Dear friends in tourism

One of my hotels, The Plettenberg, is closed for the winter months and as mentioned in Tony’s correspondence dated 22 February 2013, we will be taking the opportunity to refurbish, renovate and reinvigorate the experience!

The Plettenberg has long been a beautiful hotel, overlooking miles of sandy beaches, the Outeniqua Mountains and Formosa Bay: it offers the ultimate five-star beach holiday; and now I want to combine its traditional values with even more contemporary elements.

When we re-open in the summer, The Plettenberg will be in showroom condition. We are also putting the spotlight on multi-generational travel—and as such will be creating more interleading rooms and better spaces for families to spend quality time together.

We are looking to revamp our service, moving away from a traditional hotel structure to create more opportunities for our guests to connect with the team. So when our doors open come summertime, expect amongst others butlers on service who will cater to your every need throughout the day.

With this rare opportunity to re-evaluate we would greatly value your input with our exciting transformation; if you have any suggestions, please do let us know —collectively we can re-establish The Plettenberg as the most prestigious hotel on the garden route!

Kind regards,

The Plettenberg is currently taking bookings from 1st October and we will keep you updated throughout this winter.

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