Lagos – The Managing Director of Jumia’s hotel & flight marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo has announced that the organisation will launch a full bouquet of travel solutions this year to make travelling and hotel booking more seamless
Adagunodo made this announcement during a press conference held at Krispy Kreme, Victoria Island, Lagos, to disclose the plans for the New Year.
Speaking during a question and answer session, she revealed that smarting from the Black Friday to wrap up the year 2018, Jumia hotel & flight marketplace will consolidate on the gains of the experience.
She disclosed the marketplace is planning to work on value-added services to drive value for the growing clientele, seal key partnerships to drive online and offline sales and offer a full bouquet of travel solutions to include cruises, visas, concierge and ground transport.
“We recorded over 50% increase in 4 & 5-star booking during Black Friday because we crashed the prices by almost 80% and overall booking grew by 20% year on year compared to black Friday 2017”, Adagunodo said.
Speaking on the performance of flight for 2018 Adagunodo said: “There was a 300% growth in flight business because we innovated and partnered with the likes of Amadeus, Kiwi.com and Air Peace among others. I must also mention that we have the Best Available Rates as we hit 61% in BAR for 2018.”
For corporate booking, the Managing Director said: “We established a robust corporate team fully dedicated to our corporate clientele and I can tell you that corporate bookings and transactions increased by 50%. Despite this, it has not stopped us from pushing retail sales.”
Looking forward to the upcoming year, Adagundo disclosed that the marketplace is planning to work on value-added services to drive value for the growing clientele, seal key partnerships to drive online and offline sales and offer a full bouquet of travel solutions to include cruises, visas, concierge and ground transport.
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Source: Daily Independent
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