THE BON Hotels group
has opened a new hotel
days before cutting
another.
The group added BON
Hotel Bloemfontein Central
– previously Protea Hotel
Bloemfontein Central – to its
South African portfolio. The
115-room hotel is situated
in the Bloemfontein CBD and
officially launched as BON
Hotel Bloemfontein Central
on July 1.
Plans and improvements to
the hotel included repainting
the exterior, revamping the
porte cochère and public
areas, installing new airconditioning
systems and
refurbishing the popular
Courtroom restaurant and
Judge’s bar.
The group will no
longer continue with the
management of BON Hotel
Shelley Point.
BON Hotels was
instrumental in the
successful business rescue
of the three-star hotel on the
Cape west coast in 2014
and subsequently took over
marketing and management
of its operations.
Guy Stehlik, ceo of BON
Hotels, said that, regrettably,
despite their best efforts, the
industry had seen a decline
in conference and corporate
business, and this had been
difficult to overcome. The
88-room hotel enjoyed strong
support from the leisure
market, but, according to
Guy, “notwithstanding its
wonderful aesthetics and
resort-like feel, the lack
of midweek business has
made sustainable targets a
challenge”.
BON Hotels enters Bloem, exits Shelley Point
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