Oriental Hotels, Lekki was set ablaze on Thursday evening, 16th May, 2012, as Travelstart launched formally in Nigeria by hosting special guests and some stakeholders in the Nigerian travel industry to an hour of glitz and excitement.

Travelstartis an online travel agency that offers you cheap flights on all major airlines including but not limited to Arik Air, Qatar, Delta and Ethiopian Airlines to United Airlines, as well as all major regional and international players flying in and out of Nigeria. In addition, the website is currently the only online travel website in Nigeria that allows outbound flights to be booked from any location worldwide.

10% of Travelstart users are already repeat customers having booked with the online travel agency twice or more. This is indicative of our positioning as a multinational company of global standard; and since its soft launching in Nigeria some months ago, over 60% of bookings have been regional and international with Arik Air being by far the main seller.

Travelstart is already established as one of the most popular online travel agencies in South and East Africa, providing independent flight comparisons between low fares airlines as well as all major international airlines.

Travelstart’s cutting edge technology offers travellers everything they need to plan and book travel online, saving both time and money.

All payments made on Travelstart Nigeria can be done by Credit and Debit Card (Visa and MasterCard are accepted), as well as paying cash at the Lagos office or using QuickTeller.  Customers can also pay for bookings at Zenith, Access, GT Bank, UBA, First Bank or Ecobank by direct deposit or EFT.

Visit Travelstart Nigeria online for more.

Below are some of the sights from the launching party:—- Your travel starts here…

– Stephan Ekbergh, CEO & founder of Travelstart addressing the guests.

- From left to right: Stephan Ekbergh (CEO of Travelstart), Tosin Adefope (Travelstart Nigeria), Olamidun (The Face of Travelstart Nigeria on Facebook), Tosin Oyenusi (Travelstart Nigeria), Maija de Rijks-Uys (Head of new markets for Travelstart).

- Naijatreks with Maija and Stephan.

- Naijatreks with Olamidun (The Face of Travelstart Nigeria on Facebook).

- Tosin Adefope and Tosin Oyenusi (Travelstart Nigeria) entertaining the guests.

– Maija de Rijks-Uys (Head of new markets for Travelstart).

– Stephan Ekbergh interviewed by Beat Fm.

– Stephan Ekbergh, Olamidun Akinde and Maija de Rijks-Uys.

- Mr and Mrs Adefope, CEO of GHI Assets Limited (owners of Business Travel Management Limited).

- Your Travel Starts Here…

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