B2B Travel Portal for Travel Agents in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt

What a B2B Travel Portal in Africa Should Give You

We'd judge any portal, ours included, on four things. The size of the hotel count isn't one of them.

1. A price in a hard currency. Set your account to show rates in US dollars. Your client may pay in rand, naira, shillings or Egyptian pounds, but you compare and book in one stable unit instead of converting every line.
2. Time between booking and paying. A USD transfer out of Lagos or Cairo can take two or three working days to land. On refundable rates you can hold the booking and pay before its deadline instead of prepaying on the spot.
3. A voucher the front desk can act on. Ours carries the hotel confirmation number when the supplier provides one, the cancellation terms, any fees payable at the hotel and a 24/7 emergency number in Singapore.
4. The whole ground file on one login. Hotel, airport transfer, a theme-park ticket and two day tours, booked in one place, with documents you can forward in one email.

What it won't do is sell you a flight. Keep your ticketing arrangements for air and use us for what happens after the client lands.

B2B Hotel Booking Portal for African Agencies: What You Can Book

The hotel side covers 1.5M+ properties in 190+ countries, alongside airport transfers at 15+ airports and 10,000+ tours and activities. In practice African agencies book a short list of places again and again, mostly the ones in the table below.

When one hotel reaches us from more than one source, the portal folds those rates into a single hotel card and sorts them cheapest first, so you aren't comparing three copies of the same property. We don't show supplier names. What you do see before you commit is the meal plan, whether the rate is refundable and, where the supplier sends it, any mandatory fee the guest pays at the hotel, such as a resort fee or city tax.

If you searched for B2B accommodation rather than hotels, it's the same product from our side: city hotels, beach resorts and island properties at a trade price, for you to resell at your own margin.

These charges move, and we can't promise every line stays current. Treat the table as a reminder of what to look for, then read the remarks on the actual rate before you send the quote.

Quoting in US Dollars When Your Client Pays in Rand, Naira, Shillings or Pounds

Every African agency selling Asia has two prices moving underneath it: the hotel's and the exchange rate. A portal removes one of them. Rates on ours are live, so a price is fixed when you book it, not when you quote it, and the currency risk between your quote and your client's payment stays with you.

How you pay us

You fund the account by topping up a wallet in US dollars by bank transfer. The top-up screen shows the SWIFT fee, and the minimum is USD 10, so you can test the route with a small amount before a large group payment goes out. EUR, GBP and AED top-ups work too. There's no rand, naira, shilling or Egyptian pound wallet, and card payment isn't available for hotel bookings.

On refundable rates you don't have to pay at once. Hold the booking, collect from the client, then pay from the wallet before the deadline. The portal reminds you 24 hours and again 6 hours ahead, and an unpaid hold is released automatically rather than left to run into a cancellation charge.

One detail people miss. The cancellation deadline you see is set earlier than the hotel's own, on purpose, so a late payment or cancellation still reaches the supplier in time. Quote your client our deadline, never the one on the hotel's website.

B2B Travel Portal for South African Travel Agents

South Africa is the simplest of the four markets to sell Asia from, though 2026 brought two changes worth building into every quote.

Thailand first. South African passport holders keep visa-free entry, but the allowance fell from 60 days to 30 on 15 September 2026, when Thailand's new exemption list took effect (Tourism Authority of Thailand advisory). Thirty days still covers almost every leisure itinerary.

Dubai went the other way. From 25 June 2026, visa on arrival for South Africans is reported to be limited to holders of residence permits from the US, an EU state, the UK, Australia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Canada or New Zealand. Everyone else applies before travel. We'd add visa lead time to any Dubai quote and keep the hotel on a refundable rate until the visa is in hand.

The Indian Ocean and much of Southeast Asia stay easy. Mauritius is visa-free, the Maldives issues a free 30-day visa on arrival, Malaysia allows 90 days without a visa and Singapore 30. For a Cape Town or Johannesburg agency, the portal mostly works as a B2B accommodation and transfers desk for these routes, with tickets and tours added where the client wants them.

