2015

• New Airlines Flying to Durban Will Awaken Tourism on the East Coast Published 12 November 2015
• Travelstart and News24 Join Forces to Boost Online Travel Bookings Published 9 October 2015
• New App Makes Flight Bookings on SA’s Busiest Air Route Easy Published 9 June 2015
• Local Flight Prices Nosedive as Airline Competition Takes Off Published 18 March 2015
• Travelstart Acquires Satisfly to Leverage Social Data Published 14 January 2015

2014

• Report: 66% Say Online Shopping Has Become Safer in the Last Year Published 28 November 2014
• Travelstart Survey Reveals Travellers’ Airport Hypes & Gripes Published 9 July 2014
• First Quarter 2014 Travel Trends Report from Travelstart Published 2 June 2014
• Travelstart Reinvents Mobile Friendly Website with International Flight Bookings Capability Published 27 January 2014

2013

• Survey Reveals the Dark Side of the South African Traveller Published 16 October 2013
• Travelstart South Africa Welcomes New Country Manager Published 18 September 2013
• 2013 STUDY: Snakes on A Plane! The Inflight Sex Survey Published 3 July 2013
• 2013 STUDY: Up to 15 Phones Are Left on During Every Flight Published 19 June 2013

2012

• Travelstart Launches in Kenya  Travelstart is the first online travel website of its kind in Kenya, allowing customers to book, pay and receive flight confirmation all online. Published 2012-03-02

2011

• Are You Paying Too Much for Flights? Online flight booking allows consumers to take control of their travel arrangements. Published 2011-11-15

2010

• Travelstart Opens in Tanzania Published on bizcommunity.com 2010-11-23
• Starting Up Travelstart’s founder and CEO on why he chose South Africa over Sweden. Published on brainstorm.co.za 2010-07-01