The tourist industry booms in Johannesburg making travel easy and transport exciting
Southern Sun buys The Grace Hotel Southern Sun recently bought The Grace hotel in Rosebank for R85m. They are planning to do major refurbishments to the 73 room hotel and turning it into a boutique hotel targeting corporates, but with an intimate feel. Southern Sun managing director Graham Wood said it will be Southern Sun’s first […]
Read More »Rosebank – 3rd largest business district in Joburg Rosebank is fast becoming Johannesburg’s third largest high-rise business centre, after Sandton and the inner city, according to the research conducted by Broll, one of Africa’s leading commercial property services group. ‘Rosebank is reviving, with great retail and new office developments which are well-supported by the surrounding […]
Read More »The Grace Hotel in Rosebank closes We are sad to see you go. And it’s a sign of the times as to how much 5 star hotel accommodation is suffering. From the August 2011 Rosebank Review sent out by the Rosebank Management District African sun Hotels has decided to close the Grace hotel on 31 August […]
Read More »Rave review of Liz at Lancaster in New York Times 28/06/2011 B&B Perfection NY Times June 28th, 2011 6:44 pm Liz at Lancaster is located in the cute suburb Craighall Park which has several restaurants and markets within walking distance. My husband and I have been fortunate enough to travel all over the world and […]
Read More »TWO awards for Liz at Lancaster Thank you to the team at Liz at Lancaster who made this possible and to our guests for your positive feedback. Liz at Lancaster received two great accolades at the AA Travel Guides American Express Awards on 8th May. The establishment was a finalist in the category Small Guesthouse […]
Read More »AA TRAVEL GUIDES FINALIST Liz at Lancaster is a finalist in the 2011 AA Travel Guides American Express Accommodation Awards programme in the category B&B with Self-catering (small 1- 7 rooms). The awards are now in their 18th year and more than 41 000 consumers commented on approximately 1 100 AA Quality Assured or star-graded establishments […]
Read More »Temporary diversions while Standard Bank building is under construction The construction of Standard Bank’s new headquarters in Rosebank is well under way.This 11 storey building is spread over an entire block bounded by Oxford and Cradock, Bolton and Baker Roads. At present the builders are trying to pour concrete from inside the excavation, but this will only continue […]
Read More »12 Decades Johannesburg Art Hotel This is an exciting new developments in the eastern part of downtown Joburg, an area often avoided by tourists. Kate Els in her article in Tourismupdate.co.za writes: Engaging with local artists who mainly operate in the surrounding precinct, the developers of the hotel asked different artists to each design a room that […]
Read More »Greenwood Guides, a well-established brand, has become known and trusted for its recommendations of hand-picked establishments. There are those travellers who have gone from one end of the world to the other staying only at establishments recommended by Greenwood Guides. Here is what they have to say about how they make their selection to be included in their annual […]
Read More »Improvement in Joburg’s public transport infrastructure is crucial Mail and Guardian (June 18-24; Vol 26 no 23 p 12)) ran an article by Duduzile Mathebula entitled ‘We love you South Africa – World Cup tourists give the country the thumbs up but public transport is a major gripe’. It seems that most of the foreign […]
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