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Evaluating standards: From benchmarking to crowdsourcing Back in the 1994 when Liz at Lancaster first started, the only benchmarking publication (ie requiring certain set standards) – for B&Bs and guesthouses in South Africa was the Portfolio Collection. To be included was a great honour and it certainly kick-started Liz at Lancaster. Soon various benchmarking bodies […]
Read More »Hugh Masekela 4/04/1939 – 23/01/2018 What a legend! Brilliant musician, political activist, lover of life, and a mentsch of note. This is really worth the 10 minutes to watch/listen to. As South Africa and the world is saying ‘R.I.P. Bra Hugh’. Stimela 1994 Stimela was also the name of the 1994 album of Masekela’s trumpet magic, […]
Read More »If you received our 2018 newsletter, please ignore this post! I send out what is meant to be a festive season greeting once a year …. But I am never in time! This year our newsletter (to our data base of over 6000 people), went out part way through January. And the most rewarding aspect […]
Read More »Several families who are adopting a child have come to stay at Liz at Lancaster. They are among our most favourite guests because it is SUCH a privilege to share in the joy of the challenging, uplifting, exciting time of the new ‘forever-home’. Imagine being in an institution for the first couple of years of […]
Read More »‘Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ (with thanks to Lewis Carroll) So I will do just that. When I visited The Wilds a month or so ago, (recently upgraded and rejuvenated … read 2 Summer’s post) right next to the carpark was […]
Read More »10 things a photo does NOT show you They say a picture speaks a thousand words but here are times when a picture is silent. Here are 10 things you can’t see in photos on a guesthouse website: 1. Super-fast stable wi-fi internet. At Liz at Lancaster we have 50meg fibre optic cable directly to […]
Read More »A friend phoned me a couple of days ago to ask if I was OK. I said that I’d had a bit of a rough couple of weeks but that I was fine. ‘Why? ‘ I asked. She said: ‘You have been completely silent on social media’. Now I am not sure what that says […]
Read More »Ten Reasons why Liz at Lancaster is the preferred choice for business travellers 1.Stable high-speed wi-fi (50 meg fiber optic cable direct to the establishment) 2.Location, location, location: Guests love the centrality of Craighall Park. The suburb is 3km from Rosebank and 6km from Sandton. […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster is the perfect place to stay Hospitals near Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse Clearly when undergoing surgery the first two things to get right are the surgeon and the hospital. There are at least 4 excellent hospitals within 10 km of Liz at Lancaster and there are several world doctors at these hospitals (distances in […]
Read More »Great opportunity to make your own artwork with artist Bronwen Findlay and Artist Proof Studio at Wits Art Museum A fabulous fun opportunity to make your own screenprint at a workshop at Wits Art Museum this Saturday 12th August at 12pm. And of course surrounding you will be some 80 works by that Master of […]
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