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  • Southern Sun prepares ‘Easter Experience’

    In celebrating the Easter season and ensuring that guests have an opportunity to experience its luxury and culinary offerings with family, friends and their significant others, Southern Sun Ikoyi has unveiled its Easter offerings for guests.

    The package includes special room rates from Thursday, April 18 to Monday, April 22. The hotel is offering guests the opportunity to enjoy uncluttered room for a bed and breakfast stay at the hotel at.

    Famed for its fine dining and serene ambience, the Easter holiday’s package by Southern Sun Ikoyi is one dedicated to give guests a memorable treat of exquisite dishes designed to truly satisfy the taste buds and yearnings of guests with an experience of a culinary ecstasy through its wide varieties on its special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 21.

    Read also: Southern Sun Ikoyi introduces romantic Valentine day offerings

    For fitness enthusiasts, the gym is well-equipped to meet your needs and is run with staff who are extremely warm, friendly and working together in making your overall stay at the hotel, a memorable one. In making this year’s Easter celebration truly unforgettable, take advantage of the long weekend break and usher in the arrival of the Easter bunny in luxurious comfort and style.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi forges ahead

    Southern Sun Hotel Ikoyi said it has upped its services to make sure its customers continue  to enjoy high quality and value added services.

    Located within easy access to the central business area and government offices, the hotel offers business and leisure travellers’ exceptional convenience.

    The hotel’s stylish sophistication and classic, contemporary design combined with discreet service provides an uncomplicated approach to giving guests a memorable experience.

    Tastefully decorated rooms offer spacious living areas fitted with all modern amenities one may require to feel at home. Featuring a pool and fitness centre with sauna and steam rooms, the hotel caters to travellers’ comfort on every level.

    Guests can also make use of the comprehensive business centre, executive lounge, banqueting and meeting facilities available.

    A choice of eight productivity enhancing meeting and event venues, excellent overnight group rates, a location in the city’s most desirable postcode, renowned restaurant quality catering, free wifi, secure on-site parking, inclusive AV technology, space for 10 to 100 and an events-experienced team, ensure Southern Sun Ikoyi’s conference centre is one of the best in Lagos.

    Southern Sun says whatever the event, it has packages and venues that can be customised and adapted to your team and your needs. With a selection of new meeting rooms and boardrooms, there’s no shortage of spaces for everyone from Nigerian startups and Lagos entrepreneurs to the biggest names in international banking and business.

    Every venue at the Lagos conference centre can be equipped to meet your audio, display and connectivity needs. From the large flat screen displays in Mezzanine meeting rooms to the projectors and ceiling mounted screens in our conference rooms, as well as optional PA systems to make meetings sound and look great.

    The hotel says it offers guests quality catering with a selection of event menus that include plenty of global variety. From Nigerian classics like egusi soup and pounded yam to caprese salads and gourmet burger sliders, as well as no shortage of bakery prepared desserts and sweet treats

  • Southern Sun, Marriott group prepare for Easter

    Southern Sun Ikoyi said it is making this year’s Easter superb for both in-house guests and diners. Among the specials for the Easter is the  Easter Special Sunday Brunch. The hotel, famed  for its top hospitality, culinary delights and cozy ambience, said the visitors would have the best of its hospitality during the Easter.

    The hotel, which is hugely admired by business and leisure travellers alike, boasts a beautifully designed contemporary lounge, a well-stocked bar and a pool with serene terrace area, all ideal for a perfect and memorable stay.

    The hotel also offers sufficient WiFi connectivity and is equipped with a gym, trained instructor and up-to-date facilities, all for the comfort of fitness enthusiasts, including a relaxation sauna.

    Meanwhile,  the Marriott  hotel group in Nigeria, which includes Sheraton Lagos Hotel, Sheraton Abuja Hotel  Four Points by Sheraton Lagos   and  Le Meridien Ogeyi Place, Port Harcourt are geared to deliver an unforgettable Easter experience to loyal guests and patrons.

    The Area General Manager for Marriott International Hotels in Nigeria, Barry Curran, said: “If you are thinking of that perfect staycation at any of our venues in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, this coming Easter season, you will not go wrong.

    “For those visiting Four Points by Sheraton Lagos, our Easter offer is set to run from March 30 to April 2. On Good Friday, guests will have the opportunity to relax and unwind with a live music performance at the hotel’s famous rooftop bar, a well-known hangout spot with a fun atmosphere and panoramic view of the bar, barbeque, wine, great beer and music.

    “The room’s package will include  a buffet breakfast for one and all taxes, high speed internet, use of the gym, swimming pool, kiddies’ playground access with a bouncy castle and PS4 game. You can pamper yourself or a loved one with 90 minutes of invigorating treatment at our Spa which includes a full body massage and mini facials.

