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New look for Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers

After significant owner investment, the Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers has reopened its doors to reveal reimagined designs and remodelled spaces that reflect the modern priorities of today’s travellers and hotel guests.

Set in the illustrious grounds of the famous Wanderers Club in Illovo, Sandton, the hotel provides a tranquil urban oasis in the heart of Johannesburg’s leafy northern suburbs.

“This has always been Johannesburg’s perfect location,” said Derik Jacobsz, general manager of Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. “It is just four minutes from the M1 Freeway and in striking distance of the city’s finest live-work-play-eat-shop attractions such as Melrose Arch, Sandton City and Rosebank Mall.”

A central focus of the recent enhancements has been the creation of a seamless flow of social zones including indoor-outdoor spaces for quiet time, working from anywhere and meeting up. The light-filled reception-atrium leads to the contemporary all-day, artisanal deli-coffee bar with complimentary Wi-Fi, great coffee, freshly prepared grab-andgo meals, and mesmerising views through to the rim-flow swimming pool and lush gardens.

Modernising the hotel’s look and feel has included clean timber elements, natural wood colours and textures that bring the outdoors inside and provides the backdrop for the modern art and striking brass sculpturing that celebrates its unique position as the only hotel in the historic sports precinct of the Wanderers Club.

Apart from the hotel’s cutting-edge remodelled event spaces, Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers is also managing the range of top-tier Wanderers Club meeting and event venues which are ideal for business and private social occasions. From corporate meetings, launches, expos and conferences to institutional and personal celebrations, there’s the perfect space, professional services and an unmatched ambiance that makes every event unforgettable.

Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers also offers elegant, revamped accommodation from standard guest rooms to junior suites and a presidential suite for executive travellers. All rooms have full en-suite bathrooms, complimentary Wi-Fi, comfortable workstations, smart TV with satellite channels, tea and coffee-making facilities, room safes, air-conditioning and in-room dining service.

For those that relish an active lifestyle, there’s the hotel gym; as well access to world-class sports facilities such as 18-hole golf, tennis, squash and running on exclusive membership terms. Mr Jacobsz added: “Whatever brings you to Johannesburg, Africa’s power-house city, Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers offers you a calm centre, an urban oasis, where locals and travellers come together to enjoy the best of relaxed healthy living, working and playing.”