Southern Sun Hotels
 | |
| Type | Hotel chain |
|---|---|
| SSU | |
| Industry | Hotel |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Sol Kerzner |
Number of locations | South Africa, UAE, Zambia, Seychelles, Tanzania and Mozambique |
Key people | Marcel von Aulock (CEO) |
| Website | southernsun |
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Southern Sun[1] is a South African hotel group previously known as Tsogo Sun Hotels. Southern Sun was founded in 1969[2] by South African Breweries and hotelier Sol Kerzner. During April 2022 Tsogo Sun Hotels began the process of changing the business name back to Southern Sun.[3]
Southern Sun owns and operates more than 100 hotels[4] in South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Seychelles, and the Middlle East. The hotel group owns and manages a range of individual hotel and resort brands including Southern Sun Hotels, Southern Sun Resorts, Garden Court, StayEasy, SUN1 and luxury properties such as 54 on Bath, Sandton Sun, Mount Grace, and Beverly Hills. On 01 April 2020[5] the Arabella Hotel, Golf and Spa in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve joined the group. The group also operates conferencing venues including the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton.
History
Southern Sun Hotels was created[6] in 1969 as a partnership between Sol Kerzner and South African Breweries. The group initially opened with six hotels including the Beverly Hills in Umhlanga.
In 1983 Southern Sun Hotels split its interests, with Sun International focusing on casino properties and Southern Sun focusing on hotel interests.
Until 2000, Southern Sun held a 20% stake in Sol Kerzner's Sun International.[7]
In 2005[8][9] the company moved from being a brand manager to a brand owner and is an umbrella for many brands that make up the hotel group.
On 13 April 2012 the Southern Sun Hotel Group merged[10][11] with Tsogo Sun Gaming & Tsogo Sun Holdings to create Tsogo Sun.
In June 2019 Tsogo Sun Holdings split[12][13] into Tsogo Sun Gaming, which would operate the gaming and entertainment interests of the brand and Tsogo Sun Hotels, which would operate the hotel interests.[14]
In April 2022 Tsogo Sun Hotels rebranded[15][16][17] to Southern Sun.
References
- ^ "Southern Sun | Southern Africa's Leading Hospitality Group". Southern Sun. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Tsogo Sun Heritage". heritage.tsogosun.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Rebounding Tsogo Sun Hotels in big rebrand back to Southern Sun". Moneyweb. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Hotel Search | Southern Sun | Best Rates Direct". Southern Sun. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa to join Tsogo Sun group". Southern & East African Tourism Update. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "South Africa: Founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group Sol Kerzner dies at 84". Voyages Afriq. 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Kersaf buys remaining 20% of Sun International for R425m". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Southern Sun Hotels to expand operations". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Southern Sun buys Garden Court". Fin24. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Tsogo Sun reworks its brand identity with help from Cross Colours". Media Update. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Southern Sun rebrands as Tsogo Sun – HOTELSMag.com". Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Lawton, Marc (2019-07-02). "Two suns in the sunset: Tsogo splits its hotel and gaming divisions". Casino Review. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Tsogo Sun to restructure hotel interests". Fin24. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Changole, Adelaide. "Tsogo Sun Hotels up as 'strong portfolio' draws buyers". Fin24. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ MarketScreener. "Tsogo Sun Hotels : Related Party Transactions relating to hotels owned by Tsogo Sun Gaming Limited and Proposed Name Change | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Southern Sun's loss narrows as it grapples with higher costs". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Find out why Tsogo Sun changes name to Southern Sun". 702. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
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