    “Our Four Points Lagos teams will offer an extended special Easter Sunday brunch at the Brazzerie Restaurant with eclectic cuisine all-inclusive of a glass of sparkling alcoholic or nonalcoholic wine and an Easter Bunny experience on a dedicated kiddie’s playground with bouncing castle.

  • Why we’re investing in employees – Southern Sun

    The Human Resource Manager of Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, Mr. Cornelius Onwah,  has said that the hotel is transitioning from cost focused human resource services to experience focused human resource, effective for enhancing productivity, drive, adoption and delivery of differential customer experience.

    Onwah spoke on the importance of translating business quality management thinking into actionable steps by investing in the development of the hotel employees across all levels of the value chain. His words: ‘Staff training is one aspect of human resource development that the group takes very seriously and this has been demonstrated over the years through the learning interventions engaged upon by management. The Tsogo Sun  group  has a full-fledged training academy located in Johannesburg in South Africa and the responsibility of the Academy, apart from setting the standard for the learning culture of the entire group, ensures that skills are enhanced and up to date to meet the ever changing needs of the modern business traveler across the globe. In recognition of same, that is, the importance of learning to enhance the level of service given to our guests, management trained the entire contingent of the frontline staff comprising the front office and F&B department to a one week “First Impressions customer service training”. This training was so well received by the generality of the staff that, other departments are in the process of receiving same. Not done, all the supervisors in the hotel were again exposed to a 3 day intensive training session on “Effective Leadership”.

    On the issue of health and safety training for the staff in the light of the hotel being a hospitality outfit, Onwah said: “Our industry is indeed prone to daily health and safety hazards and we know that we cannot truly redefine customer experience on our premises if we do not first equip our employees with the adequate know how. Health and Safety is taken very seriously at Southern Sun Ikoyi and our staff from all departments is regularly trained all through the year on Basic First Aid, CPR and AED training to help the generality of staff in the event of emergencies.

    “First Aiders at our hotel are retrained and recertified every two years to enable utmost functionality in their capabilities. Our Food and Beverage department particularly received further training for an additional 2weeks on this. We also know that imparting knowledge is a skill and so Trainers at the hotel are also frequently trained in dedicated trainer courses for efficiency”.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi consolidates service delivery

    Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, has said that the hotel would continue to pay greater attention to impeccable service delivery to its clientele as a way of sustaining its leading position in Nigeria’s hospitality market.

    This was disclosed by the hotel’s general manager, Mr. Mark Loxley. He said despite the biting recession, the hospitality industry has never proved more challenging and also exciting than it is today.

    He continued: “Thanks to the stability of democracy in the country in recent years, the influx of investors has been positively impactful in creating a highly competitive environment, ensuring that to succeed in business, one’s operation must be the best in class.

    “Business, and in particular the hospitality business, is not different when aiming for excellence and this has been latched on to by the hotel’s management team in running the best hotel and restaurant in town, the critical aim for the hotel through the years, has been to keep its customers happy always.”

    He said in achieving this, the hotel embarked on refurbishment plans, to maintaining a world-class contemporary style and relaxing ambience.  It adopted no short cuts to excellence, the strategy for consistently being the best is constantly reviewed.

    Loxley said  guests do not expect to be told that the hotel will be perfect in a few years’ time, as exceptional service, enthusiasm and high standards in all departments do not need capital expenditure.

  • Southern Sun treats guests to Braised Lamb Shanks in Herbs Jus

    Alex Mwaura, the Executive Chef at Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos  recently shared one of his recipes for the hotel. The special delicacy, the Braised Lamb Shanks in Herbs Jus

    is a popular delicacy  familiar to many who are used to  dining at the hotel’s restaurant for in-house dining or the popular Sunday Brunch at the on Sundays.

    Speaking on the meal, he said Shanks are cut out of lamb hide leg in the middle just below the bulk meat and they are popular for their diligent succulent lamb taste and were traditionally done in clay pot for hours slowly which made them become a story telling dish during celebration times as people wait for it to cook.

    He said: “Shanks are mostly served as a dinner meal with red wine especially crispy ones which can also be added to the meal while cooking to enhance flavor

    “Lamb is a rich source of protein and vitamin B12 which helps in formation of blood. It’s also a very good source of iron but always trim any fat around as it’s also high in cholesterol.”

    Chef Alex over  Mwaura , a graduate of the famous Kenyan, Utali College, has over 27 years of culinary experience and as Executive Chef for 15years now in over five countries.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi marks Easter for clients

    In enjoying the Southern Sun Ikoyi hospitality this Easter, guests are invited to celebrate in style with loved ones or to simply take a personal break as they await the arrival of the Easter during the long festive weekend.

