Steve Villiers
Cape Town (ZAF)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
LateDeals.co.za
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Location:
Cape Town
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2008
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
Put simply (URL removed) fills a vacuum.
LateDeals is an aggregate site for Holiday Accommodation in South Africa. Holiday home owners with spare bednights can post an advert in seconds online through Late Deals. They can also edit this advert 24/7 in order to fill beds that would otherwise remain empty. The holiday maker benefits from saving upto 70% on accommodation. We also create traction for Holiday Accommodation sites.
An aggregation type site like this is a unique offering and South Africa is a prime audience. South Africans tend to leave things to the last minute and in the current economic climate the chance for holidaymakers to save money AND for holiday home owners to increase occupancy rates is something that resonates strongly.
The site has three revenue streams and a tiered exapnsion plan into the next 5 years.
The site is very low maintenance with scalable costs depending on traffic. Therefore running costs are kept to an absolute minimum.
The site is the sister of a soon to be launched ground breaking online accommodation site.