With football fans converging on South Africa this summer for one of the biggest sporting events in the world, Starwood Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: HOT) has launched an African travel promotion offering discounts of up to 40 percent off best available rates for early bookings.
Coral Hotels and Resorts on Saturday opened its first hotel in Cape Town, marking the entry of the UAE's home-grown hotel chain into South Africa. The move comes well ahead of the FIFA World Cup to be held this summer. The hotel's opening ceremony was attended by South African Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel; Shaikh Faisal Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, chairman of Hospitality Management Holdings and chairman of Coral Hotels and Resorts; Shaikh Abdullah Bin Saqr Al Nahyan, a leading UAE businessman, and Esmail Obaid Al Ali, UAE Ambassador to South Africa. The city's prominent businessmen also attended
The Rezidor Hotel Group extends and broadens the partnership agreement with Mvelaphanda Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa. Their existing Joint Venture covering the management of the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town will be extended to all existing and future Rezidor hotels in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, and will cover all Rezidor brands.
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announced today that Hyatt Regency Oubaai Golf Resort and Spa, located on Herolds Bay in George, South Africa, has opened. The resort is the second Hyatt property in South Africa, joining Hyatt Regency Johannesburg, which opened as a Hyatt hotel in October 1995.
Protea Hotels, Africa’s largest hotel group continued to experience growth in 2009 with the opening of a series of new hotels throughout Africa. 2009 saw Protea Hotels celebrate its 25th anniversary with the group proving its status in the market though 5 recessions, by continuing to be the brand of choice with consumers both locally and internationally.
In December 2009, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces will open Taj Cape Town, its 80th hotel and its first in South Africa. This new landmark will offer the signature Indian hospitality and luxury accommodation synonymous with Asia's leading hotel group within South Africa's thriving cultural and tourism capital.
Intelligent Spas’ second Spa Benchmark Report on the South African spa market presents an extensive collection of financial statistics including breakdowns of key performance indicators by day spas, hotel spas and resort spas. The new research found over 200 spas are operating in South Africa and generated revenue of ZAR380 million (approximately USD47 million) in 2008, representing a 2% decrease compared to 2007.
The heat of the coolest hotel in the country for the “forever young” set is spreading to Gauteng as Protea Hotels’ hip, urban and contemporary offering Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! - Melrose Arch is set to open its doors to the public in the first quarter of 2010.
The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, continues its market leading growth in Africa and announces the Park Inn Sandton in South Africa – the 270 rooms-property is scheduled to open in 2010. “This signing brings our portfolio on the African continent to 28 hotels; seven of them in South Africa alone where we see a huge potential”, comments Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor.
The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, announces Hotel Missoni Cape Town in South Africa. The new life and style hotel featuring 157 designer rooms will open its doors in 2010 – just in time for the FIFA World Cup.
By Kerstin Kuhn, Caterer and Hotelkeeper. HOTELS' sister publication in the United Kingdom, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, recently interviewed Gérard Sintès, general manager of the newly-opened 131-key One&Only Cape Town.
Hotel magnate Sol Kerzner opens his latest luxury hotel in Cape Town, South Africa despite the economic downturn.
Hours after G-20 leaders agreed to a trillion-dollar bailout of the world economy in chilly London, one of the world's most flamboyant hoteliers opened his latest luxury hotel in sunny South Africa. Sol Kerzner admits opening an uber-luxury hotel in the current economic climate is not ideal, but he still firmly believes his latest venture -- One&Only -- in Cape Town's waterfront will be a success. Across his global hotel empire, from Atlantis in the Bahamas to the Royal Mirgae in Dubai, he admits accommodation rates are down. However, he says, there is still a market for high-end hotels -- guests are just changing the way they travel.
MARKHAM, Ontario| NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS, provider of Maestro™ Enterprise Property Management hotel software and reservation software solutions for the hospitality industry, announced Lonrho Hotels will standardize property management automation on the Maestro Multi-Property Management Suite for four properties in 2009, with others across Africa to follow. Lonrho will install Maestro Front Office, Yield Management, Sales & Catering, and the ResEze online booking engine in its first property, the 200-room Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in early 2009.