It was out with the old and in with the new for Three Cities Bantry Bay Suite Hotel, Cape Town, when the Western Cape Hotel invested in a new arty and hip make-over with a touch of elegance to the popular Freddie’s Bar and Lounge.

Started in November last year and completed in mid- December, 2013, the entire lounge area was converted into a more ‘user friendly’ and relaxing environment for guests. The Hotel management had found that the existing set-up was not ‘friendly’ enough and resembled more of a living room lounge with a lack of seating.With specialised design input and concept implemented by professional interior designer Dee de Kock, the concept brief was simple: to create a space that allowed for more guests while not compromising on personal space.

Pleased with the outcome GM Eben Lassen described the new look and feel. “The design is a long banquet seat with glass coffee tables and cocktail tables that can accommodate a lunch or laptop. We couldn’t find furniture that suited the project so we had all of the furniture tailor-made through PODO, with the most beautiful fabric and suggestions by Dee de Kock. We were concerned about the New York Square wall colour – which is a dark charcoal, almost black but she insisted and it came out beyond our expectation.”

THE THREE CITIES GROUP

Three Cities Management was formed in 1988 as a hospitality group offering specialised services in the tourism industry.

Today The Three Cities Group manages and markets over 32 quality tourism and leisure properties and has a strong network of sales and marketing specialists working out of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, United Kingdom and Germany. Its distinctively unique portfolio of properties includes Exceptional Hotels and Exceptional Safari Lodges as well as three campuses of The International Hotel School (IHS). The Three Cities Group was also instrumental in the conceptualization and management for 10 years of the largest Marine Theme Park in Africa – uShaka Marine World in Durban. Its unique portfolio of properties offers a diverse range of Africa’s finest hotels, resorts and game lodges situated in the major tourist and business centres of Africa.

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