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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.

TheTravelstart 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.

2019

• Travelstart to Power Jumia Travel Across Africa Published 9 December 2019
• Travelstart Launches Online Bus Booking Platform Published 20 November 2019
• Travelstart Completes Acquisition of Club Travel Group Published 10 October 2019
• Travelstart to acquire Club Travel Group Published 10 June 2019
• Travelstart Brings in New Investors Published 28 May 2019
• Travelstart Launches Media Hub Published 29 April 2019
• Travelstart Goes After The Corporate Market Published 22 January 2019

2018

• Travelstart Extends Pay-in-Store Network With Pick n Pay Published 19 November 2018
• Travelstart Wins Best Mobile Shopping Experience Award Published 4 September 2018
• Travelstart Launches Pay@PEP – Pay For Flights At PEP Stores Nationwide Published 23 July 2018
• Travelstart Appoints Jerome Touze As Chief Marketing Officer Published 2 July 2018
• The Most Popular Air Routes & Destinations For South Africans In 2018 Published 25 June 2018
• Travelstart Relaunches Internal Travel Consultancy as Travelstart Live Published 12 March 2018

2017

• SafariNow.com Joins Travelstart Group Published 6 December 2017
• The #1 valet parking in Cape Town
• #27 suitcases for Mandela Day 2017 Published 18th July 2017
• Future of HR award winner
• Travelstart.Biz launch
• Travelstart partners with Uber
• Travelstart "Fake it" campaign
• Travelstart #DurbanChallenge Published April 24 2017

2016

• Travelstart Wins At 2016 World Travel Awards Published 11 April 2016

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
• Air Ticket Prices Drop, But Not For Long – Consumers Warned Of Increases As Industry Seeks Stability Published 19 August 2015
• Travelstart And Kulula Partner To Give Away 12 Months Free Flights Published 22 July 2015
• New App Makes Flight Bookings On SA’s Busiest Air Route Easy Published 9 June 2015
• Local Flight Prices Nose Dive 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
• Survey: Most South Africans Travel Connected But Want Cheaper Roaming Published 25 September 2014
• South Africans’ Airport Facility Dreams Revealed Published 13 August 2014
• Travelstart Survey Reveals Travellers’ Airport Hypes & Gripes Published 9 July 2014
• First Quarter 2014 Travel Trends Report From Travelstart Published 2 June 2014
• Cutting Down On Internet, Travelling With Friends And Quitting Ciggies: South Africans’ Travel Money Saving Habits Revealed Published 7 April 2014
• More Than a Million Reasons to Engage With Social Media African Business Review, Published March 2014
• Security Still The Biggest Factor In The Psyche Of South Africa’s Online Shoppers Published 17 February 2014
• Travelstart Reinvents Mobile Friendly Website With International Flight Bookings Capability Published 27 January 2014

2013

• Revealed: Average Air Travel Costs Higher Than Last Year But Deals Are Still Available If You’re Dialed In Published 19 December 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
• Travelstart Surpasses 1 Million Facebook Fan Milestone Published 4 September 2013
• Travelstart Reveals Growth Strategy in New Markets Published 31 July 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
• My Broadband: How many SA passengers leave phones on in-flight? Published 19 June 2013
• BusinessTech: SA flyers’ mobile phone habits revealed Published 19 June 2013
• CNN Report: Leading online travel agency Travelstart continues its global expansion with Egypt operations Published 19 June 2013
• Swedish Business Week Profiles Stephan Ekbergh Published in Veckans Affärer 2013-02 Read the blog post

2012

• Africa’s fastest growing online travel agency tackles Turkey Travelstart will tackle the strong local competition in Turkey with simplicity, low prices and customer focus. Published 2012-11-21
• Travelstart Sponsors Tech4AfricaAfrica’s Premier Mobile, Web & Emerging Tech event Published 2012-10-19 
• Travelstart reports 585% growth in bookings More and more Kenyans book their travel online. Published 2012-10-18
• Travelstart introduces Cash on Delivery Service in Lagos Book your ticket online and pay by cash when your ticket gets delivered to your door step. Published 2012-10-03
• Visa Survey 2012 Published 2012-07-09
• Travelstart launches in Nigeria Published on PR.com 2012-05-18
• Travelstart finally launches in Nigeria as it eyes more African countries Published on Humanipo 2012-05-18
• Attention, Flygerians! Travelstart Officially Takes Off In Nigeria Published on tecloy.com 2012-05-17
• Travelstart Launches in Nigeria Published 2012-05-16
• Travelstart Nigeria launches model search Become the face of Travelstart and win N20,000 worth of travel. Published on ameyawdebrah.com 2012-04-20
• Online Travel Agency, Travelstart Launches in Nigeria Online booking now available in Nigeria. Published on TechTalk Africa 2012-03-27
• Travelstart Tanzania re-launches Travel Website Published 26 March 2012
• Travelstart Beta Launches in Nigeria Travelstart launches beta version of website to test market acceptance in Nigeria. Published 2012-03-20
• 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
• Travelstart South Africa Launches New Car Rental Booking Website Published 2012-02-24
• Travelstart Data Shows Positive Growth in Online Travel Bookings Published 2012-01-27
• Travelstart Sponsored School Achieves 100% Matric Pass Rate Published 2012-01-10

2011

• Are you paying too much for flights? Online flight booking allows consumers to take control of their travel arrangements. Published 2011-11-15
• Travelstart Launches in Namibia 

2010

• Travelstart opens in Tanzania Published on bizcommunity.com 2010-11-23
• Travelstart says Tanzania rapidly growing market for outbound as well as inbound tourism Published on Business Times 2010-10-22
• Travelstart grows by a third in 2010 Published on it-online.co.za 2010-09-23
• Starting up Travelstart’s founder and CEO on why he chose South Africa over Sweden. Published on brainstorm.co.za 2010-07-01
• Recession has brought a mixed bag. Weakened global currencies like the US dollar and the British Pound has made travel more affordable for people from other countries. Published on TIR 2010-03-01
• Fly to an island for Valentine's. Tropical Islands a favourite this Valentine’s Day. Published on Corridor Gazette 2010-02-11
• Travel rather than marriage SA's top Valentine's gift South Africans prefer a romantic getaway over a proposal for Valentine surprise. Published on Northern Rewiew 2010-02-11
• Viliegkoste skrik plaaslike reisigers af met Wereldbeker  Published on Sake24 2010-02-08 (Afrikaans)
• Online Travel bookings up South African online travel agency reports 70% growth in bookings for 2009. Published on Sowetan 2010-02-02
• Online Travel flies high despite recession's woes Travelstart shows great growth in a year littered with financial gloom. Published on Mercury 2010-01-27
• Record Growth in Business Published January 2010

2009

• Duplicitous Advertising Slammed by Travelstart CEO Travelstart CEO is calling for the industry to stop confusing its customers when advertising fares. Published on 2009-10-08
• Stop flight-price deceit Travelstart CEO gives his opinion on how the travel industry misleads customers by with dodgy pricing tactics. Published on fin24.com 2009-10-07
   

2008

• How to skip the Travel agents. Be your own travel agent and save money by booking online. Published at Iafrica.com 2006-12-19