Tiketi.com

What Tiketi.com does

Tiketi.com is an online travel booking marketplace that aggregates flights, holiday packages, tours and activities, airport transfers, taxi, and travel medical insurance from third-party suppliers and resells them to consumers via a web portal and Android application. The platform operates as a two-sided intermediary — connecting travelers with airlines, bus operators, hotels, and tour operators — and monetizes through supplier commissions rather than consumer fees; users browse and book for free and can create free membership accounts. The underlying technology stack is a WordPress-based website (traveler theme v2) with PayPal as the payment processor, Google Analytics for traffic analysis, and a Google Play Store Android app; no public API, SDK, or developer portal is offered. The product is localized into four language variants (English, Kiswahili, French, UK English) and supports eight currencies (USD, EUR, ZAR, GBP, AUD, JPY, CNY, AED), with destination content covering Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

The business is structured as a privately held micro-company with 1-10 employees and no disclosed funding rounds, headquartered at a Berlin, Germany address per its Terms & Conditions (the website is hosted in Germany), although the founding record lists Toronto, Canada. The go-to-market relies on a self-serve product-led model (website + Android app) combined with a community-led affiliate program, supported by organic social media marketing, email newsletters for exclusive deals, and SEO-driven travel guide content. Customer segments are split between individual travelers (primary, persona-based) and travel service providers (suppliers listing inventory on the marketplace).

The regulatory environment is a material operational variable: in January 2026, Tanzania's Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA) suspended Tiketi.com along with three other online ticketing platforms for failing to meet regulatory requirements, blocking Tanzanian ground-transport operations and triggering a migration order for partner bus operators. The company is GDPR-compliant under German law and uses SSL encryption for data in transit, but has no SOC2, ISO, or other enterprise-grade certifications disclosed. Revenue, GMV, and ownership information are not publicly available, and there is no evidence of institutional investors, parent company, or acquisition history.

Name

Tiketi.com

Legal name

Tiketi.com

Website

https://tiketi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tiketi.com is an online travel booking marketplace that aggregates flights, holiday packages, tours, activities, airport transfers, and travel insurance from third-party suppliers for individual travelers globally, monetizing via supplier commissions on a freemium consumer platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Travel Booking Marketplace

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHALAMAA

Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Travel Management Software

SECONDARYTHALAJAI

Multi-Modal Aggregators & Trip Planning APIs (Door-to-Door)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Travel Connectivity, APIs & Aggregators (Content, Inventory, Interlining)

SECONDARYTHAKAAAB

Accommodation-Focused OTAs (Hotels & Alternative Stays)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) & Metasearch

Keywords

• Online travel marketplace
• Flight booking platform
• Holiday packages
• Tours and activities
• Travel medical insurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Travel booking commissions: Tiketi.com earns commissions from travel service providers (airlines, bus operators, hotels, tour operators) for bookings made through the platform. The platform displays supplier prices inclusive of applicable sales tax.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tiketi.com operates an online travel marketplace where individual travelers can compare and book flights, holiday packages, tours and activities, airport transfers, taxi services, bus tickets, and travel medical insurance. The platform aggregates offerings from third-party travel service providers such as airlines, bus operators, hotels, and tour operators, and earns commissions on completed bookings. Users access the platform through a web portal or Android mobile app with no booking fees charged to the end user.

