Where to meet down south

GOLD Reef City is undergoing a
R630m refurbishment, which
includes its meetings and
conference facilities.
For meetings, Gold Reef City offers
eight multifunction rooms, catering
for between 40 and 1 100 delegates
(cinema-style). The Crown Reef Room,
which caters for 550 delegates cinemastyle,
is currently closed for renovation.
The complex remains fully operational
throughout the renovation, offering a
plethora of entertainment options, such
as the Lyric Theatre, which doubles as
a conference venue.
There are also a variety of restaurants
and bars, including the Back o’ the
Moon restaurant – themed on a
1950s bar in Sophiatown – which has
reopened with the addition of a cognac
and cigar bar.
Vigour & Verve is a new restaurant
offering healthy meal options.
The theme park offers a range of
team-building activities, from ‘Amazing
Race’ and ‘Survivor’-type packages to
‘murder mysteries’ and ‘movie-making’
challenges, which see delegates
deciphering clues, solving riddles and
exploring and navigating challenges and
obstacles through team work.
On site are two hotels – the fourstar,
38-room Southern Sun Gold Reef
City Hotel and the four-star, 75-room
Gold Reef City Theme Park Hotel,
reminiscent of an authentic turn-ofthe-century
mining town. Free WiFi is
available to guests at both hotels.
Also part of the renovations is
the launch of the Tsogo Sun movie
franchise, Movies@, featuring a
six-cinema complex as well as a
12-lane tenpin bowling alley, five new
restaurants and a fast food court.
The upgrade is due for completion in
October .