TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards 2012

PHG hotels to feature in the Trendiest Hotels in Africa

Besides Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town clinching second place in the “Trendiest Hotels in Africa” category, five other Protea Hospitality Group hotels also made the top 20 list.  The Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town was also voted 11th trendiest hotel in the world.

The other Protea Hotels to feature in the Trendiest Hotels in Africa list are:

African Pride Tribe – The Village Market Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya (5th)
Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch, Johannesburg (7th)
Protea Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg (9th)
African Pride Melrose Arch Hotel, Johannesburg (16th)
African Pride 15 on Orange Hotel, Cape Town (17th)

Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Melrose Arch

Protea Hotel Melrose Arch

Protea Hotel Group’s chief executive Arthur Gillis said that in terms of hospitality, Africa was setting world trends, rather than following them. To be trendy isn’t only about being in a beautiful designer building it’s about the feeling and the vibe. Not one specific hotel can hope to make this list if they don’t have the right atmosphere, which is by large created by having the best staff as well as the best service.

The Protea Hotels Group is particularly proud of having the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! ranked so high in the world and in Africa. This Brand is an exciting one that plays on delivering the delightful and unexpected. This hotel has a lot of talkability and travellers are clearly picking up on it.

The number of South African hotels, in particular, that had made the top list rankings was impressive. 15 of the top 20 hotels in Africa are located in South Africa, and 11 of them are in Cape Town, which was TripAdvisor’s City of the Year in 2011. Cape Town has firmly established its place as one of the top global destinations because if its staggering beauty, friendliness, favourable exchange rate and service culture.

Should you wish to visit one of these “Trendiest” Protea Hotels, book and stay, please contact us:

South African Tourism Company
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