Licensing, ASATA and what we ask for

ASATA membership is voluntary, and the association itself says it isn't a regulator for disputes; consumer complaints go to the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud (ASATA FAQ). We don't ask for ASATA membership. The document South African accounts must upload is the company's business registration.

Flights that shape what sells this summer

• Qatar Airways raised Doha-Johannesburg from 18 to 21 weekly flights in February 2026.
• Cathay Pacific has flown Hong Kong-Johannesburg daily since 1 July 2025.
• Singapore Airlines is cutting Singapore-Johannesburg from 12 to 7 weekly flights from 25 October 2026. The daily Singapore-Johannesburg-Cape Town rotation stays.

If you sell Singapore, Bali or Phuket through Changi, expect fewer seats from late October and plan connections through Doha or Hong Kong where fares make sense.

B2B Travel Portal for Nigerian Travel Agents

Nigerian agencies deal with more friction than anyone else on this page, mostly around money and visas. A portal helps with part of it, not all.

Licensing

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs 2015, Part 18.9.1) require an NCAA licence to run a travel agency, and the NCAA has told IATA not to accredit agencies without one. Most public reporting on enforcement dates from 2018 and 2019, so check the current position with the NCAA directly. For our own approval, Nigerian accounts upload a business registration document such as the CAC certificate.

Money

Since a February 2024 Central Bank of Nigeria memo, PTA and BTA allowances can't be paid out in cash and go to cards or electronic channels instead. The CBN's 2026 foreign exchange manual, in force from 1 June 2026, reportedly allows 25% in cash and 75% on card. The naira sat around NGN 1,333 to the dollar at the official window in mid-October 2026, with the parallel rate near NGN 1,370.

In practice your clients increasingly carry their travel allowance on a card, while your supplier payments still go out as USD transfers. Build the transfer time into your deadlines.

Visas decide the destination

The Maldives is the easiest Asian-region sell on a Nigerian passport: a free 30-day visa on arrival. Thailand and Malaysia need an e-visa, Vietnam the same. Singapore, Japan and Indonesia need a visa arranged in advance.

Dubai reopened to Nigerian applicants on 15 July 2024 after the 2022 suspension, and applications are reported to need bank statements, a hotel booking and a return ticket. This is where a refundable hotel booking earns its keep. The visa file needs a confirmed hotel, and you don't want to prepay a non-refundable room for a client whose visa hasn't come through.

Routes

Air Peace started a weekly Lagos-Guangzhou service in January 2026. Agencies selling Umrah can also look at our Umrah travel portal.

B2B Travel Portal for Kenyan Travel Agents

Kenya pairs a steady currency with easy visa access to Malaysia, Singapore and the Indian Ocean, which makes it a good market for combination trips.

Travel agencies need a Tourism Regulatory Authority licence under the Tourism Act 2011, applied for through the TRIMS portal. In July 2026 the TRA reminded operators to check a partner's licence before paying it. Fair advice, and it applies to us too: our Singapore number, +65 8034 8190, is printed on every voucher and answered 24/7 for emergencies.

The shilling stood at about KES 129.5 to the dollar on the Central Bank of Kenya's 21 September 2026 rate, against about KES 130.1 in April. With that little movement, a refundable quote can safely stay open longer than it would in Johannesburg or Cairo. For you, hotel availability is the real constraint.

Where Kenyan passports go easily

Your Kenyan clients get 30 days visa-free in Malaysia and Singapore, and 90 in Mauritius. Indonesia and the Maldives issue 30-day visas on arrival. Thailand and the UAE need an e-visa before travel, and Sri Lanka needs a paid ETA because Kenya isn't on its free list. That makes a Singapore and Malaysia combination unusually simple to sell from Nairobi: two countries, no advance visa, one overland or short-hop connection.

Flights and payments

Kenya Airways flies Nairobi-Bangkok-Guangzhou on a 787-8. A fourth weekly frequency was filed from July 2026, and the northern winter 2026/27 schedule has since been revised, so check the current timetable before quoting. You pay us by USD bank transfer; M-Pesa isn't a top-up option.

