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03/10/2011 Red Carnation Hotel Collection South Africa properties score Diners Club hat-trick
The Red Carnation Hotel Collection has just added three more awards to its growing tally of internationally-recognised accolades: Diners Club Winelist Awards for each of its three luxury properties.
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26/09/2011 Awards Season at The Oyster Box
“In the style of the Emmy’s and the Oscars, the Oyster Box is enjoying an ‘awards season’ of its own,” says Wayne Coetzer, general manager of the Oyster Box. “In the two years since we re-opened, the hotel has unequivocally re-established itself as a hotel of distinction on every level and we are immensely proud of that.”
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01/09/2011 The Oyster Box welcomes new Sommelier
The Oyster Box’s new Sommelier, Eric Botha, has a notable pedigree, with stints at The Vineyard, Singita Game Reserve and ‘Maze’ at The One&Only, under his belt.
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03/06/2011 Durban's Oyster Box Garners Slew of Awards
As far as awards and accolades go, The Oyster Box has had a cracking good start to the year, garnering a total of three prestigious local and international hospitality awards, in the first quarter alone. The range of awards covers the full spectrum of the hotel’s luxury offering from accommodation, to cuisine, facilities and The Spa.
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13/05/2011 New faces and moving places for the Red Carnation Hotel Collection
The Red Carnation Hotels Collection has announced the appointment of two key staff to their South African sales team. Sally Gray takes up the reins as Sales Manager for the Red Carnation group. Sally will be based at The Oyster Box in Umhlanga, KZN and will be working closely with Nicole Smith who will be responsible for sales for the two sister properties in the group, The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa and Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat. Nicole will be based at The Twelve Apostles Hotel in Cape Town.
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10/05/2011 Accolades and appointments for The Spa at The Oyster Box
The Spa at The Oyster Box has announced the appointment of Jackie Avis, as the new Spa Manager. Originally from the Eastern Cape, Jackie has been working in the spa industry for the past 10 years in locations from Egypt to Peru. Most recently she worked as a therapist on luxury ships in the Caribbean and then in the Indian Ocean Islands, where she continued her studies in the field of eastern and western modalities. Jackie was Spa Manager at an exotic spa resort on Kuredu Island in the Maldives for the Duniye Spa Group, as well as Training Manager for the Group, who operate spas in the Maldives and Seychelles.
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20/10/2010 The Spa at The Oyster Box earns prestigious Top Spa Award
The 6th, annual Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Awards hosted by Les Nouvelles Esthetiques South Africa, in association with Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Paris, was held in Johannesburg this week. The Spa at The Oyster Box was the winner in the category, Hotel Spa’s for 2010. The Spa also received a special mention for being the only spa ever to receive 100% on both rounds of judging.
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27/04/2010 South Africa's Oyster Box debuts on Condé Nast Hot List 2010 with two Top Awards
Red Carnation, announces its newest hotel, The Oyster Box in Umhlanga Rocks near Durban in South Africa, has earned two awards by the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler magazine in the 2010 Hot List for ‘Hot Hotel’ and ‘Hot Spa.’
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10/03/2010 Style and Comfort ... Hallmarks of the new Oyster Box
“From the first day we bought the Oyster Box it was obvious the important role that this property played in so many people’s lives,” says designer Toni Tollman, who together with her mother Bea Tollman, created the interiors of the new Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks, Durban.
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26/02/2010 For that perfect day... it has to be The Oyster Box
A Wedding Day – the day when hopes and dreams, love and laughter, friends and family, past and future, come together in celebration. For a day of such significance, it is essential that every tiny detail be absolutely perfect. The Oyster Box, is synonymous with some of the best memories of our lives and provides the perfect venue for weddings, honeymoons and other significant occasions.
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24/02/2010 The Oyster Box earns Five Stars from Mother Nature Too!
Sitting grandly on the dramatic shoreline of the Indian Ocean overlooking the iconic lighthouse of Umhlanga, the Oyster Box is synonymous with breathtaking beauty of place and of luxury experience.
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19/02/2010 The lap of luxury in the Presidential Suite at The Oyster Box
Perfectly positioned overlooking the magnificent Indian Ocean on the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, the Oyster Box reveals it’s most precious ‘pearl’…the spacious, stylish Presidential Suite. Split over two levels, with private access and lift, this Suite, is the epitome of luxury and comfort.
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05/02/2010 Absolute Business at The Oyster Box
The Oyster Box Hotel with its long, celebrated history and following an extensive two-year renovation and refurbishment programme, re-opened her doors for business on 1 October 2009, with general manager Wayne Coetzer, at the helm.
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23/12/2009 Oyster Box Executive Chef recognised for Culinary Excellence
The Oyster Box’s award-winning executive chef, Kevin Joseph, the current chairman of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), was awarded a Blazon in recognition of an outstanding meal, following the monthly Chaine meeting held at The Oyster Box last week.