The South African company taking on Airbnb Accommodation Direct was started in 2006 by local entrepreneurs Oliver Bryant and Ric Meulemans, who were behind KrugerPark.com and Guzzle.co.za. The company grew to become one of South Africa’s largest accommodation portals, with over 10,000 listings across Africa by 2010. Bryant and Meulemans were stretched running multiple businesses, and in 2013 convinced Rupert to head up Accommodation Direct. Shortly after Bryant took over, they relaunched the website. Two years later, sales were up ten-fold. The company currently has 20,000 listings, 2,000 user reviews of places to stay, and 2,000 destinations. See http://ift.tt/29ykMV8
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