Africa’s N°1 Hotel Booking website, Jovago.com has released its first mobile application in order to facilitate the hotel booking process for its customers and push the ‘mobile first’ initiative of the Africa Internet Group.
Africa’s leading hotel-booking website Jovago announced a new mobile application that allows customers access their vast inventory of 25,000 hotels in Africa on and offline. The self-developed Jovago.com Hotels Booking, is a free mobile application for the customer-base, and is immediately available on the Google Play Store to the entire community of Android users. The app demonstrates the company’s commitment to focusing on mobile solutions and developing trendy mobile applications that help improve customer experience when searching for hotels to book.
“The launch of App is a great milestone for us in order to offer great flexibility for the customer-centric mobile experience. We have noticed the immense growth of mobile devices in Africa and have used gathered knowledge to develop the most convenient hotel booking app. With the Jovago.com Hotels Booking, customers can readily access our growing inventory of hotels on the go with little to no hassles as our customer service team cater to their needs” said Paul Midy, CEO of Jovago.
The App allows customers to find the best rates among 25,000 hotels in Africa and 200,000 hotels worldwide. Pages for the hotels have the pictures, description, locations, amenities and reviews. This allows travelers to search hotel around them on the map. In addition, they can find exclusive deals and offers from a large variety of hotels and have the best price guarantee. Users can access their current and former booking even when they are offline.
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Cyrus Onyiego, the Country Manager-Kenya cited, “This is excellent news. Your perfect stay, one click away is now in your pocket. It is crucial especially in this digital era to travel at your convenience. Smart phones and apps have become the order of the day. That is why we as Jovago have to make sure that we are where the market is. You can now book a hotel whether you are in Turkana, Kisumu, Kilifi or Marsabit. This app is compatible with all android devices.”
About Jovago
Jovago.com is an online hotel booking service with offices spread across Africa, Asia and Europe. Jovago.com Hotels Booking App is another example of our unrelenting efforts in improving the user experience. The application is available for Android devices on the Google Play Store now. Versions would be shortly launched for the other mobile platforms and devices.
To learn more about Jovago.com Hotels Booking, visit here.
About AIG
Africa Internet Group introduces and accelerates the online shift in Africa – for its people and its culture. It is committed to running successful and vibrant internet companies which boost the evolution of African online culture. AIG is the parent group of nine successful and fast-growing companies in more than 26 African countries, accounting for over 3,500 staff. AIG cares about entrepreneurship and brings together all the key elements required to build great companies: team, concept, technology and capital. Its network of companies includes JUMIA, Kaymu, Hellofood, Lamudi, Carmudi, Zando, Jovago, Lendico and Easy Taxi.
About Jovago
Jovago.com is an online hotel booking service with offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal) founded by Africa Internet Group and has MTN and Millicom as investors. Jovago.com, Africa’s No.1 booking portal, facilitates the booking process for its users to provide them with the best hotel booking experience with fast, transparent and easy-to-use services. Jovago.com has over 25,000 local hotel listings across Africa and over 200,000 hotels around the world.