    Showcasing the best offers for a relaxing break, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises a cozy ambience with a luxurious spread of pampering experiences that guests can enjoy. Boasting fine cuisine that heightens the Easter spirit and with a special touch from the hotel’s Head Chef for the occasion, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises a rosy arrival for Easter’s much awaited bunny.

    The hotel is offering Easter Sunday brunch and guests can enjoy a wide range of culinary delights with fine selections of wine and cocktail blends. The hotel says the accommodation rates are competitive with breakfast inclusive.

    With its stylish and contemporary ambience, sufficient WiFi internet connectivity and an outdoor pool and terrace area ideal for cooling off or just lounging with friends and familyduring the long Easter weekend, Southern Sun Ikoyi also boasts a well-equipped gym designed to meet the fitness needs of guests,equally manned by staff who are extremely warm and professional.

    Dedicated to catering to all the particular needs of its guests during this season, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises to spoil each guest this Easter with treats that ensure you leave with great memories.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi marks Easter for clients  

    In enjoying the Southern Sun Ikoyi hospitality and comfortable surrounds this Easter, guests are invited to celebrate in style with family and loved ones or to simply take a personal break as they await the arrival of the Easter bunny during the long festive weekend.

    Showcasing the best offers for a relaxing break, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises a cozy ambience with a luxurious spread of pampering experiences that guests can enjoy. Boasting fine cuisines that heighten the Easter spirit and a special touch from the hotel’s Head Chef for the occasion, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises a rosy arrival for Easter’s much awaited bunny.

    The hotel is offering Easter Sunday brunch and guests can enjoy wide range of culinary delights with fine selections of wine and cocktail blends. The hotel says the accommodation rates are competitive with breakfast inclusive.

    With its stylish and contemporary ambience, sufficient WiFi internet connectivity, an outdoor pool and a terrace area ideal for cooling off  or just lounging with friends and family during the long Easter weekend, Southern Sun Ikoyi also boasts a  well-equipped gym designed to meet the fitness needs of guests, equally manned by staff who are extremely warm and professional.

    Dedicated to catering to all the particular needs of its guests during this season, Southern Sun Ikoyi promises to spoil each guest this Easter with treats that ensure you leave with great memories.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi marks Valentine

    This Valentine, Southern Sun  Ikoyi, Lagos  is offering  Valentine’s package for lovers. From next Monday, February  8 to 14 February,  the hotel is offering discount on rooms  with breakfast inclusive..

    With the finest cuisine to impress your loved one, the hotel is also celebrating the Head Chef’s carefully selected menu accompanied by choice wine for lovers and couples to savour.

    The hotel said it offering great deal of synergy in its design, quality, service and commitment to delivering the finest lodging and dining experience, also providing a relaxing ambience for loved ones this Valentine’s day accompanied with the subtle tones of romantic tunes.

  • Southern Sun holds 2015 Offshore Challenge

    Southern Sun holds 2015 Offshore Challenge

    The Southern Sun Ikoyi-sponsored 2015 Annual Offshore Challenge held recently at the Lagos Yacht Club. The event has, over the years, become a popular event on the club’s annual sailing competition calendar. This year’s challenge was no exception with 21 participating boats in various categories of the Lightning Fleet, Hobbie Fleet and Combined Monohull amidst others, fiercely competing for this year’s winning positions.

    The annual sailing event has a goal of reigniting a passion for sports and wellbeing within its community. In addition to winning awards amongst other exciting prizes, Ubong Nseobot Sales and PR Manager Southern Sun Ikoyi said at the beginning of the day’s activities: “If Mother Nature cooperates, then we expect a very strong and exciting competition amongst this year’s participants as they try to break existing records and set new ones”.

    With clear-cut winners later emerging in each category, David Kruyt, Commodore of the Lagos Yacht Club, expressed delight in the competition stating “this has been yet another record year for us judging by the quality of the annual sponsorship by Southern Sun Ikoyi. We also greatly congratulate the fantastic sailors for their enthusiasm in promoting this sporting challenge by putting in their best efforts and energy in giving us a special race”.

    In bringing the day’s activities to a conclusion, guests were treated to delicious finger foods and fine wine as trophies alongside prizes of buffet dinner, Sunday brunch and weekend stays at the Southern Sun Ikoyi were presented to the winners in the three categories. Wrapping up the day’s fantastic activities, Ms. Nseobot concluded by reiterating Southern Sun Ikoyi’s commitment to sponsor many more forthcoming annual offshore challenges for as long as the Lagos Yacht Club would have the hotel do so.