AC Hotels by Marriott opens first hotel in Middle East and Africa in South Africa’s Mother City
188 room AC Hotel Cape Town Waterfront celebrates the brand’s European soul and Spanish roots with classic modern design DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 5, 2018/ — AC Hotels by Marriott (ACHotels.Marriott.com), Marriott International’s (www.Marriott.com) European-inspired lifestyle brand, today announced the opening of AC Hotel Cape Town Waterfront marking the debut of the brand in […]
PRESS RELEASE: Marriott International and Landmark Africa Group announce signing of renaissance Lagos hotel and Marriott executive apartments
The 25 floor hotel will feature the 216 room full service Renaissance Lagos Hotel and 44 room Marriott Executive Apartment offering extended stay apartments with space, ambience and the privacy of residential living LAGOS, Nigeria, November 15, 2017/ — Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) and Landmark Africa Group (www.LandmarkAfrica.com) today announced the signing of Renaissance […]
Carlson Rezidor continues to lead Africa’s hotel pipeline
Carlson Rezidor, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups worldwide with over 1,400 hotels in 115 countries, is accelerating its growth strategy in Africa. The group has opened five Radisson Blu hotels in the first six months of 2016 and signed four new hotels including the first Quorvus Collection in Africa. The […]
STR: Middle East and Africa hotel pipeline for May 2016
LONDON—STR’s May 2016 Pipeline Report shows 153,818 rooms in 546 hotels Under Contract in the Middle East and 56,413 rooms in 295 hotels Under Contract in Africa. Under Contract data includes projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and Planning stages but does not include projects in the Unconfirmed stage. The Under Contract total in […]
HVS THINCs You Should Come to Cape Town
A year after the successful opening of its Cape Town office, HVS is delighted to announce the launch of its conference, THINC Africa 2016. The acronym THINC (Tourism Hotel Investment Networking Conference) could not be more apt for a conference focusing on the rapidly expanding African hotel market. With an increase in interest in hotel […]
Hotel Room Oversupply and Average Room Rates in South Africa
The Grant Thornton article entitled South African hotels not overpriced refers. In it, Martin Jansen van Vuuren, Director, suggests that hotels are not overpriced in South Africa. The writer provides a comparative analysis as evidence which puts the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosebank against a similar hotel located in some of the most prestigious cities […]
The Tourism Industry and Hotel Development in South Africa
INTRODUCTION For many years the tourism industry in South Africa was classified as only one of the numerous secondary contributors to the country’s gross domestic product. The primary industries were mining, most especially gold, manufacturing and agriculture among others. However, when gold started losing its shine, in a manner of speaking, other industries started to […]