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- 9 Nov 2017
Black Friday: Jumia Travel, Jumia Food Unveil Plans to Reward Customers
By peter oluka Nigeria’s leading online travel agency, Jumia Travel and Nigeria’s number 1 online food ordering website, Jumia Food have revealed plans to reward both their new and returning…
- 1 Sept 2017
Jumia Travel Reiterates Commitment to Nigeria's Tourism, Hospitality industry
Omolara Adagunodo, managing director, Jumia Travel (Nigeria), one of the leading online travel agencies in Nigeria, has reiterated that the Company is passionate to change the face of tourism and…
- 20 Feb 2019
Jumia Opens Voting for Nigeria Travel Awards
Jumia Travel has announced the launch of the 3rd edition of the annual Nigeria Travel Awards which is scheduled to hold on Monday, March 11th, 2019 at Jupiter Hall, Four Points by Sheraton. The…
- 31 Jan 2017
Domestic Travels Account for 97% Nigeria’s Tourism in 2016”- Jumia Travel Report
The Nigerian hospitality report 2017 which has officially been launched by Jumia Travel, has shown that the country generated 97% of its tourism revenue from domestic travel in 2016 while…
- 29 Nov 2018
Collaboration, Innovation Will Strengthen Nigeria's Travel Industry -Jumia MD
Omolara Adagunodo, Managing Director, Jumia hotel and flight marketplace, has said that collaboration and innovation will strengthen and improve Nigeria's travel industry. She stated this at a panel…
- 25 Jan 2018
NTDC DG, Others Appointed As Jury for the Nigeria Travel Awards
By peter oluka The organising committee of the Nigeria Travel Awards, organised by Jumia Travel, has announced the appointment of Folorunsho Coker, DG, Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)…
- 24 Mar 2017
Jumia Travel Set to Host Tourism Summit
Leading online travel agency, Jumia Travel Nigeria has announced plans to hold a tourism summit in Lagos on Wednesday next week. Experts from various sectors of the tourism industry will converge to…
- 28 Dec 2016
Jumia Travel Awards 122 Hotels on Customer Choice Selection
A total of 122 hotels across the country have been awarded the Customer Choice Awards by Jumia Travel, Africa’s number one hotel booking platform. The hotels were selected based on positive reviews…
- 3 May 2017
Jumia Travel Records Double Digit Growth Monthly – MD
Kushal Dutta, managing director of Jumia Travel, has disclosed that the foremost online travel agency records double digit growth on a monthly basis. Explaining the company’s achievement, Dutta adds…
- 29 Nov 2016
Jumia Travel Clinches Hotel Booking Portal Award
Jumia Travel has once again cemented its position as the leading hotel booking portal in Nigeria after winning the Hotel Booking Portal of the Year Award at the Nigeria Technology Awards held last…
- 14 Jun 2017
Google’s Study Favours Jumia Travel’s Progressive Web App ‘WPA’
Jumia Travel in collaboration with Google has released a case study on the adoption of the Progressive Web App (PWA) as compared to the use of native apps (android & IOS). The Jumia team has…
- 11 Dec 2019
Travelstart to Power Jumia Travel across Africa
Travelstart has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to power the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal. Under the agreement, Travelstart will take…
- 5 Mar 2019
Lagos Tourism Commissioner to Speak at Nigeria Travel Awards
Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Honourable Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Lagos State, has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker at the 3rd edition of the Nigeria Travel Awards organised by…
- 19 May 2017
Jumia Travel Set to Launch Hospitality Report Africa
Barely 5 months after the launch of the much-anticipated Nigerian hospitality report, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, is set again to launch a report on the African hospitality…
- 18 Jul 2018
Jumia Travel 'Salebrates' Anniversary with Juicy Hotel & Flight Offerings to Customers
As part of Jumia Travel celebration to mark its 6th anniversary currently on going between Jul 16 and Jul 29, the travel agency says it has juicy hotels and flights offers for its teeming customers…
