City Lodge Hotels sets aside R475m to build two new hotels in East Africa, and is looking for other opportunities to add hotels in capital cities across East and Southern Africa.

Sun International plans to sell a portion of its interests in its African assets to a foreign subsidiary of Thailand-listed Minor International Public Co for R664m.

Sun International says it expects diluted headline earnings per share for the year ended June 2014 to be 5%-10% lower

Redevelopment of the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg is having a welcome effect on hotels in the area, with foreign business tourists now staying longer, partly to shop at the new high-end stores.

InterContinental says that its profits fell in the first half of the year but the owner of the Holiday Inn chain expresses confidence about the outlook.

Total income for South Africa's tourist accommodation industry rises by 7.6% in May.

HCI will by default bolster its large stake in Tsogo Sun after SABMiller confirmed a decision to disinvest from the gaming and hotels group.

Dubai is planning to build a temperature-controlled city featuring the world's largest mall and an indoor park, as well as hotels, health resorts and theatres.

Total income for South Africa's tourist accommodation industry rises by 12.9% in nominal terms in April, according to Statistics SA's tourist accommodation survey.

Tsogo Sun is South Africa's biggest hotel group, but it is its hotel in Lagos, the Southern Sun Ikoyi, that lays claim to the second-highest average room rate in the group, trailing only a boutique hotel in Seychelles.