We value your privacy

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies. Cookie Policy

Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

ADVERTISEMENT
Africanian
  • News
  • News 24/7
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Travel
  • World
    • US
    • Russia
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • America
  • Events
No Result
View All Result
Africanian
No Result
View All Result
Home Business

South Africa: Tsogo Sun to close 36 hotels as customer demand collapses

The hotel group said temporary closures will take place over the next few weeks in locations with multiple hotels.

in Business
Reading Time: 2 mins read
1 0
0
South Africa: Tsogo Sun to close 36 hotels as customer demand collapses
0
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Whatsapp

The Tsogo Sun hotel group intends temporarily closing up to 36 of its properties around the country as demand plummets due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said in a statement to the JSE late on Friday 20 March that there has been “a total collapse of demand” for booking from April through to June.

The lack of demand included many events and conferences being postponed to the second half of 2020.

Closures will take place in an orderly manner over the next few weeks and will take around 7 700 rooms, or 40% of total room capacity, out of circulation. Should demand improve, the shuttered properties can be reactivated again at short notice.

Initial closures in locations with multiple hotels

Tsogo Sun has not named the properties involved, but said the initial intention was to close hotels in locations where it has multiple properties. Hotels in areas that had only a single property would be assessed on an ongoing basis.

The group’s brands include Southern Sun, Holiday Inn, Garden Court, Sun One, Arabella and Beverley Hills.

More

Nigeria accelerates economic transformation with key reforms and signs of recovery

Rwanda combines youth innovation and circular economy to build a resilient nation

7 Tracks, 1 Future: AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2025 Sets the Stage for Africa’s Innovation Renaissance

Reduce costs, curtail capital expenditure and conserve cash

“Given the environment of the past few weeks, we had already implemented actions in order to reduce costs and capital expenditure, and these have now been expanded to eliminate virtually all variable costs, substantially reduce the fixed cost overheads [and] conserve cash in order to preserve the sustainability of our business and the people whose livelihoods depend on us,” Tsogo Sun said in a statement.

It added: “There are a number of consultations and planning logistics to be finalised. However we intend to still retain significant operating capacity in our key nodes for the foreseeable future, given current levels of hotels.”

The company noted that during this period only essential maintenance would be carried out.

Hotels could follow overseas example and become quarantine facilities

In its statement, Tsogo Sun said it had been approached by both the public and private healthcare sectors to turn its closed hotels into quarantine facilities and was “endeavouring to assist in this regard”.

Using underutilised hotels as quarantine facilities or to house at-risk people is already being done in the US state of California.

A similar strategy is being planned in the UK, where authorities need to find around 45 000 safe spaces for homeless people. Empty hotels are a ready-made solution because they have separate cleaning facilities and rooms, and can be leased by the government using funding allocated to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: The South African
africanian

africanian

Africanian News

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Jump Shot: The NBPA x UM6P Innovation Challenge – A Game-Changer for African Entrepreneurs

Jump Shot: The NBPA x UM6P Innovation Challenge – A Game-Changer for African Entrepreneurs

March 24, 2025
Weather in South Africa: Climate and Seasons

Weather in South Africa: Climate and Seasons

August 25, 2020
Weather in Kenya: Climate, Seasons, and Average Temperature

Weather in Kenya: Climate, Seasons and Average Temperature

August 26, 2020
Uganda achieves a 47% increase in customs revenue thanks to digitalization

Uganda achieves a 47% increase in customs revenue thanks to digitalization

July 14, 2025
Madagascar increases Polio surveillance capacity by 60% in the region

Madagascar increases Polio surveillance capacity by 60% in the region

July 14, 2025
In Tanzania, the Kibuka community has improved their household economy by more than 50%.

In Tanzania, the Kibuka community has improved their household economy by more than 50%.

July 11, 2025
Twitter Instagram Youtube Facebook
No Result
View All Result

Africanian News

Is a dedicated project aimed at amplifying the voices of the African Ecosystem and Diaspora. We actively collaborate with initiatives to improve access to education and digital inclusion, both in traditional schools and through digital platforms, for African children.

It’s crucial to emphasize that none of the articles or images featured on our platform are intended for copyright infringement, neither now nor in the future. If you believe that any information, text, image, etc., may be subject to copyright and should be removed, please notify us by sending an email to info@africanian.com

Your dreams matter; your stories matter.

Feel free to explore collaboration opportunities with us. Share your articles, thoughts, interviews, experiments, or no-comment videos by reaching out to info@africanian.com. You can also subscribe to our mailing list to receive the latest updates from Africanian News.

© 2024 Africanian News: From Africa, by Africans, for Africa, and friends of Africa.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • World

© 2024 Africanian News: From Africa, by Africans, for Africa, and friends of Africa.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Log In

Sign In

Forgot password?

Don't have an account? Register

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Back to Login

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Accept

Add to Collection

  • Public collection title

  • Private collection title

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.