There is a solution to every problem, says Patrick Tate, retiring divisional director of operations at City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG). This approach, coupled with a lifetime of experience, steady and grounded disposition, and an abundance of patience has made Tate excel as a hotelier. 30 Nov 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group has announced several changes to its operations department, starting with the retirement of Patrick Tate, divisional director of operations after 32 years of loyal service, effective 30 November 2020. He has been with the group since 1 August 1988 when it only had three hotels, joining to manage City Lodge Cape Town (now City Lodge Hotel Pinelands) on the group's third birthday. Patrick managed several hotels for City Lodge Hotel Group before his promotion to divisional director of operations at central office in 2001. (Please see separate media release on Patrick for his full biography.) 27 Nov 2020 Read more >>

At City Lodge Hotel Group, guests are encouraged to come for the comfortable rooms and service excellence, and stay for the delicious food and beverage offerings. As summer heats the pool ready for those first swims, the group has revamped the bar and snacks menus at its hotels, giving guests more reasons to relax in the spacious public areas outside and indoors, or in their rooms. 24 Nov 2020 Read more >>

This November, every Friday is Woza Friday at City Lodge Hotel Group. We know what it's like waiting for Friday to come, and what better way to celebrate than a special price promotion only bookable on Fridays. Instead of joining the mad rush asking people to book on that one last Friday in November, we have come up with a better deal for our customers, bookable only online. 20 Nov 2020 Read more >>

Construction of the new concept Courtyard Hotel Waterfall City is nearing completion, and the hotel is set to open in the first quarter of 2021. A hard hat tour of the building by management in October 2020 revealed an elegant, upmarket hotel taking shape. Behind the hoarding and scaffolding is a 164-room hotel, the result of a land and building lease agreement with JSE-listed property company Attacq. 10 Nov 2020 Read more >>

As the hospitality industry opens up and more people travel, technology is playing an important role in helping keep everyone safe. City Lodge Hotel Group now offers guests contactless online check-in at its hotels, accessed via its website, www.clhg.com, and on its mobile app too. In a similar manner to the online check-in for flights, guests can check themselves into their hotel and avoid having to touch too many shared items at the reception desk, keeping both guests and staff safe. 22 Oct 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group continues to pay 10% commission to IATA-registered travel agents and travel management companies on bookings for all of the group's hotels, including Fairview Hotel in Kenya, Courtyard Hotels, City Lodge Hotels, Town Lodges and Road Lodges. Paying commission has long been a part of the group's business culture and helps foster good relationships with travel professionals. 9 Oct 2020 Read more >>

As more travellers start to emerge from their homes to shake off cabin fever, City Lodge Hotel Group has launched its Summer Campaign to help finances go further this festive season. After the success of its Weekend Special rates launched in August 2020, the group is now extending this rate to include all weekdays too. From 1 December 2020 to 31 January 2021, the following special rates apply per room per night (single or double occupancy): from R749 at Town Lodges, from R799 at City Lodge Hotels and from R999 at Courtyard Hotels. (Offer does not include Road Lodges.) 6 Oct 2020 Read more >>

Guests have voted four hotels in the City Lodge Hotel Group as their favourites on Tripadvisor. Fairview Hotel and City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Courtyard Hotel Port Elizabeth and City Lodge Hotel Lynnwood in Pretoria have won Tripadvisor 2020 Traveler's Choice Awards. 15 Sep 2020 Read more >>

Good news comes in threes: South Africa has moved to Level 2 of the lockdown, inter-provincial business and leisure travel is allowed and City Lodge Hotel Group has launched its Weekend Special rates. 24 Aug 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group is expanding its in house food and beverage offering, under the Eat In banner, starting with a pizza menu. After a successful trial of the new pizza selection at Town Lodge Umhlanga and Road Lodge Durban, the concept is now being rolled out to Courtyard Hotels, City Lodge Hotels, Town Lodges and Road Lodges across South Africa. 18 Aug 2020 Read more >>

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many people working from home. Cue children/partner/pets crashing the Zoom meeting for the umpteenth time, or living their best yet noisy lives within earshot. City Lodge Hotel Group has launched a solution utilising the spacious work desks present in every Courtyard Hotel, City Lodge Hotel, Town Lodge and Road Lodge. 13 Aug 2020 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has been working hard behind the scenes to strip out single-use plastic from guest bedrooms. In a bold move, the group, together with its South African supplier The Bespoke Amenities Company (TBAC), is launching an all-new range of bathroom amenities, including a Zero Bar. These will be available across all five hotel brands - Fairview Hotel (Kenya), Courtyard Hotel, City Lodge Hotel, Town Lodge and Road Lodge - in what is a first for a South African hotel group, and among the first in the world. 31 Jul 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group is starting to open up its hotels in a phased response to business traveller demand as South Africa moves to Level 3 alert of the lockdown from 1 June 2020. The group has been busy during Levels 5 and 4 preparing its properties to open in a Covid-19 world. Some properties have offered quarantine accommodation while others have accommodated essential services, now extended to include business travellers. 3 Jun 2020 Read more >>

