Please visit the following websites to get more information on all Three Cities exciting hotels, resorts and safari lodges.
Three Cities Group
The Three Cities Group is a leading hospitality marketing, management and training group serving the Southern African hospitality industry. The group presently manages some 40 properties made up of 4 and 5-star city hotels, game lodges, resorts and luxury boutique hotels situated throughout South Africa as well as at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia, as well as on the Chobe River in Botswana. The Three Cities Group also plays a major role in the future of the industry through its education and training facilities which include Hotel Schools in Durban, Cape Town & Johannesburg as well as a Bush Academy for training of field guides and lodge management.
www.threecities.co.za
City Hotels
Cape Town - Western Cape
Inn on the Square
The Inn on the Square, a contemporary business and leisure Hotel represents a young, dynamic and colourful mid-market brand and promises to be the best sleep in town. Housed in one of Cape Town's oldest buildings, overlooking the vibrant Green Market Square. The Inn on the Square is conveniently located in the corporate business and government district and is only 25km from Cape Town International Airport. The hotel offers 165 comfortable en-suite rooms with individual climate control, safes, Wi-Fi, satellite TV and onsite facilities such as sauna, fitness centre and heated swimming pool with sundeck on the 8th floor overlooking Table Mountain.
www.innonthesquare.co.za
Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel and Spa
Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel & Spa, located in Cape Town's bustling city centre offers a unique modern apartment city lifestyle with hip, chic 21st century deluxe apartments. This trendy, vibey establishment offers self catering apartments fully equipped with the most modern conveniences one would expect from a typical "New York" style apartment.
www.mandelarhodesplace.co.za
Rockwell All Suite Hotel
Inspired by the early 1900 buildings of downtown Manhattan, The ROCKWELL ALL SUITE HOTEL displays an inherent richness and warmth. It has been designed to have an up market industrial New York feel. Textured raw rock, brick and plaster are set against smooth glass and tempered steel. This incorporation of the more sophisticated elements to the traditional designs, gives The Rockwell a contemporary feel and a style all its own.
www.rockwellhotel.co.za
The Alphen Country House Hotel
The Alphen Country House Hotel, Constantia is a National Monument offering more than just accommodation. The historic Manor House offers Winelands and country accommodation in the heart of a former Wine Estate. Centrally situated in the Peninsula and at the gateway of the Constantia Valley and Wine Route, this Constantia accommodation is ideal for business or leisure. Our Cape Town Boutique Hotel is close to Cape Town CBD and the Cape Town International airport. Old fashioned values combine with contemporary efficiency. A spectacular setting amidst the dappled shade of ancient oaks offers both tranquility and easy access to the many splendors of the Cape.
www.alphen.co.za
The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel
Nestled at the foot of Lions Head, on a stretch of prime Cape coastline in Seapoint, The Peninsula is one of Cape Town's most sought after hotels. With breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, the Peninsula's sea-facing suites are pure indulgence. All of the hotel's one hundred and ten bedrooms are suites with full sea views of the promenade and ocean. Our two restaurants offer superb menu choices from one of Cape Town's leading chefs, Peter Anderson.
www.peninsula.co.za
Upper Eastside Hotel
The Upper Eastside Hotel, perfectly situated in the highest setting in Woodstock, takes full advantage of the panoramic views that the Mother City has to offer. This location enjoys the convenience of being five minutes from Cape Town CBD, the world-renowned V&A Waterfront, and a mere fifteen minutes from Cape Town International Airport. The hotel prides itself in offering the best accommodation at affordable rates, combined with a state of the art Conference facilities that has the latest offering in audio visual technology backed by service provided by an experienced and professional team.
www.uppereastsidehotel.co.za
Durban - Kwazulu Natal
1 on 1 Events Centre
Located on the first floor, overlooking the central fountain and palm boulevard in the Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Umhlanga north of Durban, 1 on 1 Events Centre Gateway is a leader in creative and stylish conferencing and banqueting, a South African first for design, interactive entertainment and operation, capable of seating up to 1000 guests in four separate venues. 1 on 1 is a living performance delivered with passion, innovation, and sophistication, providing corporate companies, event organisers, conference delegates, wedding and banqueting guests with multiple entertainment and beverage options, and an opportunity to experience events combined with the retail, dining and entertainment elements of Africa's largest shopping complex with 24-hour security, on-site paramedics and ample parking.
