Stop losing bookings to unanswered messages.Answer every guest from one inbox.EliteTeQ Inbox for hotels, lodges, guest houses and serviced apartments in Tanzania
A guest asks about a room for the weekend at 11pm. Reception is checking someone in, the night shift doesn’t have the sales phone, and by morning the guest has booked elsewhere.
EliteTeQ Inbox lets reception, reservations, events and the restaurant answer guests from one shared inbox. Every booking enquiry has an owner, waiting guests rise to the top, and conference or wedding enquiries are tracked to a deposit. Staff in Dar es Salaam and Arusha or anywhere else answer from one +255 business number, with office hours on Dar es Salaam time (EAT).
Sound familiar? What hotels teams in Tanzania tell us
The reservations phone stays with one person. Night shift can’t see the messages.
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Everyone on shift answers the same number from their own login, on a computer at the desk or on a phone.
We quoted a conference package and never followed up.
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Event enquiries sit on a pipeline from enquiry to deposit, and the ones waiting for you are flagged hot.
Guests ask the same questions in Instagram comments every day.
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Comments arrive next to your chats, and automatic replies answer keywords like “price” or “location”.
Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.
One shared inbox for hotels, lodges, guest houses and serviced apartments in Tanzania.
EliteTeQ Inbox is a customer conversation and CRM platform. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs and comments land in one workspace your whole team answers from.
Customers in Tanzania write in Swahili and English, and your team replies in the same chat. Every enquiry below gets an owner, a stage and a follow-up:
Less switching between phones. More enquiries turned into customers.
A WhatsApp CRM for hotels is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages hotels, lodges, guest houses and serviced apartments in Tanzania get every day. EliteTeQ Inbox connects your WhatsApp Business number, Facebook Page and Instagram account, lets several staff answer from their own logins, puts every customer on a pipeline (for example Enquiry, Rate sent, Provisional booking), and shows the owner who answered and how fast.
One business number, many staff, each with their own login
Every chat assigned to one person, with internal notes
A pipeline named after your own steps
Reports on reply speed, leads per day and ad sources
EliteTeQ Inbox at a glance
EliteTeQ Inbox at a glance
Product
EliteTeQ Inbox, by EliteTeQ Softwares Limited (Nairobi, Kenya)
What it is
A WhatsApp team inbox and CRM
Channels
WhatsApp Business (official Cloud API, works alongside the WhatsApp Business app), Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, Facebook and Instagram comments
Works on
Any browser; installs on Android and iPhone
Price
From $29 a month; $59 Growth; $99 Business with unlimited people; a year costs 10 months
Free trial
7 days, every feature open
WhatsApp numbers
1 to 3 included by plan; up to 20 per business (Meta’s limit once the business is verified with Meta)
In Tanzania
+255 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Dar es Salaam time (EAT)
Languages
Customers write in Swahili and English
Setup
About 40 minutes, or done with you on WhatsApp
Last reviewed
2026-11-01
How hotels teams use EliteTeQ Inbox
Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.
Reception, reservations and events together
Give each department its own number and team, or one number with chats passed between desks.
Team per WhatsApp number
Transfer with a handover note
Greeting and away messages
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Real screen · demo workspace with example data
Events and groups on a pipeline
Track weddings, conferences and group bookings from enquiry to deposit, filtered by the person handling them.
Stages you name yourself
Hot leads flagged
Filter by teammate
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Real screen · demo workspace with example data
How fast guests get an answer
Reports show enquiries per day, first-reply times and the busiest hours, so you can staff the desk.
First-reply time
Busiest hours
Leads from ads
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Real screen · demo workspace with example data
A pipeline for hotels
An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.
Register with your email. The 7-day trial opens every feature, no card needed.
Connect your channels
Link your Facebook Page and Instagram. We connect your +255 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Dar es Salaam time (EAT), in about 40 minutes.
Invite your team
Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Dar es Salaam and Arusha or from home.
Set up your pipeline
Name the stages after how you work, for example: Enquiry → Rate sent → Provisional booking → Deposit paid.
Start answering
Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.
More than a shared inbox. A better way to manage your customer relationships.
A shared inbox helps your team see messages. EliteTeQ goes further, connecting every conversation to lead management, team coordination and sales visibility.
Designed for teams
Employees work with their own logins, roles and responsibilities.
Conversations connected to customers
Every message sits with the customer’s history and their stage on your pipeline, not as an isolated chat.
Visibility for management
See how your team handles enquiries, how fast they reply and where follow-ups are needed.
Grows with your business
Start with a small team, then add people, numbers and a bigger plan as you grow.
