JOVAGO BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN OTA ON GOOGLE HOTEL ADS

Africa’s N°1 Hotel Booking website, Jovago.com has been featured on the Google Travel Platform. This increases the scope of potential customers and the propensity to boost Jovago activities in Africa to a larger extent.

December 1, 2015 — Africa’s leading hotel-booking website Jovago has been incorporated into the renowned Google Hotels Ads. This strategic collaboration aims to ease the process of hotel search and reservation for travellers in Africa. This would allow Google users access to the best deals at any time and at their convenience, through the Jovago.com platform thus granting a diverse range of users the chance to find and book hotels across the African continent.

Our main focus is to give travellers a wide range of  accommodation options suited for every budget. We understand that it is sometimes very frustrating to find and book hotels of one’s specifications in particular destinations. This is why we partner with formidable search engines like Google to make the search experience stress-free and effective. With such a relationship, your perfect stay is always just one click away.” explains Claire Staal, Country Manager for Jovago Ghana.

With a colossal inventory of 25,000 hotels in Africa accessible to customers both on and offline, the hospitality and hotel industry is well provided for. Jovago.com is live on the Google platform with about around 3800  hotels with a lot more properties to be added from its large inventory.

Google’s initiative enables a wider range of users to click on the hotel listings directly from the search engine results page and giving them access to Jovago’s properties in Africa with a guarantee of best prices. This service is also integrated with Google Maps, which grants the user the ability to see the exact location of the selected hotel while doing a price comparison at the same time.

Following the launch of its mobile application - Jovago.com Hotels Booking on the Android platform, its incorporation on the Google platform for hotel search and booking would further improve the user experience for potential customers and increase touch points through which Jovago is bringing the hotel business online.

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 Accra (Ghana),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.