Industry News
How to manage the COVID-19 impact – Tips & Recommendations from 10 Hotel Industry Experts
Hospitality Net has created a curated list of the most read How to articles to help you navigate the coronavirus disruption.
Hotel Industry Crisis: 8 Do’s and Don’ts for Distressed Hotels
By Jim Butler, Partner, Chairman, Global Hospitality Group® and Guy Maisnik , Partner, Vice Chair, Global Hospitality Group®
It List 2020: Our Editors’ Picks of the Best New Hotels in the World
A great hotel offers more than merely a place to rest your head and stow your stuff between sightseeing excursions. A truly standout property can offer new insight into a beloved place; bring fresh energy to a been-there, done-that neighborhood; even become a destination in its own right.
Singita Kwitonda Lodge features on Travel + Leisure’s 2020 It List
Singita Kwitonda Lodge in Rwanda has been selected in the Travel + Leisure’s 2020 ‘It List’ of Best New Hotels in the World.
It’s time to Explore More!
City Lodge Hotel Group has launched Explore More, a month-long promotion valid from 3 April to 3 May 2020 (inclusive), in which guests can save up to 40% on their stay. Make the most of the upcoming run of long weekends and family getaway opportunities by staying at any Courtyard Hotel from R999, City Lodge Hotel from R799 and Town Lodge from R749. This includes hotels in South Africa as well as the group’s properties in Windhoek, Namibia; Botswana, Namibia; Maputo, Mozambique; Nairobi, Kenya; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Meliá Hotels International looking to open 57 new hotels
Meliá Hotels International has 57 projects and 14,533 rooms on the books worldwide but has a strong focus on one region in particular.
Exhibitor News: Hypnos Grows its Global Network with African Expansion
International specialist hospitality sleep solutions provider, Hypnos Contract Beds, has continued to grow its global footprint, with the appointment of Contour Beds as its official licensed manufacturing partner in South Africa.
NEW FACES & TRADING PLACES AT THE TWELVE APOSTLES HOTEL AND SPA
Press Release: Cape Town, March 2020
Cape Town is getting apartments the size of 1.5 parking spaces – for R1.35 million each
Micro-apartments in the newly launched Newlands Peak development in Cape Town’s Southern suburbs will be sold from R1.35 million when sales open at the end of April.
City Lodge invests in solar energy at 25 of its hotels
The JSE-listed City Lodge Hotels group has invested about R20 million in solar energy at 25 of its hotels and is planning to expand the initiative to a further 12.
Local Small Businesses Worth Supporting (Decor)
We are showcasing local makers and designers who are behind many beautiful (and delicious) 100% local South African products
Tsogo Sun Hotels says hi to an out-of-the-ordinary new brand
Tsogo Sun Hotels is venturing into a new space with a uniquely different hotel brand – hi Hotels. Designed to continue delivering on the group’s promise of creating great experiences, this new brand is young, authentic and modern.
TGCSA, IHS partner with Summit to upskill hospitality graded establishments
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) has partnered with the International Hotel School (IHS) and Summit to offer online hospitality training videos to upskill employees within graded establishments, in an effort to improve quality standards within South Africa’s tourism industry.
HALAAL TOURISM – COME HOME TO SANHA HOSPITALITY
Travel and tourism is the world’s largest commercial service sector industry with an annual estimated value of US $3 trillion by the year 2021. Halaal tourism is a subcategory of tourism which is geared towards Muslims who wish to abide by the rules of Islam. It is one of the fastest-growing facets of the […]
SA business travel forecast shows positive trend for 2020
Based on the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) last annual review of the economic impact and social importance of the sector, South Africa’s travel and tourism economy remains the largest in Africa. “It is a formidable and resilient sector, contributing around 8.9% to South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018,” says Oz Desai, general manager of Corporate Traveller. “This includes 1.5 million jobs and R425.8bn in turnover, the data shows.”