www.1on1.co.za
Royal Palm Hotel
Set close to the La Lucia Ridge Office Estates, Gateway Theatre of Shopping, Umhlanga village and beachfront. The Royal Palm, positioned in the heart of Umhlanga New Town Centre, is situated in an ideal location for both business and recreational travel. Royal Palm enjoys the finest position on the Palm Boulevard at the new Piazza, which incorporates a fountain, beautiful gardens and a Morelands designed Campagnille Clock Tower. The 93 luxury apartment city hotel, which includes 14 penthouses, boasts with 24-hour security, ample living spaces, fast wireless internet systems, private kitchens, dining rooms, lounges and balconies overlooking the boulevard. The hotel has three floors of A-grade office suites and conference facilities available through 1 on 1 gateway.
www.royal-palm.co.za
The Riverside Hotel & Spa
Five minutes from the city centre of Durban, with wonderful views across a magnificent green belt stretching from the Umgeni River to the Indian Ocean, The Riverside Hotel & Spa reflects resort life in the city. One hundred and sixty nine superbly appointed bedrooms, two restaurants, eight conference venues and a spa have been designed to offer our guests a luxurious yet relaxed environment.
www.riversidehotel.co.za
The Royal Hotel
Uncompromising service and hospitality have given the 160-year-old, award winning Royal Hotel the reputation as Durban's finest city hotel. Relax in sheer comfort surrounded by a subtle blend of Colonial and African influences. The hotels two hundred and thirteen bedrooms, six themed restaurants and fourteen conference facilities, reflect the history of the hotel. Recent refurbishments have created a unique design language.
www.theroyal.co.za
The Square Boutique Hotel & Spa
The brand new The Square Boutique Hotel & Spa, is situated in a prime position among the energetic, active mix of retail and commercial properties on Umhlanga Ridge. A stone's throw away from Gateway Theatre of Shopping and 15 minutes drive from the new King Shaka airport. Designed with synergy, functionality and elegance with natural cool colours, creating the perfect atmosphere for relaxation, this retro hotel offers the ultimate in luxury for business and leisure travellers in a safe, pleasant, and exciting development node where people live, work and holiday in a contemporary urban setting on a subtropical coastline with year-round summer and incomparable lifestyle.
www.thesquare.co.za
The Westville Hotel
The Westville Hotel, in Durban, with its suburban décor and style, is an alternative to staying in the city. Close to all amenities, it's the perfect haven for visitors seeking a more relaxed conferencing venue with en-suite accommodation. With twelve bedrooms, two restaurants and large conferencing facilities on the property, this quiet, relaxed hotel is ideal for corporate visitors.
www.thewestville.co.za
Pietermaritzburg - Kwazulu Natal
The Golden Horse Casino Hotel
The Golden Horse Casino Hotel is a South African first. It is a unique combination of an equestrian racecourse, casino and hotel. With stylish and efficient hospitality, combined with casino gaming and the adrenalin of the sport of kings, this hotel is truly unique. The hotel's large ninety-six bedrooms are decorated in a manner, which suits the environment in which the hotel is located. Our large meeting rooms host conferences, weddings and banquets.
www.ghch.co.za
Exceptional Safaris
Kruger National Park - Mpumalanga
Shishangeni Private Lodge
Experience the balance between privacy and views, openness and enclosure. The wildlife correlates with outdoor space in a natural setting providing an exceptional vantage place to have the benefit of a visual oasis. Once arrived one feels privileged to rest the senses and embrace nature in an Exceptional Safari experience. The sound of the African bush resonates and embraces the serenity of this extensive green space. Spoilt for choice with a selection of eight game reserves available the tangible experience of an African Safari beckons.
www.shishangeni.com
Livingstone - Zambia
Thorntree River Lodge
Located in the Mosi Oa Tunya National Park, Zambia. Thorntree River Lodge features breathtaking scenery with river views and sightings of a variety of animals on the Zambezi River. Guests are accommodated in nine luxurious suites, all with private decks overlooking the river. Your safari experience at this, 'the home of the elephants', will include on site river activities as well as elephant back safaris. Thorntree's close proximity to Victoria Falls, means that a visit to see 'the smoke that thunders' is a must.
