Marriott opens first hotel in SA

MARRIOTT International will
open its first Protea Hotelbranded
property in South
Africa since its acquisition
of the Protea Group in April
last year. Protea is one of
18 brands under the Marriott
International umbrella.
The Protea Hotel Mowbray
in Cape Town’s southern
suburbs will open on
February 1.
The hotel comprises 46
standard studio rooms, 12
one-bedroom suites with
lounges, six two-bedroom
suites with lounges and six
luxury lofts with lounges.
“The signing of this new
hotel under the Protea
Hotels brand reinforces
our focus on continuing
to grow the footprint of
the brand in South Africa
and other strategic growth
areas within Africa,” said
Mark Satterfield, Marriott
International business leader
in South Africa.
Mark said the natural
growth trajectory for the
brand in Cape Town had
been in the City Bowl and
Atlantic Seaboard, as well
as the northern suburbs.
More recently it had moved
into the Century City lifestyle
precinct with the five-star
conferencing hotel, African
Pride Crystal Towers Hotel
& Spa.
Mark said Protea Hotel
Mowbray’s main target
markets would be corporate
travellers, the MICE industry,
domestic leisure travellers,
families, and sports
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