A new five-star all-suite hotel, Pepper Club & Spa, is set to open its doors in January 2010 in central Cape Town and will promise luxury and modern finishes of a standard “not previously seen in Cape Town”.

Managed by Gatsby International Hotels & Resorts, the new 22-storey hotel tower will take up an entire block in the city’s most popular central café society district and will be the first downtown boutique hotel with luxury apartments. All rooms and apartments will offer stylish finishes including floor to ceiling windows, sliding doors, panoramic views and a tree lined walkway to Long Street.

There will be five venues accommodating 20 to 120 people for conferences, incentives, weddings and executive meetings. Other facilities will include a concierge service, a fitness centre, a pool and sun deck with views of the city and Table Mountain, a private movie theatre, a wellness spa and secure under-cover parking. Pepper Club’s guest courtesy fleet will include a Rolls Royce Phantom.

A small but exclusive ground floor mall will include coffee shops, fine dining restaurants and high fashion emporiums.

Nguni River Lodge is situated in a private concession within the malaria free Addo Elephant National Park and is the ultimate safari adventure combining luxurious accommodation with superb wildlife sightings.

The lodge is an eclectic combination of architectural shapes, textures and colours combined with modern, individually styled interiors. All 8 air-conditioned luxury suites are named after the colour pattern of a specific Nguni cow that has inspired the individually styled interiors. These boast a romantic bathroom with an opulent stone bath and outdoor shower, private plunge pool, a fireplace with spectacular views as well as a private balcony.

As an added dining option, guests can experience the delight of the lodge’s hospitality by assisting with the preparation of African fusion cuisine in their interactive kitchen.

Wildlife is without a doubt the main attraction at Nguni River Lodge with guided game drives on open land rovers and also walks led by professional game guides on offer.

Even more is that the surrounding area offers numerous adventure activities such as horseback safaris and elephant back safaris - a unique opportunity to interact with these gentle giants.

A fun attraction for visitors in Walvis Bay is an adventure packed cruise to Pelican Point and Walvis Bay’s beautiful bay area. Travel in luxury, style and comfort on board two of the biggest sailing catamarans along the Namibian coast!

A popular choice is the Dolphin and Seal Cruise which includes seeing a shipwreck, a lighthouse, oyster platforms, different bird species, seals and an abundance of marine life. Apart from meeting with pelicans and feeding seals you might be lucky enough to encounter leaping dolphins and shy turtles!

The yachting experience will be topped off with sparkling wine and a taste of exquisite locally cultivated oysters and other mouth-watering snacks!

Other options include combining the catamaran cruise with an afternoon dune drive in the Sandwich Harbour area, or the opportunity to explore the dunes around Swakopmund to see the ‘Little Five’.

Due to our National Voting day falling on the 22nd April, our Corporate Responsibility Day took place on the 21st April. The day started off with the staff arriving at work dressed in the beautiful ‘Colours of the Earth’- the dress theme for the day.

The CR Day PowerPoint presentation was sent out to all staff and the managers presented their departments with pot plants to ‘green-up’ the office. We then proceeded to transform the office into a tropical paradise with the training room as our ‘Rainforest’ which included the sounds of waterfalls and animals of the Amazon. This is where the training sessions were held regarding the impact paper usage is having on the environment and how we can contribute to saving paper in the office and at home.

After the training sessions were completed a paper recycling firm arrived to collect all used paper. The staff were then surprised with a wonderful lunch sponsored by suppliers who supported and commended our paper saving initiative.

After lunch, the CR Day Ambassadors spoke to the staff and asked them for feedback and paper saving ideas. The end of the day saw a prize giving for the ‘Best Effort’ and ‘Most innovative paper saving idea’. Fun was had by all and the message was loud and clear – saving paper is an important factor in minimizing the adverse effects on our environment!

The City of Cape Town has approved a "green" project to irrigate their 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums. The new Green Point Stadium will be irrigated with natural spring water from Table Mountain.

The use of underground spring water from natural springs situated above a Reservoir in the city bowl is the most favourable solution. The reservoir has enough spring water to irrigate the entire Green Point Common as well as the adjacent Mouille Point Promenade and beach front.