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Richard Muponde, Business Correspondent
SOUTH AFRICAN leading hotel group, Legacy Hotels has set aside $60 million for the refurbishment of five hotels in Zimbabwe which were under African Sun after the two companies signed a management contract last month.
Under the deal, the South African hotel group took over the management of five hotels — Elephant Hills and Victoria Falls Hotel in Victoria Falls, Hwange Safari Lodge, Troutbek Inn in Nyanga and Crowne Plaza in Harare from African Sun.
Legacy group business development director and Legacy Zimbabwe chief executive officer Mr Mark Havercrest who once managed Elephant Hills for two years last week confirmed that refurbishment will be done in phases.
“It’s confirmed, we are now managing the hotels. The deal will also see Legacy Group injecting about $60 million for the refurbishment of all the hotels. This will be done gradually until we finish refurbishing all of them,” said Mr Havercrest.
The most acclaimed of the all the hotels Elephant Hills Hotel has over 250 bedrooms, a golf course and the largest conference facility in the area. Elephant Hills is one of the leading hotels in Victoria Falls with advanced conferencing amenities for more than 500 guests and houses the only golf course in Victoria Falls.
The hotel boasts an 18-hole championship golf course. It can accommodate 552 people in 276 luxury bedrooms and 13 recently renovated suites with top most amenities at affordable prices. Each of the rooms has excellent views of the Zambezi River and the falls.
Hwange Safari Lodge is a 90-bedroomed property right on the edge of the world acclaimed Hwange National Park and built in front of one of the major river lines that provide for good game sightings in the area. Troutbeck is situated in the Nyanga district of the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and is known for the mountain streams, dams and scenes reminiscent of parts of Scotland.
The Legacy Group of Hotels include famous properties such as the DaVinci Hotel and Suites of Sandton and the Commodore the group’s flagship property in Cape Town. The group, however, is no stranger to operating in neighbouring countries with two successful properties in Namibia namely the Swakopmund Hotel and the Windhoek Country Club.
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