Awards

Shangri-La wins 2 prestigious Lilizela Tourism Awards

Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa received two prestigious provincial Lilizela Tourism Awards on 24 September at the Tzaneen Country Lodge. These Awards recognise and reward tourism players and businesses who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product and service and whose delivery grows South Africa’s global destination competitiveness. It was Shangri-La’s …

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Booking.Com Guest Review Awards

It is not only the entertainment industry that makes the news this awards season, but also the hospitality industry. 2015 kicked off with the Trip Advisor Travellers’ Choice Awards announcements, and now we are also thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2014 Booking.Com Guest Review Awards. South of Africa is extremely proud of two …

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Shangri-La wins second Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice Award

The 4-star Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa is extremely proud of its latest achievement: receiving their second Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice Award for South Africa’s top 25 bargain hotels. Shangri-La has, in the past 3 years, already received two Certificate of Excellence Awards from Trip Advisor (for both 2013 and 2014 respectively) and received its …

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South of Africa honours its employees

South of Africa recently held their Year End Function at a local resort in Bela Bela. Heads of Departments, General Manager as well as Head Office employees were all invited to a fun-filled day of team building, followed by an afternoon of leisure, and ending with a prestigious awards ceremony and dinner. General Managers of …

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Shangri-La receives 4-star grading

The delightful country hotel and spa, Shangri-La, has received its 4-star grading from the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. “We’ve been working extremely hard,” says General Manager, Ken Strydom, “this past year. We set out at the beginning of the year to achieve the 4-star status, and through the combined efforts of everybody involved …

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Shangri-La and Chaîne Des Rôtisseurs

Ken Strydom represented Shangri-La Country Hotel and Spa at the Leriba Hotel and Spa in Pretoria to receive the successful 2015 Chaîne Des Rôtisseurs membership submission. Shangri-La was inducted into the Chaîne by the Bailliage de Pretoria. With over 25,000 members, the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs is an International Association of Gastronomy now established in over 80 …

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Shangri-La receives Gold Diners Club Wine List Award

Alfred Moima (pictured here) represented Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa near Modimolle when the hotel received an award at the Diners Club Wine List awards 2014 in Johannesburg this week. The country hotel was honoured with the Gold Wine Award. Congratulations!!!

Trip Advisor 2014 Winner Shangri-La

“We’ve done it again!” exclaims General Managers Ken Strydom from Shangri-La Country Hotel in Modimolle. The hotel has been awarded with yet another Trip Advisor Award of Excellence for 2014. The award, being the 2nd for Shangri-La, honours hotels that have received a constant stream of positive scores with a rating of 4 out of …

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Shangri-La wins Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice Award

It is easy to see why visitors to this earthly paradise choose Shangri-La as one of the top 25 hotels in South Africa. Renowned for offering visitors a view of past guests’ experiences, Trip Advisor announced its “Travelers’ Choice Awards” for 2014 this past week. Shangri-La, who received their first “Award Of Excellence” from Trip …

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Our 13 highlights of 2013

Today there are only 13 days left before 2013 is over. We reminisce about the year gone by by sharing our 13 highlights of 2013. 1) NEW SOA LOGO We launched the brand new logo of South of Africa, alongside its new slogan, at this year’s Indaba in Durban, May 2013. What a proud moment. …

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