{"id":17736,"date":"2016-08-15T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/08\/15\/tsogo-sun-joins-forces-with-the-absa-cape-epic-r5405\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:48:16","slug":"tsogo-sun-joins-forces-with-the-absa-cape-epic-r5405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/tsogo-sun-joins-forces-with-the-absa-cape-epic-r5405\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsogo Sun joins forces with the Absa Cape Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

One is a leading hotels, gaming and entertainment company and the other the Untamed African mountain bike stage race. Now Tsogo Sun has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official accommodation partner until 2019. Tsogo Sun also has partnerships with the Springboks, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Town Marathon and the Tsogo Sun Amashova Durban Classic, amongst others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is wonderful to have Tsogo Sun join our sponsor family,\u201d said Absa Cape Epic CEO Lynn Naud\u00e9. \u201cThey are a pioneer in the hotel and entertainment industry. In addition to the support of their national footprint, we look forward to working together to welcome riders from all over South Africa and the world to the Mother City \u2013 this partnership will add real value to the Absa Cape Epic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited at the opportunity to be the Official Accommodation Partner for the Absa Cape Epic,\u201d said John van Rooyen, Tsogo Sun\u2019s Operations Director for the Cape region. \u201cWe have always recognised the value of sport and sporting events, and it was natural to align Tsogo Sun with the world\u2019s premier mountain biking race. We look forward to hosting guests at our hotels during the functions and events leading up to the race, as well as to providing an exceptional accommodation experience for both riders and their supporters,\u201d said Van Rooyen.<\/p>\n

Among the offerings that Tsogo Sun will provide to the event are pre- and post-event accommodation packages, the hosting of the annual Route Launch function, hosting the annual Absa Cape Epic Around The World Party and supporting the race with venues for other functions.<\/p>\n

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Tsogo Sun has a significant and growing Western Cape footprint, with 10 hotels and three casinos in the region. Its flagship property in the province is the elegant Southern Sun The Cullinan hotel on the Cape Town foreshore. It is also a driver of tourism to the region and plays a prominent role in various industry forums
\u201cWe are proud to be associated with Tsogo Sun and with over 75% of our riders travelling from abroad or outside of the Western Cape, I believe the association will be of benefit to the race and to the region,\u201d said Naud\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s hospitality interests offer a wide distribution of hotels, providing world-class accommodation across all markets, including elegant, individually branded luxury hotels and well-known trusted market leaders in the premier through budget segments, including Southern Sun Hotels, Garden Court, SunSquare, StayEasy and SUN1 hotels. Their exciting urban and resort casino portfolio includes the most popular entertainment destinations, including the group\u2019s flagship property, Montecasino in Fourways, which features, amongst other attractions, the award-winning Teatro; Gold Reef City Casino and Theme Park in Southern Johannesburg; Silverstar Casino to the West in Krugersdorp; and the jewel on Durban\u2019s Golden Mile, Suncoast Casino, Hotels and Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Its portfolio also includes a variety of theatres, cinemas, restaurants and bars, and over 250 conference and banqueting facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One is a leading hotels, gaming and entertainment company and the other the Untamed African mountain bike stage race. Now Tsogo Sun has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official accommodation partner until 2019. Tsogo Sun also has partnerships with the Springboks, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Town Marathon and the Tsogo Sun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,24,2351],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-absa-cape-epic","tag-cape-epic","tag-tsogo-sun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17736"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}