Jumia Travel records double digit growth monthly – Kushal Dutta, MD

Playing host to a select media last Friday at Sabo, Yaba, the Managing Director of Jumia Travel, Kushal Dutta, has disclosed that the foremost online travel agency records double digit growth on a monthly basis.

Explaining the company’s achievement, Dutta adds that Jumia Travel has grown 4,000 times from where it started, saying the growth has been double digit which the organization achieved every month.

According to the MD, the company provides accommodations ranging from guest houses to luxury hotels that meet the need of both the higher and the middle classes set of customers.

“We democratize hotels in Africa. We are not only for the rich, but also for the poor,” says Dutta, who expresses that the company prides itself in having 300,000 hotels around the world.

Jumia Travel is an online travel agency that provides online hotel reservations across the continent. The main office is situated in Paris, France. The company was founded in 2013 by the E-commerce platform Africa Internet Group, now Jumia, and is now backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and financial partners.

Its operation started in Nigeria, the largest economy on the continent, and expanded to other African countries in 2104, starting with Kenya, then in Senegal. Recently, Jumia Travel expanded to Algeria.

According to Dutta, the company has won multiple awards as a pioneer in booking hotels online in Africa. These include “Best Hotel Booking Portal” (Lagos 2015), “Leading Online Hotel Booking Company” and Best Use of Technology in Nigeria”, Lagos 2015 among others.

Jumia Travel also participated in the 39^th Africa Travel and Tourism Association annual world congress to promote the development of tourism to and across Africa.

Jumia Travel simplifies the hotel booking experience by allowing users to compare prices and amenities in a fast and secures manner. It also offers best price guarantee so customers are confident they are receiving the best prices in the market. Furthermore, the agency aims to democratize the travel by facilitating the movement of travelers within Africa and the world by providing accommodation, flights, and packages; becoming the One Stop Travel Shop in the continent.

Jumia Travel is No.1 Hotel Booking Website in Africa, active in over 40 countries, with over 30,000 hotel listings on the continent and over 300,000 across the globe, far ahead of other players in the sector. Jumia Travel’s goal is to take all hotels in the continent online, however remote.

Jumia Travel was created in 2013 by the Africa Internet Group and has MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Orange, Axa and other Financial.