www.thorntreelodge.net
Madikwe Game Reserve - North West
Madikwe River Lodge
Positioned on the banks of the Groot Marico River, bordering Botswana, the luxurious Madikwe River Lodge offers guests the chance to enjoy the sights and sounds of Africa, in sixteen split-level suites and an outdoor dining boma. Your safari experience takes you to the untamed wilderness of the Kalahari Thornveld, where dining under African stars and early morning breakfasts under Acacia trees are the norm. Home to 66 large mammal species and 350 bird species, Madikwe River Lodge can boast Black Rhino, Wild Dog and even Bush Babies as common sightings.
www.madikweriverlodge.com
Resorts
Cape Town - Western Cape
Shelley Point Hotel, Spa & Country Club
Shelley Point Hotel, Country Club & Spa is nestled 150km from Cape Town in Shelley Point's private peninsula village on the silver-white sands of the Western Cape coastline with a laid-back lifestyle, relaxed, unhurried atmosphere, and a Mediterranean climate and feel with white granite rocks, cobalt sea and colourful fishing boats. Fringed by three ecological calm bays, it's a haven for whales, dolphins and sea-birds, offering world-class surfing opportunities, diving, kayaking, boating, friendly people and the warmth and charm of small-town living.
www.shelleypointhotel.co.za
Garden Route - Western Cape
Pinnacle Point Beach & Golf Resort
Voted one of the top ten golf courses in the world, Pinnacle Point exemplifies unsurpassed relaxation and promises a wealth of natural beauty in abundance. The resort consists of eighty-two luxurious lodges and lavish villa's, each comprising of various accommodation configurations of up to four bedrooms on Pinnacle Point Estate. Superbly situated close to Mossel Bay on the edge of the magnificent coastline that signals the gateway to the Garden Route, Pinnacle Point epitomizes coastal luxury and exclusive living.
Two intimate beaches stretch along four kilometers of spectacular coastline that borders four hundred hectares of prime Pinnacle Point land in a fresh sea atmosphere of which one hundred hectares is nature reserve. Enjoy the wildlife, birdlife and wide variety of fynbos that call this haven home.
www.pinnaclepointgolfresort.co.za
Drakensberg - Kwazulu Natal
Alpine Health Resort
Set in the heart of the majestic Northern Drakensberg, Alpine Heath Resort is widely regarded as one of South Africa's premier resort destinations. Each of the one hundred, three bedroomed suites face north, with breathtaking views of the Drakensberg Mountains. On site facilities include conference venues, children's entertainment, gym, equestrian centre and adventure facilities.
www.alpineheath.co.za
Kasane - Botswana
Chobe Marina Lodge
Chobe Marina Lodge is located in the north eastern corner of Botswana where four great African countries converge: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. At Chobe Marina Lodge, all sixty-six of the river facing bedrooms capture the essence of Africa. Your safari experience at Chobe Marina Lodge allows you to get up close and personal with nature. Photographic opportunities abound, sunset moments are plentiful and with the more than 45 000 elephant that reside within the Chobe National Park, you are guaranteed to bank a lasting memory or two.
www.chobemarinalodge.com
White River - Mpumalanga
Greenway Woods Resort
Greenway Woods Resort offers a host of exciting leisure activities suitable for families and leisure guests. The one hundred and sixty five bedroom resort with extensive meeting facilities, is located adjacent to the White River Golf Estate, 35km from the Kruger National Park and is the perfect location to use as a base to explore the wealth of activities and destinations in Mpumalanga.
www.greenway.co.za
Exceptional Collection
Franschhoek - Western Cape
Le Franschhoek Hotel and Spa
Set in the culinary capital of the Cape, the town of Le Franschhoek lies below the towering Franschhoek Mountains. With picturesque vineyards a stone's throw away, the elegant sophisticated charm of Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa is the perfect setting to explore the Cape wine route. Sixty-three en-suite, large, elegant bedrooms and suites, capture the essence of charm and sophistication. Meeting facilities, three restaurants, including the Le Verger outdoor dining venue and the on site spa, make this hotel the most unique property in the winelands.
www.lefranschhoek.co.za
Johannesburg - Gauteng
Thaba Ya Batswana Eco Lodge & Spa
Thaba Ya Batswana Eco Lodge & Spa is a rare and valuable jewel, surrounded by the southern Johannesburg metropolis, which captures the spirit of the African renaissance. It is situated in the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve area and has an abundance of indigenous trees, plants, birds and wildlife. The Tswana name meaning "Mountain of the Tswana people" is an apt description due to the discovery of Tswana settlement ruins that date back 300 and 600 years. The historic remnants of the Tswana people are scattered throughout the eco lodge where visitors are able to observe it from many of the paths and trails.
www.tyb.co.za
Kariba - Zimbabwe
Bumi Hills Safari Lodge
With an emphasis on total rest and relaxation, Bumi Hills Safari Lodge encompasses natural splendor of Kariba. With the Zambezi escarpment as its backdrop, the lodge overlooks the foreshore below and the vastness of Lake Kariba. Each of the twenty rooms boast a verandah overlooking either the lake or natural panorama of the bush and beyond while tasteful décor evokes the earthy sensuality of a true African Safari experience.
