LaVilla at 2017 Business Awards

An interview with 2017’s Employer of Choice

16 Feb 2018 by Kitomba

We caught up with Kristal Sargent, owner of Wellington’s La Villa Hairdressing & Extensions to talk about her success at the 2017 Kitomba NZARH Business Awards.

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Kitomba’s top 2017 highlights

30 Jan 2018 by Kitomba

Last year, 10.7 million appointments were made in Kitomba and we helped our customers look after 2.7 million clients. Our support team had a massive year spending over 2,875 hours helping our customers on the phone, handled 11,854 incoming and outgoing emails and a massive 4,817 web chats!

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NZ’s best in hair and beauty’s announced at 2017 Industry Awards

21 Nov 2017 by Kitomba

The glamorous Cordis Hotel came to life last night as New Zealand’s hair and beauty professionals celebrated the 2017 Industry Awards.  Continue reading…

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Industry Awards 2017: Meet hair and beauty’s business and training superstars

2 Oct 2017 by Kitomba

HITO, Kitomba, and NZARH are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2017 Industry Awards. Continue reading…

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Enter the 2017 Kitomba NZARH Business Awards

20 Jul 2017 by Kitomba

Kitomba and NZARH are excited that entries for 2017 Business Awards are now open! Continue reading…

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MailChimp campaign marketing has changed

10 Jul 2017 by Kitomba

This feature was updated on 18 September 2017. Read about this update in our blog post More straightforward MailChimp campaigns.
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Introducing Kitomba’s new CEO: Al Quinn [2017]

27 Jun 2017 by Kitomba

Editor’s note: In January 2021, after 17 years at Kitomba, including three years as CEO, Al Quinn has left Kitomba and Mike Henton was chosen as his successor. Find out more about Kitomba’s new CEO, Mike Henton.

Kitomba has appointed our co-founder Al Quinn as the company’s new CEO.

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Introducing a new look for Kitomba!

20 Mar 2017 by Kitomba

We’re excited to release Kitomba’s fresh new look! Today, you may notice a few differences as you accept your new online bookings, get organised with your daily appointment list, run a report or login into Kitomba 1. Continue reading…

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Kitomba University is back in 2017!

7 Feb 2017 by Kitomba

It’s 2017 and we’re opening Kitomba University’s doors again! Welcome back, we’re excited to be offering another year full of training, learning and creating even more Kitomba masters! Continue reading…

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2016 at Kitomba

31 Jan 2017 by Kitomba

In 2016 9.6 million appointments were made in Kitomba and we helped our customers look after 2.5 million clients. Our support team of 20 people spent over 310,000 minutes helping and assisting our customers on the phone, answered almost 9,500 emails and we’re excited to have answered 1,100 web chats – a new feature released at the end of last year. Continue reading…