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SA accommodation booking app LekkeSlaap acquired by investor consortium

SA accommodation booking app LekkeSlaap acquired by investor consortium — the desk wire, 12 October 2026. South Africa’s largest accommodation bookings app LekkeSlaap has been acquired by a consortium of investors. Founded by university dropouts Jonathan Womersley and Marcel van de Ghinste in 2009, LekkeSlaap began life in a garage as TravelGround with 300 establishments listed. LekkeSlaap itself was launched in 2013, as South Africa’s first Afrikaans leisure accommodation booking platform, [...]

Updated 12 October 2026 · First published 12 October 2026

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