Running a food and beverage service at a quarantine or essential services hotel during the lockdown is a balancing act. The strict protocols of social distancing need to be observed while serving tasty, nutritious meals three times a day to guests, who have to stay in their rooms as public areas like the restaurant are closed. The City Lodge Hotel Group caters for its quarantine and essential services guests either produced by its own food and beverage teams or produced and delivered by professional catering company. 25 May 2020 Read more >>

Operating a hotel during the time of Covid-19 brings about its own challenges, chief among those is the safety of staff and guests. Cleanliness, hygiene and sanitisation have taken on a new role, which is equally important now during the lockdown as it will be afterwards. In fact, "business as usual" just got an overhaul. 12 May 2020 Read more >>

Since the lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa took effect at midnight on 26 March 2020, all businesses relating to non-essential services have been closed. This temporary suspension of services has affected most of City Lodge Hotel Group's 56 properties around South Africa (it also has six hotels in Southern and East Africa). Five hotels have remained open to accommodate inbound and outbound travellers in quarantine, as well as essential workers. The group remains well positioned to reopen any of its hotels on very short notice. 30 Apr 2020 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group published the following statement on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange News Service (SENS)... 26 Mar 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group has launched Explore More, a month-long promotion valid from 18 March to 3 May 2020 (inclusive), in which guests can save up to 40% on their stay. Make the most of the upcoming run of long weekends and family getaway opportunities by staying at any Courtyard Hotel from R999, City Lodge Hotel from R799 and Town Lodge from R749. This includes hotels in South Africa as well as the group's properties in Windhoek, Namibia; Botswana, Namibia; Maputo, Mozambique; Nairobi, Kenya; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 12 Mar 2020 Read more >>

As a 'people-caring-for-people' organisation, City Lodge Hotel Group has launched a coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19) protocol across its 62 hotels, educating staff and guests and introducing measures to ensure all stay safe in the face of this global health emergency. 9 Mar 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotels Limited (share code: CLH) has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets on Wednesday, 11 March 2020. 4 Mar 2020 Read more >>

Average group occupancies 54% Targeted southern and East African expansion substantially complete Portfolio of hotels in excellent shape to benefit from economic growth

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The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has opened its 62nd hotel, the City Lodge Hotel Maputo in Mozambique, under the leadership of general manager Gustavo Cardoso. The hotel is ideally located on Rua Para o Palmar, near Avenida Julius Nyerere, and within easy reach of the Costa do Sol beach, city centre, a private hospital, university and various other business, entertainment, shopping and cultural attractions. It is the closest hotel to the Maputo International Airport, at some 6.5km or 12-minute drive away. 10 Feb 2020 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group is pleased to announce new appointments and promotions: 31 Jan 2020 Read more >>

A City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) breakfast is the highlight of the day for many guests, with an estimated 1.4 million eggs consumed per year. It will soon have a feel-good as well as a taste-good component as the group announces its commitment to transitioning to 100% cage-free eggs throughout its operations by 2025. 31 Jan 2020 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has launched a direct booking application or app for mobile phones, available to download for free from iOS for Apple and Google Play for Android. 3 Dec 2019 Read more >>

Step into the refreshed and tranquil space that is the revamped Club Lounge, bar and patio at the Courtyard Hotel Sandton in Johannesburg. This commercial area is now bookable and features a new look and feel reflected in stylish chairs and rugs, contemporary lighting and artwork, and the latest fittings and fixtures. Various seating arrangements make this the ideal spot for guests and day visitors to hold meetings, host exclusive events, celebrate special occasions, or simply enjoy a meal from the new a la carte menu. The recently launched a la carte offering for lunch and dinner is now available at all five Courtyard Hotels in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth. 26 Nov 2019 Read more >>

The five Courtyard Hotels in Rosebank, Sandton and Eastgate in Johannesburg, Arcadia in Pretoria and Port Elizabeth, have added an a la carte menu to their offering. The Club Lounge, which used to serve a range of upmarket canapes and drinks in the evening from 5pm to 9pm, now offers a curated menu of dishes that cater for a range of tastes and dietary requirements. 25 Nov 2019 Read more >>