B2B Travel Portal for Egyptian Travel Agents

Egyptian outbound is heavily Gulf-facing, as you'll know better than we do, with a forecast of about 4.9 million outbound trips in 2026 and most of them to the Middle East. Asia is the growth edge, not the core.

Travel companies operate under Law 38 of 1977, as amended by Law 118 of 1981, with the Egyptian Travel Agents Association set up under Law 85 of 1968. Licensing runs through the Ministry of Tourism.

The pound was about EGP 50.9 to the dollar on 6 September 2026, roughly EGP 3 weaker than before the regional conflict. Spending abroad got easier in 2025: the Central Bank of Egypt dropped the proof-of-travel check for credit cards, the National Bank of Egypt raised its limit for travelling customers to USD 5,000, and some banks cut card fees from 5% to 3%. That helps your client in resort.

Visa reality for Egyptian passports

Mauritius is visa-free for 90 days and the Maldives gives a free 30-day stay on arrival. Indonesia offers a 30-day e-visa or visa on arrival. Thailand needs an e-visa, issued through the Royal Thai Embassy in Cairo since October 2024. Singapore, Japan and the UAE need a visa arranged in advance, and Sri Lanka an ETA.

On flights, EgyptAir plans a Cairo-Singapore-Sydney service from early 2027, pending approvals. If it starts, Singapore and Bali become much simpler to sell from Cairo. Until then, those itineraries usually connect through a Gulf hub. Egyptian agencies with an Umrah desk can pair this page with our Umrah portal.

Visa Rules That Decide Which Trips Close (October 2026)

This table explains why the same Bangkok package sells quickly in Cape Town and slowly in Lagos. We built it from public listings as of October 2026, and several rows changed this year. Confirm on the official government portal before you ticket.

Three patterns are worth planning around. The Maldives works for every passport here. Mauritius needs no advance visa for any of the four, though Nigerian stays on arrival are shorter. And Dubai is now a visa-in-advance destination for most of these clients.

How the Portal Works for an African Agency

1. Register free. Company name, business type, address, contact person, the suppliers you use now and your rough booking volume.
2. Upload your business registration. It's mandatory for South African, Nigerian, Kenyan and Egyptian accounts. A passport, national ID or bank statement can be added but isn't required. Our team reviews the account before it can book.
3. Top up in USD by bank transfer. The SWIFT fee is shown before you send.
4. Search and book. Hold refundable rates and pay before the deadline; non-refundable rates are paid at booking.
5. Send the voucher. It shows the booking reference, the hotel confirmation number (or "Pending" until the supplier sends it), room and meal plan, cancellation terms and the 24/7 emergency line.
6. Add your staff. Sub-users get their own logins with permissions per module, so a junior consultant can book hotels without access to the wallet screen.

If you'd rather send the client a priced proposal than a list of bookings, the AI package builder puts hotel, transfers and tours into one quotation and lets you set your markup percentage before it goes out. For hotels on their own, see the B2B hotel booking portal page, and for airport pickups the transfers page.

What the Portal Doesn't Do

Better you hear this now than after your first booking.

• No flights. Air stays with your GDS or consolidator.
• No local-currency wallet for rand, naira, shillings or Egyptian pounds, and no card payment for hotel bookings.
• Vouchers carry the Travel DMC Group name, not your agency's. If your client must never see a supplier name, put the confirmation details on your own itinerary and keep our voucher on file for the hotel.
• Credit is rare. Most accounts are prepaid. Credit limits are granted case by case, to a small number of accounts.
• Support runs from Singapore (UTC+8). Johannesburg is six hours behind us, Lagos seven, Nairobi five, and Cairo five or six depending on Egyptian daylight saving. Your morning overlaps our afternoon; the 24/7 line is for emergencies on the ground.
• No self-service amendments. To change dates or names, contact support first; often it means cancelling and rebooking inside the free-cancellation window.

How to Register as an African Travel Agency

1. Fill in the free registration form with your company and contact details.
2. Upload your business registration document and wait for approval.
3. Top up the wallet in USD and make your first booking.

The registration guide lists every field on the form and what happens after you submit. IATA accreditation is optional. Register free →