Cape Town - Carlson Rezidor has announced the Radisson Blu Le Vendome Hotel Cape Town.
The upper upscale property featuring 143 rooms is scheduled to open within the next six months. Formerly known as “Hotel Le Vendome” and a local landmark, the property is undergoing renovation and refurbishment in order to be re-positioned as one of Cape Town’s leading upper upscale addresses.
The Radisson Blu Le Vendome Hotel brings Carlson Rezidor’s portfolio in Cape Town to five hotels in operation and under development.
“We are proud to operate this hotel and thank the owners for their confidence in our group. The property will further strengthen our offer in Cape Town which shows an increasing demand for sophisticated business and leisure hotels.
“All across the African continent we now operate and develop 53 hotels, and we will grow further – the Emerging Market of Africa is one of our most important regions for future business development”, said Wolfgang M. Neumann, president & CEO of Rezidor.
On behalf of the property owners, HE Khalaf Bin Ahmed Al Ofaiba – who owns distinctive properties and hotels across the UAE – added: “We are pleased to be investing in South Africa as this is a promising destination and a great opportunity that suits our business model. We have been eagerly anticipating the hotel’s conversion to Radisson Blu, and are delighted that the property now will bear the name of such a recognised global leader”.
The Radisson Blu Le Vendome Hotel is located in the popular area of the Platinum Mile in the cosmopolitan and safe suburb of Sea Point, a prime position along Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard precinct. It is only 50m away from the Sea Point Promenade and 2km away from South Africa’s number one tourist destination, The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Cape Town’s city centre and Table Mountain are located within a 5km radius of the hotel; the distance to the airport is 25km. The famous Cape of Good Hope is a two hour drive away.
Besides stylish 143 rooms including 14 suites – all with Radisson Blu signature services such as free high speed internet access – the hotel offers more than 400m² of bar & restaurant facilities including an all-day-dining restaurant with terrace and a bar, 290m² of meeting space including sub divisible boardroom and two smaller meeting rooms, as well as an outdoor swimming pool. A gym will be added during the refurbishment works.
“Our first entry into South Africa more than ten years ago was through the conversion of the Villa Via Hotel which struggled at the time, however after branding the hotel under our Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts brand and with our dynamic hotel management the hotel very quickly became a high-performing hotel creating great value and trust for guests, the property owners and other stakeholders and we expect to do exactly the same as we convert the Hotel Le Vendome into the Radisson Blu Hotel Le Vendome, Cape Town” said Andrew McLachlan, Carlson Rezidor’s vice president Business Development for Africa & Indian Ocean Islands.
“South Africa is one of the few markets in Africa where we see real opportunity to convert existing hotels which are either independent or operated by competitor brands to either a Radisson Blu or Park Inn by Radisson” added McLachlan.
“We therefore anticipate doing more conversion hotel deals in South Africa in the future than purely new build hotel deals”.