Protea Hotels is Beeld's top hotel brand

Protea Hotels director of sales, marketing and revenue, Danny Bryer, said it was gratifying to see that the hospitality group's brand messaging of being upmarket, fun and fresh was quite clearly penetrating the consumer market in South Africa.

"Hotel occupancies are on the rise and people are starting to travel again. We look forward to hosting Beeld's (and every other newspapers!) readers in Protea Hotels during the coming year," Bryer said.

Protea Hotels is the largest hotel group on the African continent, with more than 120 properties in eight countries.