Accommodation marketplace SafariNow‘s international brand, StayNow which was launched in Kenya early this year, has shut down its operations in Kenya in what appears to be a cost cutting move for the South African based firm, also backed by One Africa Media.
In an exclusive interview with TechMoran in May, Dylan Rothschild, GM SafariNow(read StayNow) said, “We started over 15 years ago when no one was doing it in Africa. We wanted to fill the gap in the market which still exists in Kenya. We want to give local travel solutions at local rates to local Kenyans than tourists. Everyone wants to travel but they just lack information.”
Rothschild told TechMoran the firm was a leader in the South African accommodation market and aimed to replicate that success in East Africa ad be the go-to place for local travellers a with prefereable holiday and business accommodation options that suit them.
In May, StayNow Kenya said it had over 1000 establishments.
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