Taj Cape Town completed and officially open (South Africa)
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Taj Cape Town completed and officially open (South Africa)
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Category: Africa Indian Ocean - South Africa - Industry economy -
Hotel opening
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2010-03-26
Taj Cape Town, the new luxury international five-star hotel within the historic city centre, marked its official
opening today (20th March) with all of its 177 rooms occupied.
The hotel had begun pre-opening trials several weeks ago taking limited room reservations. The Restaurants, Mint
and the Bombay Brasserie, have been very well received to date and the third restaurant, the Twankey Bar, a contemporary seafood and champagne bar, is now also open.
The Jiva Grande Spa, which offers a range of health and beauty treatments as well as traditional Indian
aromatherapy and Ayurvedic treatments, is taking bookings.
“We’re now 100% ready to warmly welcome our neighbouring Capetonians and out of town visitors to the Taj
Cape Town,” says General Manager, Michael Pownall.
He says that every aspect of the hotel had to be ready before it was declared officially open because after an
investment of over R500 million by Taj, Tata Africa and Eurocape, and two years of construction and the
meticulous restoration of two historic Cape Town buildings, expectations were very high.
The hotel was delighted to be completely booked out for its opening week with an international company’s global
conference attended by delegates from over 15 countries.
Pownall says there has been a tremendous amount of interest and a steady flow of reservations since the soft
openings, forward bookings for the next three months are better than expected with strong demand for the World
Cup period and beyond.
“We’ve had a great deal of positive feedback here and overseas. Taj has a reputation for creating iconic hotels in
amazing locations and within heritage buildings, in addition to a very strong luxury service culture. Cape Town’s popularity as a world-class leisure destination and unique Hotel facilities such as the Jiva Grande Spa, stylish
restaurants and Heritage banqueting and conferencing rooms all work strongly in our favour. But so too does our location in the historic heart of Cape Town, which provides an alternative to the Waterfront.”
The Taj Cape Town is offering an introductory special from R3 500 per room for two people, including breakfast.
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