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LAND OF CONTRASTS
AND SWEEPING VISTAS
After R120m facelift Cape Town’s iconic
Ritz Hotel is back in business
Cape Town’s iconic Ritz Hotel in Sea Point, with its top-floor revolving restaurant,
is opening its revamped doors just in time for this year’s holiday season. The hotel
has become something of a land mark since first opening its doors in the 1970s, but
in recent years became somewhat rundown. In 2016 the Ritz Hotel Management
Company (RHMC) embarked on a R120-million facelift for the hotel, which has just
been completed. RHMC says the new-look Ritz will not be “a quirky boutique property
or a stiff five-star hotel”, but will fill a gap somewhere in-between as an internationalgrade
hotel that would marry a contemporary design aesthetic with world-class
service. The 23-storey hotel underwent a complete refurbishing that started with a
complete overhaul of the insulation, plumbing and lift shafts. Now it features a sleek
porte-cochere of steel and glass, a glamorous lobby featuring golden palm trees and
front desk of white marble where the emphasis will be on refined personalised service.
EXCELLENT CAR RENTAL PRICES,
WHILE STILL OFFERING
SUPERIOR SERVICE
OUR VEHICLES ARE FITTED WITH
TOP OF THE RANGECAMPING
EQUIPMENT
Cape Town again voted best city in the
world by British tourists
For the fifth consecutive year, British tourists have voted Cape Town as the best city
in the world. In second and third place was Vancouver and Tokyo. Other cities in the
top 10 include Venice (Italy), Sydney (Australia) and New York (USA). This comes at
a time when air access to the city is booming due to tourist and business demand.
Joon, a member of the Air France Group, announced a new three flights a week
route starting in April 2018 from Paris to Cape Town direct. The Airports Company
South Africa (ACSA) further reinforced the strong growth through its quarterly
Aviation Barometer. Cape Town International had an increase of 6.6% in total traffic.
They also achieved a whopping 20.4% increase in international arrivals and 22.4%
in international departures. While the drought continues to impact the City and the
province, tourism has been overflowing.
Source: The South African
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