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The Westcliff, Johannesburg

Address:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel	0027 11 646 2400
Fax:	0027 11 481 6010
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The Westcliff, Johannesburg Information:

Lively, cosmopolitan and certainly on the up, Johannesburg is not the dowdy city some might perceive, but the bustling business capital of South Africa, with far more fibre and foreign investment than its much-vaunted rival Cape Town. Business districts such as Sandton are booming, but smart executives stay away from the Docklands-style enclaves and head for the slopes of the northern suburbs, where Orient-Express Hotels has a superb property. Created in the image of a Mediterranean hillside village, The Westcliff is widely regarded as the city’s best hotel, as Emma Feltham of Barclays Bank (Africa) explains: ‘When we were planning a regional conference, The Westcliff was a natural first choice, especially as the hotel’s new conference centre had just opened.’ Astutely designed with excellent access and state-of-the-art AV, the $3 million (US) Jacaranda Hill events suite opened last year, adding a sizeable option to the hotel’s already impressive range of event spaces. The facility’s first-floor Ballroom boasts a lovely terrace and sits atop a range of smaller meeting rooms, which all have mahogany tables. With lovely swimming pools, floodlit tennis courts and a fully equipped gym, The Westcliff can be as active or relaxing as the mood dictates and beautiful bedrooms with private balconies and stunning views across the nearby zoo – listen our for the lions’ roars at sunset – ensure guests are very comfortable indeed. There’s no need to escape the hotel for food either, as both of the hotel’s restaurants offer top-notch international cooking. Feltham’s 70-plus delegates were some of the first to experience the venue and none were disappointed. ‘It was a high-level event and we made some difficult demands of the hotel’s events team, but all the staff were brilliant and the whole affair went fantastically well,’ she enthuses.

Key contact: Shamila Manulal, banqueting manager