THE Travel Corporation’s (TTC) upmarket Red Carnation Hotels brand is expanding in Africa, with the planned opening of a new lodge in the Okavango Delta.
Xigera Lodge has been operated by Wilderness Safaris, in which The Travel Corporation recently divested its ownership but in the process retained the Botswana property for Red Carnation.
TTC CEO Brett Tollman told TD the company was “spending a fortune” on Xigera, which will become a luxury 11-room lodge offering the best game viewing in the iconic African region.
Also on the agenda for Red Carnation is two new properties in Dublin and Edinburgh.
The new offerings are still the subject of negotiations with current property owners, with Tollman saying the company aims to address a shortage in the five star luxury market in both cities.
Source: traveldaily