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Mount Grace

Gauteng has the best luxury spa in Africa

Mount Grace Country House and Spa has won the Best Luxury Spa Hotel in Africa at the 2013 World Luxury Hotel Awards™ From its impeccably kept surrounds to its renowned, personalised service, award-winning cuisine, luxe spa spoils and sumptuous...
SATIB Insurance Brokers' Ryan Roberts

Climbing Kili for cancer

Ryan Roberts of SATIB Life and Investments decided that the occasion of his fortieth birthday was the time to realise his lifelong dream of climbing Kilimanjaro. “My thought was it’s now or never!” he says. He signed up with two friends and...
Royal Elephant Hotel and Conference Centre

Try a Moroccan-inspired conference

African Insignia Hotels has welcomed Royal Elephant Hotel and Conference Centre in Pretoria to their portfolio. The Royal Elephant Hotel & Conference Centre situated on the banks of the Hennops River in Centurion, exemplifies tasteful North...
Rey Franco

New resident manager for V&A Hotel

Capetonian Rey Franco has been appointed the new resident hotel manager at popular Victoria & Alfred Hotel, the flagship property within the renowned Newmark Hotels, Reserves & Lodges portfolio, and the very first hotel to be built at the...
The Fairway

Conferencing at The Fairway

At The Fairway conference facilities include two conference rooms (Windsor I and II) which are joined to create one larger conference room accommodating up to 170 delegates, depending on the seating configuration. Three boardrooms are available...
MARKEX

MICE and MARKEX link-up to meet visitor needs

‘Under one roof’ is one way to describe growing the MARKEX visitor profile to meet their varied requirements during South Africa’s premier marketing showcase. The marketing mix of product, price, place and promotion covers the entire exhibitor...
AV

Build-up! Lights! Strike!

There was a time when converted hotel ball-rooms into some kind of table and chair seating witnessed the odd conference with chandeliers, mirrors and dance floors still evident.  Conferences in those days were so unusual that the spoken word...