JHotels is the all-in-one system for hotels, lodges and guest houses — front desk, housekeeping, restaurant and bar, inventory, cash and VAT invoices, with reports in Birr and the Ethiopian calendar. Then list on JBooking and let travellers book and pay you directly, with no commission.
Hotels in every region of Ethiopia
Your staff run the hotel in JHotels. Travellers find and book you on JBooking. Bookings land straight in your room grid — no double bookings, no paperwork.
The back office for your hotel — on any phone, tablet or laptop.
Ethiopia's hotel booking site — travellers search by city, compare and book you directly.
No add-on modules or per-user fees. Every plan includes the full system.
See every room at a glance — occupied, free, checking out or being cleaned.
Returning guests are recognised by phone number, with their stay history, notes and a blacklist.
Take advance and multi-room bookings for groups. The system blocks double bookings.
Extend stays and charge early check-in or late check-out at the amounts you set.
Print a guest registration card at check-in, with Ethiopian dates and a signature line.
Set wake-up calls and front-desk reminders. Staff get an alert when each one is due.
Rooms move from dirty to cleaning, clean and inspected. Cleaners use a simple phone view.
Log repairs per room, assign them and take a room out of order until it is fixed.
Take orders and charge them straight to the guest's room or take payment on the spot.
Track linen, toiletries and drinks, with low-stock alerts before you run out.
Opening float, cash in and out, and the difference counted at the end of each shift.
Log items left by guests, where they are kept and who collected them.
Daily, weekly and monthly takings, ready to print or share with the owner.
The numbers professional hotels use, with charts and CSV export.
Every payment, balance and refund, recorded with the staff member who handled it.
Let companies stay on credit and send one consolidated invoice with TIN and VAT.
Record where each booking came from and what each broker is owed.
Record spending on supplies, salaries and utilities to see your real profit.
Give owners, managers and receptionists only the access they need.
The owner sees who changed what and when — every discount, refund and deletion.
Today's occupancy, takings and cash on the owner's phone, plus a daily email.
Run branches in different cities and switch between them in one account.
Keep checking guests in during a network outage. Everything syncs when you're back online.
Encrypted connections, private accounts for each hotel and automatic nightly backups.
Photos, rooms, prices, house rules and a map. Bookings go straight to your room grid.
Guests pay a deposit by Telebirr, CBE Birr, eBirr or card. Set no-show rules.
Seasonal, weekday and holiday prices, plus corporate and long-stay rates.
Create discount codes for campaigns, partners and returning guests.
Only guests who really stayed can review you, and you can reply publicly.
Print a QR poster for your reception and share your page on WhatsApp.
Not foreign software that needs adapting. JHotels is built around nightly rates, walk-in guests, Birr and patchy internet.
Rates, receipts and reports in ETB. Guests pay by Telebirr, CBE Birr, eBirr, M-Pesa, card or bank transfer.
The hotel app, JBooking and this website all work in Somali, Amharic, Afaan Oromo and English.
Light pages that load fast on 3G, and offline mode for when the network drops.
Receipts, registration cards and reports show Ethiopian dates next to the Gregorian ones, in East Africa Time.
Print the daily guest register for the police, and issue invoices with TIN and VAT for companies.
Support from SomICT in your language, on WhatsApp, phone or email.
Enter your hotel's name and your email. Your free trial starts straight away, with no card needed.
A setup wizard walks you through room numbers, types and nightly rates, then you invite your staff.
Start using the front desk. Turn on your JBooking listing whenever you want online bookings.
JBooking is a hotel booking site for Ethiopia. Guests choose a city and dates, compare hotels, and book in under a minute — on their phone, in their own language.
Start with a free trial of the full system — no card needed. Choose a plan when you are ready.
Pay monthly in Birr by bank transfer or mobile money. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel any time. Billing questions →
Start your free trial today, or send us a message and we'll help you set up — in Somali, Amharic, Afaan Oromo or English.