The Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris on the KwaZulu Natal north coast will undergo a refurbishment from July until the end of November.
The 76-room hotel will receive a soft and hard furniture refurbishment. A block of 40 rooms will be done first to minimise the impact on guests.
Andrew Rogers, Deputy CEO of the Hospitality Property Fund, which owns the hotel, said investment in properties in the region was critically important as eco-tourists to the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park increasingly bolstered numbers.
Protea Hospitality Group CEO, Arthur Gillis, said innovation was essential to staying on top of evolving guest expectations, both in portfolio brand standards and with technology.
“The investment by Protea Hotels and its owner partners in upgrades and refurbishment is well in excess of R300 million. Hotels in Africa are competing on a global level. To remain competitive to the leisure, business and MICE markets it must be best foot forward, with a service ethos to match. I have no doubt that Protea Hotels is not only matching that competitive level but, in most instances, exceeding it across the continent,” said Gillis.