It is with enormous sadness that the City Lodge Hotel Group announces that Hans Rudolf Enderle, founder and past chairperson, has died on 9 November 2019 at the age of 77. He passed away peacefully after complications of surgery. 12 Nov 2019 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) has listened to its customers and once again launched its half-price Summer Campaign. This annual promotion sees Courtyard Hotels, City Lodge Hotels and Town Lodges offer a number of rooms at each property at a whopping 50% discount. That's half-price accommodation during peak season! Valid from 13 December 2019 to 19 January 2020, this special offer is available for online bookings via www.clhg.com, quoting the promotional code: HALFPRICE. 5 Nov 2019 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, hosted a "welcome to the neighbourhood" and official opening event on 24 October 2019. The hotel has opened in phases and while it has been trading for the past two years, City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) was delighted to host this official event showcasing all of its facilities, presided over by Dr Chris Kirubi, Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur and leading industrialist, and owner of the Two Rivers mixed-use complex. 4 Nov 2019 Read more >>

The Friends of City Lodge Hotel Group Golf Day was once again a resounding success. 8 Oct 2019 Read more >>

Management teams from several City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) properties in Johannesburg came together this winter to collect items for the Emthonjeni Community Centre in poverty-stricken Zandspruit, west of Johannesburg. On 27 August 2019, the group donated a trailer-load of used linen and bedding and new and used scarves, gloves, beanies and clothes. Guests donated these winter woollies in the "Warm heads, hands and hearts" collection in participating hotels, dropping them off in specially marked boxes in reception. 1 Oct 2019 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall, Nairobi, has been awarded four-star rating from the Tourism Regulatory Authority in Kenya. The hotel "successfully scored 100% on essential items as required by the East African Community grading procedure", confirms the report. 27 Aug 2019 Read more >>

Average South African occupancies - 58% Targeted East and Southern African expansion almost completed Town Lodge Umhlanga opens

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"It always seems impossible until it's done," said Nelson Mandela. And in his honour, around 80 staff from 15 City Lodge Hotel Group properties in Johannesburg set about refurbishing the boys' dormitory and cleaning the girls' dormitory and main kitchen of the New Jerusalem Children's Home in President Park, Midrand in a single day. The home provides residential care facilities for some 95 boys and girls, ranging in age from infants to 18-year olds, and is run by 32 staff members. The centre is a place of safety for abandoned and abused, orphaned and vulnerable children and has sheltered more than 1,000 children since it was established in September 2000. 6 Aug 2019 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) is undertaking a large-scale solar project for the group at 25 of its 60 hotels. This follows a successful pilot study at the 118-room Road Lodge Centurion in Pretoria, which has a 50kWp (Kilowatt peak) generation system installed on the roof. The roll-out will result in nearly 4,250 solar panels being installed at 24 hotels in South Africa and one hotel in Namibia, with a combined energy output of approximately 1.45 megawatts of power. The full installation will cost approximately R20m. The panels have an expected lifespan of 30 years. 2 Aug 2019 Read more >>

Construction of Town Lodge Umhlanga is nearing completion and is scheduled to open in July 2019 and headed up by general manager Lizelle Henze. 21 May 2019 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) announces the appointments of Erich Oberhauser as general manager of Courtyard Hotel Port Elizabeth, Lizelle Henze as general manager of Town Lodge Umhlanga, due to open in July 2019, and Ayanda Masemola as general manager of Road Lodge Umhlanga Ridge. 2 May 2019 Read more >>

Road Lodges, part of the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG), are now bookable via global distribution systems (GDS). The 22 Road Lodges, totalling 2,059 rooms, have been listed on Galileo and Amadeus, with the Sabre listings to be completed soon. Inventory comes out of CLHG's proprietary Lodgix system into the GDS and rooms are visible on both systems. There is no change to the payment process: Road Lodges still have to be prepaid or settled by guests on arrival. 25 Mar 2019 Read more >>

Average group occupancies 58% Return on equity 17% Normalised diluted headline EPS -6% New Courtyard Hotel for Waterfall City - African expansion advanced in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

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The City Lodge Hotel Group has announced that an exciting "new concept" hotel within its Courtyard Hotel brand will be developed in Waterfall City north of Johannesburg. 15 Feb 2019 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is opening its first batch of 41 rooms today (16 November 2018) on the first and second floors. The hotel will have 148 rooms in total when complete. Anneke Pienaar is general manager. 16 Nov 2018 Read more >>

