Protea Hotels 2010

365 days and counting! Are we ready to rock n roll? You bet we are!

In the countdown to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africa is under the world microscope and the pressure within the borders to perform is reaching new heights. Will they, won’t they? That is the anxiously asked question on everybody’s lips. It is clear to each and every South African and South African business that the benefit of a fortnight of international football tournaments has long term implications to the country.

Protea Hotels is embracing the dramatic increase in exposure South Africa is going to get in the coming months. South African Tourism’s focus is to stimulate tourism to SA World CUP 2010 and this will expose us to many more countries, not previously exposed to SA as a tourist destination.

Our service culture and standards meet international standards.  However, in the true spirit of World Cup 2010, we hope to exceed these service levels, to ensure returning GUESTS to South Africa.

The World Cup will bring many different GUESTS to our beautiful country; passionate supporters from the various participating countries, the teams themselves, FIFA Headquarters and their associates, the media / press and international sponsors of World Cup 2010.  Let’s also not forget airline crews and, most of all, the South African public, whom we hope to see travelling to matches.  Each one of these GUESTS require different things from our hotels, be they dietary requirements, conferencing and media facilities, size of beds, locations to stadiums and training facilities, connectivity (internet) and, of course, security.   These have all been seriously researched and we are confident that we will meet these requirements.

Here’s hoping that everyone is as excited as we are to be hosting this prestigious tournament – LADUUUUUUUMA!!!