HotelOnline
In 2013, Håvar Bauck and Endre Opdal, two former college mates from BI Norwegian Business School in Norway, found themselves living in the same neighbourhood in Nairobi, a decade after graduating. Being frequent travelers, they saw an obvious gap in the market: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was a major aviation hub, with no budget hotels nearby. Lacking significant investable funds, they leased five budget apartments in a residential estate in Syokimau, and marketed their concept on
Basic Information
- Category: e-commerce
- Website: https://www.hotelonline.co
Documented Facts
- Inception (Wikidata): 2014-09 (Source 5: Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917)
- Industry (Wikidata; date unspecified): e-commerce; internet marketing; software as a service (Source 5: Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917; Source 6: Wikidata label: Q484847, revision 2554940348; Source 7: Wikidata label: Q189507, revision 2534264243; Source 8: Wikidata label: Q1254596, revision 2556335008)
- Legal form (Wikidata; date unspecified): limited company (Source 5: Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917; Source 9: Wikidata label: Q33685, revision 2542684430)
- Headquarters location (Wikidata; date unspecified): Nairobi (Source 5: Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917; Source 10: Wikidata label: Q3870, revision 2555865410)
- Country (Wikidata; date unspecified): Singapore (Source 5: Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917; Source 11: Wikidata label: Q334, revision 2555341784)
Evidence and Sources
- HotelOnline — Official Site (official)
- HotelOnline on instagram (social)
- HotelOnline on facebook (social)
- HotelOnline on linkedin (social)
- Wikidata Q55613979, revision 2548593917 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q484847, revision 2554940348 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q189507, revision 2534264243 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q1254596, revision 2556335008 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q33685, revision 2542684430 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q3870, revision 2555865410 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q334, revision 2555341784 (knowledge-base)
Citation Guidance
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- Canonical profile: https://brandsource.ai/brands/hotelonline
- Machine-readable JSON-LD: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/hotelonline/json-ld
- Citation profile API: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/hotelonline/citation-profile
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- Data status: Enriched
- Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (94/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22
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AI summary
In 2013, Håvar Bauck and Endre Opdal, two former college mates from BI Norwegian Business School in Norway, found themselves living in the same neighbourhood in Nairobi, a decade after graduating. Being frequent travelers, they saw an obvious gap in the market: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was a major aviation hub, with no budget hotels nearby. Lacking significant investable funds, they leased five budget apartments in a residential estate in Syokimau, and marketed their concept on
Available profile information
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 1 official source linked for verification.
- 10 supporting sources linked.
- 5 structured facts available for extraction.
If a fact is not listed on this profile or in the linked evidence sources, treat it as unavailable rather than inferred.