Archives Tag: hotels.ng

Social Media

April 19, 2022

The Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world are known around the world for extending the frontiers of technology I’m ways we would never have imagined. While these men have changed our world in unprecedented ways, there are also a number of noteworthy men who are doing extraordinary things in the Nigeria tech space. … Continue reading Social Media Influener Of The Week: Mark Essien

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Men TECH

April 19, 2022

Last week we talked about 5 inspiring women doing things in the tech space here. Some of these women had no background in technology but have been able to utilize their skills, resources and passion to make impact in the tech space. There are many men and women out here doing amazing things in and … Continue reading Top 5 Nigerian Men In The Tech Space Doing Amazing Things!

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apps

April 19, 2022

One of the game changers disrupting the traditional way of booking in Nigeria is Hotels.ng – Nigeria’s largest booking service. Founded by Mark Essien in 2013, Hotels.ng has grown to become a hotels booking agency listing over 10,000 hotels from 320 cities in the country. The mobile application of this service was released in 2017 … Continue reading App Of The Week: Hotels.ng

By samuelokoruwa

Website Review

April 19, 2022

In recent times, we have seen various tech-startups emerge. Each, uniquely changing the status quo as far as innovation is concerned and disrupting the traditional way of doing business. One of these game-changers is hotels.ng – Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website. Founded by Mark Essien in 2013 in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, hotels.ng has grown to become … Continue reading Websites We Love: Hotels.ng

By samuelokoruwa

Applications

April 19, 2022

The Hotels.ng Internship is an annual program organised by Mark Essien, CEO of Hotels.ng, as a way of nurturing young and passionate software developers and developing the Nigerian and African tech community. The program is in its fourth iteration and has seen resounding success since its inception. Innovation Participants of past internships have built amazing … Continue reading Hotels.ng Hosts ‘Remote Internship Program’ in Partnership with Oracle, Figma and Bluechip Technologies

By tobenna-ezike

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s biggest online booking agency, Hotels.ng, has announced the launch of its mobile app which was created to ease the process of finding and booking hotels for its users. The company’s CEO, Mark Essien, stated via Twitter that the Hotels.ng app was developed by members of its 2017 internship programme. In the tweet, he requested … Continue reading Hotels.ng Launches Mobile App

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Press Release

April 19, 2022

Hotels.ng, a startup and Nigeria’s biggest hotel booking service signed an MOU with the Akwa Ibom State government in a deal aimed at promoting local tech talent in the state. Hotels.ng, a tech startup that organises bi-annual remote internship programmes for participants from across Nigeria will, starting from September 1, 2017, organise a special internship … Continue reading Hotels.ng to flag-off a special internship programme for Akwa Ibom Residents on the 1st of September, 2017

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BUSINESS

April 19, 2022

Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s leading hotel booking company has rolled out a new service – online flight bookings – on its website (www.hotels.ng/flights). This new service has been designed to provide its users from all over the world with an affordable and an all-inclusive travel platform from where all their travel arrangements can be made. Mark Essien, … Continue reading Hotels.ng Launches Flight Bookings to Boost User Travel Experience

By nnenna

TECH

April 19, 2022

Have you been wanting to organize a tech training/event, and you’ve not been able to because of venue problems? Then you’re in luck. Hotel.ng is offering its premises to individuals or organizations who want to organize a “highly technical event in either software or digital marketing” for free during the weekends. In other words for … Continue reading Hotels.ng Offers Free Weekend Space for Tech Events

By muna-ugorji

BUSINESS Media

April 19, 2022

I must admit that when I assumed the position of PR manager (among my other roles) at Hotels.ng, I barely understood what PR meant. ‘Public Relations’ or ‘Press Releases’? The sweet irony here is that I was coming from a background as product manager/community manager/team lead/chief editor for a big-deal PR platform, and every day … Continue reading A Guide for Startups That Want Press Coverage

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Business Profiles E-Commerce

April 19, 2022

Did you know there are over seven thousand hotels in Nigeria? This is according to Hotels.ng, the online travel agency specializing in hotel bookings within Nigeria. Very few understood what they could make out of the internet in terms of business. Before hotels.ng, Jumia had the retail, Wakanow had the airways, and BellaNaija had info. … Continue reading Business Profile: Hotels.ng Nigeria’s Online Travel Agency

By nnenna

Events

April 19, 2022

Are you an entrepreneur or an aspiring one? Or are you interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and what’s happening on the scene in Nigeria? Here’s an event you can’t afford to miss. Lagos Startup Week is a five-day event dubbed “celebration” of entrepreneurship in Nigeria and its many tapped and untapped opportunities. It’s set … Continue reading Lagos Startup Week Holds This July

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BUSINESS

April 19, 2022

Online hotel booking agency, Hotels.ng, has secured $1.2 million, about N240 million, in investments from international investors, the company has announced. In a statement made available to Connect Nigeria, Hotels.ng was the only e-commerce company in Nigeria with indigenous investment of up to 90 per cent, having also received seed investment of $225, 000, about N36 … Continue reading Hotels.ng Gets N240m Investment From International Investors

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Interviews

April 19, 2022

If you could, what would you ask an entrepreneur who has just secured 1.2 billion dollars – not Naira – from foreign investors? Nigerians got the chance to indulge in this massively during an online Radar chat session with Hotels.ng’s founder and CEO, Mark Essien. This was hosted by TechCabal on 26 May, 2015. Questions … Continue reading 5 Favourite Comments From Online Q&A Session With Mark Essien

By ify

BUSINESS

April 19, 2022

Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website, has secured an investment of $1.2 million from international investors, EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage technology fund, and Omidyar Network, the investment vehicle of eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar. The funding round follows on from the company’s 2013 seed investment of $225,000 from Lagos-­based Spark.ng. Spearheading Africa’s e-commerce revolution, Hotels.ng … Continue reading Nigeria’s Hotels.ng Secures $1.2 Million From Investors

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