PROTEA Hotels has launched a new five-star hotel, The Burning Shore, in Namibia. This hotel falls under the African Pride Hotels, Lodges and Country Houses portfolio and is located on Long Beach, just south of Swakopmund. It offers seven rooms and five suites all with en-suite bathrooms. Facilities include a 60-seater restaurant and deck with direct access to the beach and activities such as quad biking, fishing, camel rides and dune-surfing. Tessa Blane (tessab@nowmedia.co.za)