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ooms, 74 of them in the Executive
Club, 15 Junior Suites, 16
Executive Suites and a Presidential
Suite. Guests can relax
and recharge their batteries in
the Arabella Spa featuring an
indoor pool and view over the
Waterfront and prepare for the
next day in the Westin Workout
Fitness Studio. Conferences
and meetings can be
held in-house, for which a ballroom
holding 600 people and
another ten rooms for eight to
60 participants are available.
The CTICC’s Managing Director
Dirk Elzinga says the centre
hosts a quarter of all conferences
in Africa; roughly 600
conferences a year are organised
there. The CTICC provides
a varied range of meeting
and function rooms fitted
out with modern technical appointments
as well as two
spacious multipurpose restaurants.
The view of Table
Mountain from the function
rooms promises clients another
very special additional high-
light alongside their meeting.
Three extensive galleries link
the reception area, function
rooms and international-standard
restaurants. Two auditoriums
seating 620 to 1,500
guests theatre-style, 11,200
m² of exhibition area, a large
2,000 m² ballroom complete
with a view of the harbour and
Table Mountain with seating
capacities for 1,300 participants,
a rooftop terrace with indoor
and outdoor sections
plus further suites and eleven
meeting rooms for 24 - 330
delegates can accommodate
a wide variety of events.
Works of art from Africa and
the Cape region add a local
flair. Chief Executive Officer
Rashid Toefy says the CTICC
has set itself the goal of becoming
the best international
convention centre by 2020.
From Cape Town the trip con-
INTERNATIONAL
tinued to the Stellenbosch
wine-growing region. At the
five-star Lanzerac Hotel &
Spa, www.lanzerac.co.za,
lunch was served in the garden
and the guests invited to a
wine tasting. To everyone’s
surprise Minette Smit, CEO
Stellenbosch Tourism, invited
the group on a helicopter flight
over the wine-growing areas
in the region. Then in the late
afternoon the group travelled
on to the NH Lord Charles Hotel
in Summerset West. The
Spanish NH Hotel chain owns
two properties in South Africa
with different conference facilities(www.nh-hotels.co.za).
The final stop
was at the Sanbona Wildlife
Reserve, famous for its very
rare white lions, with overnight
accommodation at
Gondwana Lodge, www.sanona.com.
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