Easy to get started
Register online, explore every feature on the free trial, and set up your workspace without waiting for a salesperson.
Simple pricing. No complicated contracts.
The same plans for every industry in Tanzania, in US dollars: Starter $29, Growth $59, Business $99 a month. Paying yearly costs 10 months. 7-day free trial, no credit card. Meta’s WhatsApp charges, where they apply, are separate.
The difference is that every enquiry has an owner and nothing depends on one phone, whether your team is in Dar es Salaam and Arusha or at home.
Phones and personal chats vs EliteTeQ Inbox
Phones and personal chats
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Whoever holds the phone answers
Every staff member answers from their own login
Two people reply to the same customer
Each chat is assigned to one person
Quotes and follow-ups forgotten
Waiting chats and hot leads are flagged
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp on different devices
Every channel in the same list
No idea how fast customers get an answer
Reply speed and leads per person in reports
EliteTeQ Inbox in Tanzania
EliteTeQ Inbox works for hotels, lodges, guest houses and serviced apartments in Tanzania on your existing +255 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Dar es Salaam and Arusha or anywhere else.
In Tanzania, customers in Dar es Salaam and Arusha ask about stock and prices on WhatsApp first. EliteTeQ Inbox lets several staff answer from one business number.
Customers in Tanzania mostly write in Swahili. Your team replies in Swahili, and template messages can be created in Swahili or English.
Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Dar es Salaam: weekdays open, Saturday mornings open, Sunday closed. Anyone who writes while you are closed gets your away message, at most once every 12 hours, and the chat waits at the top of the list for the morning.
Selling on WhatsApp in Tanzania
Customers in Tanzania pay with M-Pesa, Tigo Pesa, Airtel Money, cards, and bank transfers, so when a sale closes on WhatsApp the customer may confirm payment in the chat, and your team needs to see that message quickly.
Mbeya Region · the main commercial centre of Tanzania's southern highlands
Mbeya sits on the main road and rail corridor toward Zambia and Malawi, so trucking and cross-border trade feed its markets alongside a strong agricultural trade. Agricultural trade and traffic on the corridor toward Zambia and Malawi keep wholesale busy. Booking requests from Mbeya reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
Dar es Salaam Region · Tanzania's commercial capital and principal port
Dar es Salaam concentrates most of Tanzania's formal trade, from the dense wholesale activity around Kariakoo to the higher-basket retail and restaurant corridors along the peninsula. Kariakoo runs dense wholesale trade while the peninsula carries higher-basket retail and restaurants, and traffic between them is heavy enough to make transfers impractical. Booking requests from Dar es Salaam reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
Dodoma's trade has grown with the relocation of government functions, giving it steady weekday demand driven by public-sector and institutional spending rather than by port or industrial activity. Electronic fiscal receipting applies here as nationally. Relocated government functions give steady weekday institutional demand and a quieter weekend than commercial cities. Booking requests from Dodoma reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
EliteTeQ Inbox in every city of Tanzania
Dar es SalaamDar es Salaam Region · Tanzania's commercial capital and principal port
DodomaDodoma Region · Tanzania's political capital
ArushaArusha Region · the gateway to northern safari tourism and a conference centre
MwanzaMwanza Region · a Lake Victoria port and regional commercial centre
MbeyaMbeya Region · the main commercial centre of Tanzania's southern highlands
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Questions businesses ask us
Not answered here? A person from our team replies on WhatsApp.
Yes. Hotels teams in Tanzania use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +255 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Dar es Salaam, Arusha or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in Swahili and English, and office hours run on Dar es Salaam time (EAT). Plans start at $29 a month with a 7-day free trial.
Does it connect to our booking engine or channel manager?
No. EliteTeQ Inbox doesn’t manage room inventory. Your team confirms bookings in your own system and tracks the guest conversation in the inbox.
Can the restaurant and spa have their own numbers?
Yes. Connect several WhatsApp Business numbers in one workspace, each with its own team.
Can guests write in other languages?
Yes. Customers write in any language and your team replies in the same chat. There is no automatic translation.
Can several staff use the same WhatsApp number?
Yes. Everyone signs in with their own login, on a computer or phone, and each chat is assigned to one person. The WhatsApp Business app on your phone can stay connected.
How much does it cost?
Starter is $29 a month for 1 WhatsApp number and 3 people, Growth $59 for 2 numbers and 6 people, and Business $99 for 3 numbers and unlimited people. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Hi EliteTeQ! I’d like to see how EliteTeQ Inbox would work for our hotels business and the enquiries we get on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. I’m in Tanzania.