Three Cities expands into East Africa

The Three Cities Group recently acquired the Zanzibar Beach Resort and the Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. With these new properties, it has the capacity to expand its management and marketing services into East Africa.

The soon-to-be-refurbished Zanzibar Beach Resort is situated on the south-west coast of Zanzibar, only 10 minutes from Stone Town and five minutes from the international airport.

The resort has 84 rooms and suites, which range from the Palace Block rooms set in the gardens, to en-suite chalets with balconies. All rooms feature air-conditioning, colour television with satellite channels, high bandwidth Internet, mini-bar and tea and coffee-making facilities.

The resort’s conference facilities seat up to 1,200 in a variety of fully air-conditioned meeting venues.
The Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort is situated 18 kilometres from Dar es Salaam International Airport and 21 kilometres from the city centre. There are 138 sea-facing rooms and 48 apartments, each with its own private balcony onto the beach front.

The four conference facilities, with seating for up to 1,500 delegates, are equipped with all the necessary support systems and services.

Mango Launches Zanzibar Flights

According to News24, South African low-cost carrier Mango, in association with travel agency AfricaStay, will operate charter flights to Zanzibar from 12 March, with an aircraft capacity of 185 passengers. The charters will be operated with a B737-800 on Tuesdays, with a similar slot to the Zanzibar flights formerly operated by now defunct budget airline 1time. Cobus Vermeulen, sales and marketing director for AfricaStay, told Tourism Update that the flights would be well priced and would be cheaper than indirect services. A Saturday-operated flight is also planned for December. Precision Air is the only other airline to operate the route from South Africa, with a Friday flight from Johannesburg to Zanzibar.