Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 14, 2020
On Thursday 12 March 2020, Emperors Palace launched a new state-of-the-art 20-seater conferencing and meeting venue, the Theodora Boardroom in the Convention Centre. It offers the latest conferencing technology including: two 86-inch 4K interactive...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 8, 2020
InterContinental Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport Hotel, one of Tsogo Sun Hotels properties, has received the IHG IMEA Franchise Hotel of the Year 2019 award. Thirty-eight franchise hotels in the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) participated in the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 8, 2020
City Lodge Hotels Limited will be listed on A2X Markets from Wednesday 11 March 2020. A2X is a licensed stock exchange which provides a secondary listing venue for companies. City Lodge Hotel Group CEO Andrew Widegger says, “At City Lodge we care...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 23, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has released its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2019, which show a decrease in room occupancies and a slight revenue increase. However the group remains optimistic about future opportunities, and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 8, 2020
City Lodge Hotel Maputo opened its doors on 7 February 2020, making it the 62nd hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG). Located on Rua Para o Palmar in Mozambique’s capital city, the hotel is a quick 12 minute drive (6.5km) to the Maputo...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 7, 2020
Southern Sun Timeshare, a network that includes 44,000 timeshare weeks across six timeshare properties, has now added the stunning Bantry Bay International Vacation Resort to its portfolio. This new agreement came into effect at the start of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 6, 2020
The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has 61 properties (and growing) across Africa, which will all be serving exclusively cage-free eggs by 2025. This will include not only shell eggs, but also liquid eggs and processed products that contain eggs....
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 3, 2020
At the end of January 2020, the Board of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), staff, colleagues and industry stakeholders said their goodbyes to Julie-May Ellingson, and thanked her for her significant contribution as Chief...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 30, 2020
Tintswalo Lapalala is a luxury tented lodge in that operates off the grid. However, in a bid to offset the carbon footprint of its safari vehicles and emergency generators, it has initiated the #SpekboomChallenge. Guests will be given a spekboom...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 30, 2020
City Lodge Hotel Group is pleased to announce a number of new appointments and promotions at the start of 2020: David Jacobsz has been appointed group revenue manager with effect from 6 January 2020. David started his hospitality career in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 30, 2020
Gold Reef City is best known as one of Johannesburg’s most loved entertainment meccas, a reputation which sometimes overshadows the fact that it is also fully equipped for conferences and corporate events. Southern Sun Gold Reef City’s event...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 9, 2020
From 1 February 2020, Tsogo Sun Hotels’ property Crowne Plaza will be rebranded as Southern Sun Rosebank. The rebrand will be accompanied by a full refurbishment of the venue. Ravi Nadasen, Tsogo Sun Hotels’ COO, says, “Rosebank is booming. The...
