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Company type | Hotel chain |
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Industry | Hotel |
Founded | 1969 |
Founder | Sol Kerzner |
Number of locations | South Africa, UAE, Zambia, Seychelles, Tanzania and Mozambique |
Key people | Marcel von Aulock (CEO) |
Website | southernsun |
Southern Sun is a South African multinational hospitality company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange[1][2] (JSE). The group was founded[3] in 1969 by hotelier Sol Kerzner and South African Breweries. Between 2012[4] and April 2022[5] the group was known as Tsogo Sun. Southern Sun owns and operates over 90 hotels in South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Seychelles, and the Middle East. In addition to hotels, the group operates conferencing venues including Sandton Convention Centre[6][7] in Sandton, food and beverage outlets, and spas.