Recently retired CEO Clifford Ross and new COO Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo of the City Lodge Hotel Group (CLHG) each received the South African Chefs Association President's Award 2018 at a gala dinner at Holiday Inn Sandton on 28 September. They were among only eight recipients of this industry award this year, bestowed at the discretion of the president of SA Chefs. The event also marked the last official duty of outgoing president Stephen Billingham and a warm industry welcome to newly elected president, James Khoza, the first black, homegrown chef to lead the association in its 44-year history. 10 Oct 2018 Read more >>

Average group occupancies 59% (61% in South Africa) Revenue -1% to R1.5 billion African expansion on track - new hotels in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Maputo to open by end of October Construction underway on Town Lodge Umhlanga Ridge Group will have 7,991 rooms at 63 rooms in six countries once current development programme is completed

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In its first foray into art sponsorship, the City Lodge Hotel Group sponsored prizes for winners of the Irma Stern-focused RMB Turbine Art Fair which took place in Newtown, Johannesburg, from 12-15 July. 25 Jul 2018 Read more >>

The JSE-listed City Lodge Hotel group has appointed two new executive directors to its board with effect from 1 July 2018... 5 Jun 2018 Read more >>

After more than 30 years at the City Lodge Hotel Group, the last 15 years as Chief Executive Officer, Clifford Ross is stepping down from his role at the end of June due to ill health. 23 May 2018 Read more >>

Continual refurbishing and upgrading of its hotels is a critical part of the City Lodge Hotel Group's operational strategy that has seen it become one of Africa's top selected services hotel chains. 9 May 2018 Read more >>

• Average occupancies 63%
  
• Return on equity 20%
  
• Normalised diluted headline EPS -12%
  
• African expansion makes progress in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique

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City Lodge Hotel Group's third hotel in Nairobi and 59th hotel in Southern and East Africa 17 Jan 2018 Read more >>

Donations benefit fight against cancer, palliative care, environment and food production 21 Nov 2017 Read more >>

Becomes 58th hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group 9 Oct 2017 Read more >>

Four new African hotels opening from 3Q 2017 to 2Q 2018

Additional capacity planned in South Africa 18 Aug 2017 Read more >>

Enhancements introduced across Courtyard Hotel, City Lodge Hotel, Town Lodge and Road Lodge brands 1 Jun 2017 Read more >>

• 148-room City Lodge Hotel Maputo will add to City Lodge Hotel Group's African expansion progress in Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia
  
• Group will have seven hotels outside of South Africa by mid-2018

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CLHG Rewards enables online bookers to earn points towards B&B or room only 19 Jan 2017 Read more >>

Shareholders have enjoyed compound annual growth of 23.93% over a five-year period 25 Nov 2016 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group won the national one star and two star categories for service excellence in hotel accommodation at the 2016 Lilizela Tourism Awards held in Sandton on 16 October. 21 Oct 2016 Read more >>

CANSA gets R199,600, HPCA gets R140,000 and Food & Trees gets R91,000 19 Sep 2016 Read more >>

147-room hotel on track to open towards the end of 2017 7 Sep 2016 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group grew its revenue by 14.6% to R1.5bn in the financial year to 30 June, 2016 and is on track to open three new African hotels in mid-to-late 2017. 12 Aug 2016 Read more >>

Fourteen hotels within the JSE-listed City Lodge Hotel Group have received 2016 Certificate of Excellence awards from TripAdvisor, the global online travel website. 23 Jun 2016 Read more >>

The official opening of City Lodge Hotel Newtown 21 Jun 2016 Read more >>

Work has begun on the 147-room City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Construction is also progressing well at the 169-room City Lodge Hotel Two Rivers in Nairobi. The development of Town Lodge Windhoek is to begin in June. 26 May 2016 Read more >>

The City Lodge Hotel Group is this year more closely involved than ever with the gruelling Joberg2C mountain bike event which will see a group of incredibly brave riders make their way from Gauteng all the way down to the KZN South Coast between 22 and 30 April. 12 Apr 2016 Read more >>

City Lodge Hotel Two Rivers will be the 58th hotel in the City Lodge Hotel Group and is expected to open in second quarter of 2017; other African expansion plans also progressing in Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Namibia 23 Feb 2016 Read more >>

JSE-listed City Lodge Hotels Limited has issued a strong set of results for the six months to 31 December 2015, with revenue up by 17.3% to R753.4 million and headline earnings rising 17.5% to R194.1 million. South African hotel occupancies rose to 69% from 68% with improvements across the group's Courtyard Hotel, City Lodge Hotel, Town Lodge and Road Lodge brands. Work has begun on the 169-room City Lodge Hotel Two Rivers in Nairobi, scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2017. 19 Feb 2016 Read more >>