Product overview

Tiketi.com is a multi-product online travel booking marketplace platform that aggregates travel services from third-party suppliers. The core platform enables users to compare and book flights, bus tickets, holiday packages, tours, and activities through a web portal and mobile app. The product portfolio includes the main Tiketi.com Platform as the central booking engine, complemented by Flights, Holidays/Vacation Packages, Tours and Activities, and Bus Tickets as primary booking categories. Supporting services include Airport Transfers, Taxi bookings, Travel Medical Insurance, and Travel Guides for destination inspiration. The platform also offers a Tiketi.com App for mobile access and a Tiketi.com Affiliate Program for partner referrals. All services are mediated through third-party suppliers, with Tiketi.com acting as an intermediary marketplace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flights Flight ticket booking service allowing individual travelers to search, compare prices, and book domestic and international flights from multiple airlines through the Tiketi.com marketplace.
• Holidays / Vacation Packages Holiday package bookings combining flights and accommodations for vacation travel to destinations worldwide.
• Tours and Activities Booking service for tours, attractions, and activity tickets at various travel destinations, allowing travelers to discover and reserve experiences.
• Bus Tickets Bus ticket booking service listed as a planned offering on the Tiketi.com platform for ground transportation bookings.
• Airport Transfers Ground transportation booking service for airport transfers enabling travelers to arrange pickup and drop-off at destination airports.
• Taxi Booking Taxi booking service offered through the Tiketi.com platform for travelers' ground transportation needs.
• Travel Medical Insurance Travel medical insurance product offering coverage for medical emergencies encountered during travel, purchasable alongside trip bookings on Tiketi.com.
• Tiketi.com Online Travel Marketplace Platform Central online travel booking marketplace platform that aggregates travel services from third-party suppliers and acts as an intermediary between travelers and service providers such as airlines, bus operators, hotels, and tour operators.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Travelstart: Africa-headquartered OTA operating across multiple African countries with flights, hotels and packages. Directly comparable to Tiketi.com's African-focused multi-product marketplace model and competes for the same supplier and traveler base in markets like Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
• Wakanow: Nigeria-based OTA offering flights, hotels, visa, holidays and travel packages across Africa and the diaspora. Closely comparable to Tiketi.com as a pan-African online travel marketplace targeting both intra-African and outbound African travel with similar multi-product booking flows.
• Jumia Travel: Africa-focused online travel marketplace (part of the Jumia ecosystem) covering flights and accommodation across the continent. Operates the same marketplace model and competes in overlapping African markets (Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, etc.) with Tiketi.com's stated coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Skyscanner: Global flight metasearch and OTA with deep African presence, serving as the dominant price-comparison and booking funnel for travelers worldwide including Africa. Comparable to Tiketi.com on the flight comparison-and-book flow that sits at the heart of Tiketi.com's offering.
• Booking.com: Global incumbent OTA covering accommodations, flights, car rentals and attractions worldwide with strong presence in African leisure markets. Overlaps with Tiketi.com on flights, holiday packages and tours/activities; competes for the same end traveler in markets like Zanzibar, Mauritius and Cape Town.
• Kayak: Global travel metasearch owned by Booking Holdings, comparing flights, hotels and cars across suppliers. Direct comparison with Tiketi.com on the flight-comparison funnel that drives Tiketi.com's 'compare and book' positioning.
• Trip.com: Global OTA offering flights, hotels, packages, tours and rail across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Overlaps with Tiketi.com on multi-product travel marketplace and ticket-based tour/activity booking at the platform level.

Emerging players

• Kiwi.com: Multi-modal/ground-transportation-included flight OTA specializing in intermodal itineraries (combining buses, rail and air). Comparable to Tiketi.com's multi-modal thesis of booking flights alongside bus tickets and ground transfers in a single flow.
• TourRadar: Online marketplace specialized in multi-day guided tours and adventure travel packages from numerous tour operators. Comparable on the tour-and-activity booking vertical that Tiketi.com promotes via its 'Tours and Activities' product.

Regional players

• Mango Safaris / local Tanzanian tour operators: Regional East African tour operators (e.g., Tanzania/Zanzibar-based safari and excursion operators) that compete for the same tour and activity bookings that Tiketi.com resells through its marketplace. Comparable as both suppliers on, and partial substitutes to, Tiketi.com's tours vertical in its core African geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Tiketi_com
• Facebookfacebook.com/TiketiCom
• Instagraminstagram.com/tiketicom

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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