NextPax is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with LekkeSlaap, South Africa's Leading OTA for 5 consecutive years. LekkeSlaap is now available as a bookable channel within the NextPax network, and its channel profile is live in NextPax Matchmaking today.
Launched in 2013, LekkeSlaap has become one of Southern Africa's most recognised booking brands. It lists more than 40,000 places to stay, from holiday homes, guest houses and B&Bs to game lodges, resorts and hotels, across South Africa and neighbouring destinations including Namibia, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius and Zanzibar (Tanzania), and has served millions of guests since launch. It is the only major accommodation booking app built in South Africa, for South Africans, with locally staffed guest support available every day of the year.
LekkeSlaap is connected to NextPax through the Distribution API, our single integration point to more than 650,000 professionally managed properties worldwide. Through that one connection, LekkeSlaap receives normalised property content, rates and availability in real time across multiple rate plans, change events that keep listings from going stale, and the full reservation lifecycle including guest messaging.
For accommodation providers already on NextPax, that means no new technical work. Availability, rates and content flow out through the connection you already have, and reservations come back the same way.
LekkeSlaap's channel profile is live in Matchmaking inside NextPax Core. Accommodation providers can see the markets and traveller audiences LekkeSlaap serves, the property types and portfolio profile it is looking for, its commercial model and onboarding requirements, alongside a Match Score for their own portfolio and the reasoning behind it.
If LekkeSlaap is a fit, the connection can be requested directly from Matchmaking. No separate forms, no new integration project.
"Southern Africa is a market where the strongest demand is often local, and LekkeSlaap owns that relationship better than anyone. For our partners in the region this is high quality local demand they can switch on through the connection they already have, with nothing new to build."
- Lennart Kok, VP Distribution & Marketing at NextPax
"Our success is deeply rooted in our commitment to give our guests an incredible local experience they deserve, and to bring our hosts a level of service and business that non-African competitors cannot. NextPax gives us access to a large pool of professionally managed properties without integrating with each supplier one by one. It means we can grow supply for South African travellers a lot faster than we could before."
- Frans Joubert, CEO at LekkeSlaap
Accommodation providers connected to NextPax can find LekkeSlaap in Matchmaking in NextPax Core, review the channel profile and Match Score, and request the connection from there. Not yet connected to NextPax? Contact the team to see how one connection opens up LekkeSlaap and the rest of our distribution network.
LekkeSlaap is South Africa's Leading OTA for 5 consecutive years. Founded in 2013, LekkeSlaap lists more than 40,000 holiday homes, guest houses, B&Bs, lodges, resorts and hotels across South Africa and neighbouring Southern African destinations, and is supported by a locally based team available every day of the year. Learn more at lekkeslaap.co.za.
NextPax is a global travel technology and channel management platform connecting professionally managed accommodation, including vacation rentals, hotels, serviced apartments and holiday parks, to more than 100 distribution channels worldwide. Learn more at nextpax.com.