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Rezidor SAS Renovates Former Holiday Inn in Cape
Town, South Africa and Reflags The Park Inn
Greenmarket Square
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (March 10, 2003) ---- Park Inn hotels, part of Minneapolis based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, announces that Brussels-based partner, Rezidor SAS Hospitality, has opened a new Park Inn in Cape Town, South Africa.  This is the second hotel in South Africa developed by Rezidor SAS Hospitality, where it already manages the Radisson Hotel Waterfront. 
 
The Park Inn Greenmarket Square - Cape Town is located near the central business district of Cape Town within walking distance of a variety of cultural and leisure attractions including the well-known V & A Waterfront, which consists of numerous shops and restaurants.  
      
Fredrik Korallus, senior vice president & COO for Park Inn for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said, �The Park Inn Greenmarket Square, in addition to the 1,006-room Park Inn Berlin 

The Park Inn Greenmarket Square
10 Greenmarket Square
Cape Town, South Africa
Alexanderplatz, is one of the founding hotels upon which we are building this new and exciting brand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.� 
      
Rezidor SAS took over the hotel from Holiday Inn in August 2002.  Since then, the hotel has been undergoing a vigorous renovation program.  The 170-room hotel now offers all the facilities and accommodations of an international three-star hotel.  It features an Irish Pub and an all-day restaurant, Flavours, with a terrace overlooking the historic Greenmarket Square.
      
�We are pleased to bring the Park Inn brand to this wonderful hotel,� said Jetse Pottinga, executive vice president of Park Hospitality, parent organization of Park Inn hotels.  �Bringing Park Inn to South Africa advances our strategy to grow the brand around the world, offering our customers more choices in their travel.�
      
The first Park Inn in South Africa is the second of a number of planned hotel openings by the Rezidor group between now and 2012.  The move marks the start of the company�s aggressive expansion plan to grow the portfolio to 700 hotels under all four brands in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.  
 
Rezidor SAS Hospitality is the master franchise holder for the Regent International Hotels, Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Country Inn & Suites By Carlson and Park Inn brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  Rezidor SAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the SAS Group. 
 
Park Inn hotels, part of Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, works closely with global partners  to build the brand internationally. 

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Contact:
Carlson Hotels Worldwide
Kristi Arndt
Corporate Public Relations Director
Phone: 763-212-5626
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.parkinn.com
Also See: Radisson SAS Joint Ventures as Management Partner at The Radisson Hotel Waterfront (previously known as the Villa Via Granger Bay) / Nov 2000
The 982-room Forum Hotel In Berlin Reflagged Park Inn Berlin - Alexanderplatz / January 2003

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