News - 30th Apr 2007

Hotel Design: “Location Location Location” said Mr Hilton, looking at Cape Town

Table Mountain seen from the Waterfront development. The grain silo on the left is scheduled for redevelopment as apartments and hotel.

Developing new areas for tourism is a delicate operation if the attraction of the place is not to be destroyed. For Bucharest it is a case of restoration of buildings to restore its reputation as the Paris of the East. For Berlin it is the rebuilding of the centre of town, especially the area around the Alexanderplatz. For Cape Town it is a more difficult balance, the growth of environmental tourism is slow, and the attraction for the local tourist of a modern shopping complex is high, and has successfully led the regeneration of the waterfront area.

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