- 23 Sept 2016
Why Recession Will Grow Nigeria’s Travel & Hospitality Industry
The International Monetary Funds (IMF) predicted in 2015 that Nigeria’s economy will slide into a recession in 2016 by 1.8 per cent. The forecast indicated that our economy will grow at a much slower…
- 9 Jul 2019
How OTAs Are Changing The Travel Experience of Nigerians
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Once upon a time, around two decades ago, you had to seek the services of a local travel agent to research and book a trip on your behalf regardless of whether it is domestic…
- 3 Mar 2017
Harnessing Big Data, Improving EI, Key to Personalizing Travelers Experience
Omolara Adagunodo, vice president of Jumia Travel Nigeria, has stated that harnessing big data properly and improving emotional intelligence will help to personalize the African traveler’s experience…
- 4 Jul 2017
Jumia @5: Investors Are Happy with Group’s Achievements- Dutta
Kushal Dutta, managing director of Jumia Travel, the hotel and flight booking platform within the Jumia ecosystem, has said that investors in the company’s ventures are happy with the achievements of…
- 6 Dec 2018
Jumia Unveils Campaign 12/12 to Promote Yuletide Shopping
Jumia Nigeria has announced the commencement of its end of year campaign aimed towards encouraging Nigerians to shop for the Christmas season. Tagged ‘Jumia Christmas Sale’, the campaign which will…
- 12 Mar 2019
Tourism Has Rebranded Lagos to a Safe and Welcoming Destination- Ayorinde
Mr Steve Ayorinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture has stated that the tourism growth plan of Governor Ambode led administration has turned Lagos to a safe and welcoming…
- 11 Jul 2018
Nigeria to Earn N3.63B From Domestic Tourism By End of 2018, Hospitality Report Says
Nigerian domestic tourism sector is expected to contribute N3.63 billion to the country’s GDP by the end of 2018. This was contained in a 2018 Nigeria hospitality report released on Tuesday by…
- 16 Feb 2020
Nigerian Customer wins all-expense-paid trip to watch UEFA Champions League in Europe, courtesy of Jumia & MasterCard
Jumia, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce platform has rewarded the first winner in the Jumia-MasterCard Experience Competition. The winner, Mr. Wilson Anine, will have a lifetime opportunity to…
- 23 Jan 2019
Nigeria's Tourism Sector Needs Stronger Branding - Jumia MD
The players and stakeholders in Nigeria's hospitality industry have been urged to intensify efforts towards branding the image of the hotel and tourism sector as the country continues to gain…
- 16 Dec 2016
Thermostat Tech, 5 Other Hotel Trends to Change Customers Experience in 2017
The year 2017 promises to be full of positive surprises and improvements on the way we do things. Olukayode Kolawole, head of PR & Marketing, Jumia Travel Nigeria said that there will be…
- 23 May 2023
Jumia Appoints Lere Awokoya as New Chief Marketing Officer
Jumia, the leading e-commerce platform in Africa, has appointed Lere Awokoya as its new Chief Marketing Officer in Nigeria. In his new role, Lere will be responsible for driving growth and customer…
- 4 Sept 2017
To Explore Int’l Space, We Need Strong Domestic Market- DG, NTDC
Mr. Folarin Coker, the director general of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), has said that for international tourism market to grow, Nigeria needs a strong domestic market because…
- 18 Sept 2019
Jumia To Host Maiden World Tourism Day Event
Jumia Travel has announced that it will host its maiden World Tourism Day event aimed at addressing the growing relevance of tourism and its potential to create thousands of jobs in the country.…
- 31 Oct 2017
Jumia Announces Dates, Partners for ‘Black Friday Festival’ 2017
By peter oluka Jumia Nigeria has announced the dates and partners for its biggest sales event of the year, Jumia Black Friday 2017. This year’s event is billed as the Jumia Black Friday Festival and…
- 6 Jul 2017
Jumia, Africa’s Unicorn Startup Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group) in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017 for the second consecutive year. Each year, MIT…