Garden Route to benefit from unique new luxury accommodation
Cape Town, 22 February 2017: With the addition of a new luxurious apartment for travellers, tastefully decorated to meet the standards of the most discerning tourist, the ever-popular Garden Route region is well placed to cater to the luxury travel market. The 5-star apartment is located in the Protea Hotel by Marriott® Mossel Bay. According to Ronel Theron, the hotel’s GM, “This area is increasingly popular among both the international [...]
Protea Hotels wins Ask Afrika Service Excellence Award
Cape Town, 04 November 2016: Acknowledged yet again for service excellence, Protea Hotels by Marriott® has been named as the winner in the Hotels Category of the Ask Afrika Orange Index®. This follows its 2013 award in this benchmark of service excellence, which has been running for the past 15 years. According to Maria Petousis, Director of Target Group Index Southern Africa (TGI), which carries out the research, a substantial [...]
Protea Hotel Umhlanga expansion brings additional rooms to Durban
Cape Town, 3 November 2016: uMhlanga is gearing up for a bumper tourist season this December/January and, with the recent opening of the new 15-storey tower addition at the Protea Hotel by Marriott® Durban uMhlanga, the local tourism industry will be well placed to meet the demand for accommodation. According to Mark Satterfield, Chief Operating Officer, Africa, for Marriott International: “Durban has experienced significant growth in its tourist numbers in [...]
Protea Hotel Entebbe-Uganda is now Bigger & Better
Cape Town, 27 September 2016: Entebbe’s 4-star Protea Hotel by Marriott Entebbe, is set for refurbishment and expansion. Its beautiful location on the shores of Lake Victoria, as well as being a convenient 1 kilometre from the airport, makes this hotel one of the most beautiful and accessible in Uganda. “Having good occupancy levels at the hotel in the past, we have decided to add 13 rooms to meet the [...]
Best International Hotel Group to Marriott once more
Cape Town, 6 September 2016: Marriott International, one of the world’s leading hospitality brands, has officially been recognised as the ‘Best International Hotel Group’ at the recent Business Traveller Africa Awards, for the second year running. The awards are a celebration of the region’s top businesses in the travel and hospitality sectors, and the world’s largest hotel groups were in competition - Four Seasons, Hilton, Hyatt, and Starwood. Marriott’s announcement [...]