Knysna - Western Cape
The Rex Hotel
One of Knysna's most elegant and sophisticated accommodation offerings, The Rex Hotel promises its guests superior service and exceptional comfort. Located on the World Famous Garden Route, The Rex Hotel is one of the most exhilarating getaways in its class. Capturing the essence of four-star luxury, the impeccably appointed Rex Hotel offers travelers a gateway to world-class restaurants, blossoming forests and the shores of the serene lagoon.
www.rexhotel.co.za
Livingstone - Zambia
David Livingstone Safari Lodge & Spa
The thunder of the falling water and towering column of spray. The Victoria Falls offers an inescapable closeness to the natural elements and it is this true grandeur that lends a backdrop to the regal David Livingstone Safari Lodge and Spa.These great and famous falls, named by Dr. David Livingstone for his queen, Victoria, in November 1855, were well known to the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa by many names, perhaps the most meaningful being Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders).
www.dlslandspa.com
Mauritius - Black River
The Bay Hotel Mauritius
Dazzling turquoise waters and brilliant white beaches. Come and discover a new and exciting part of Mauritius where charm surrounds you and an intimate atmosphere welcomes you. The Bay Hotel is situated on the West Coast of Mauritius directly on the beach of La Preneuse within the rapidly developing region of Black River.
www.the-bay-hotel-mauritius.com
Plettenberg Bay - Western Cape
Plettenberg Park Hotel & Spa
With a myriad of coastal and wildlife attractions, this luxurious hotel, set high on majestic cliffs in the most exclusive private nature reserve in the Cape, offers five-star service and hospitality with impeccable cuisine. This award winning, internationally written about hotel, has nine large, luxurious suites, offering sea or lake views and is located just minutes from Plettenberg Bay. Discerning services include in room private dining and a luxurious spa at this exclusive property.
www.plettenbergpark.co.za
White River - Mpumalanga
Jatinga Country Lodge
With a long and proud history of excellence in all areas - from the luxurious rooms and suites to the tantalising cuisine and personalised service - Jatinga offers guests the very best of Mpumalanga.
www.jatinga.co.za
Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
A masterpiece of thatch and wood, intricately designed around the indigenous trees, Victoria Falls Safari Lodge creates a large open plan tree house from which to watch game and take in the breathtaking, African bush. Seventy-two African influenced, en-suite bedrooms with private viewing decks have been written about extensively internationally. Victoria Falls Safari Lodge sets the trends in Victoria Falls with its award winning Boma, Place of Eating and Makuwa Kuwa restaurants.
www.vfsl.com
Our Partners
Durban - Kwazulu Natal
uShaka Marine World
The jewel in Durban's waterfront, uShaka MARINE WORLD, offers a variety of marine experiences for both young and old, from the incredible Phantom Ship to the amazing Dolphin Stadium.
www.ushakamarineworld.co.za
Hotel School
International Hotel School
The International Hotel School, established in 1994, offers a range of full time and part time opportunities for young people looking to join the hospitality industry, and for those not quite so young to broaden their knowledge and improve their prospects of promotion. IHS has full-time campuses located in Cape Town, Durban and Sandton, as well as a Bush Academy in Waterberg.
www.hotelschool.co.za
Bush Academy
The aim of The Bush Academy is to train new guides that will be professional and knowledgeable, thereby growing the base of competent and qualified field guides in the industry. The Bush Academy offers courses to qualify field guides for a career in guiding and to meet the requirements of FGASA & THETA qualifications.
www.bushacademy.com
Plettenberg Equestrian Academy
At the Plettenberg Equestrian Academy we strive to give students a solid all round equine education, in a fun, safe environment. We have top class lecturers and our syllabus arms each student with the knowledge to write the first 3 modules of the SANEF exams.
www.hotelschool.co.za/equestrian.cfm
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