It is commendable to be good at what you do, but it becomes entirely a thing of pride to be recognized as a top performer, not once but eight times! Beyond mere recognition, the World Travel Awards serve as endorsements of excellence in the travel and tourism industry. Sun International’s Sun City beats 17 other destinations to win Africa’s leading family resort for the eighth time.
Aside from winning Africa’s leading family resort for the eighth time, Sun City has maintained a history of receiving one or more honors from the World Travel Awards every year since 2001. The Resort, located in the Northwest, along the borders of Pilanesberg National Park, is only separated from Johannesburg by a 2-hour drive.
Available Facilities at Sun City Resort
Sun City, the best holiday resort in Africa, keeps its game up by offering you a collection of irresistible facilities to redefine your experience and interpretation of relaxation. It delivers these facilities in one-of-a-kind qualities, giving it a monopoly on the kind of customized pleasure it offers.
The Resort boasts of hotels, eateries, and the finest spa imaginable. In addition to these are numerous kids’ activities, which defines the Resort as an inclusive environment for your much-needed family getaways.
Also, Sun City boasts of two world-class golf courses. Designed by Gary Player, these 18-hole golf courses include the Gary Player Country Club and The Lost City Golf Course. These courses presently top the chart as the best of South Africa’s destinations to develop or rekindle your passion for swinging the golf club.
The Gary Player Country Club
Home for the annual Nedbank Challenge, this 18-hole par-72 championship course remains one of the most significant golf courses in the continent.
The Lost City Golf Course
This massive course covers 100 hectares, with 28,000 square meters of this area dedicated solely for water features. On the 13th hole, this course has 2-meter-long live crocodiles and a green patch replicating a fantastic shape of the continent.
In addition to the golf courses, Sun International’s Sun City offers you even a wilder adventure with its casino replete with all kinds of games available for fun and real money wins. Staying toe to toe with growth in gaming technology, the casino offers you the glitz and glamour only possible with an epitome of gaming entertainment. Still fresh from a recent refurbishment, the Sun City casino gives you a variety of exciting slot machines and the most popular table games.
Unlike most casinos, the Sun City casino maintains an environment comfortable for both newbies and experienced gamers to express themselves freely. To further encourage you to indulge your gaming fantasies, the casino offers varieties of irresistible promotions on all kinds of games, thereby improving your odds of hitting the jackpot in your holiday.
To complement the tensions that could come from gaming, the Sun City casino restaurants and bars offer you an assortment of the finest cuisines, cocktails, music, and entertainment.
The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Sun City Casino Operation
The pandemic outbreak changed the outlook of every industry globally for the worse. Following the lockdown, travel and tourism sectors were most hit by the spread of the virus. The coronavirus raised legitimate fears and questions about whether brick and mortar casinos like Sun City have gone obsolete.
Commenting on the impact of the lockdown, Ricco Friedrich of Denker Capital stated these fears. In his words, “casinos have been losing market share to other gaming types, and due to SA’s poor economic growth over the past decade, it’s likely going to be sometime before consumers rush back to lose the little money they have left in a casino.”
The days and months following the emergence of the virus were moments of transition from remote land-based operations to online platforms for the gaming sector. Many gamers could not access establishments like Sun City, known for its brick-and-mortar casinos, to play their favorite games. Many casino brands have realized that developing an online platform is the best alternative for survival and meeting their projected ROI.
However, going online has its challenges, given that gaming laws are still in favor of land-based casinos over online platforms in most jurisdictions. Among the arguments against the endorsement of online casinos, the security of gamers’ personal information and income has always been paramount for both gamers.
Sun City has yet to launch online casinos despite its popularity as regulations have yet to be updated. Perhaps this might be because many still feel apprehensive to divulge confidential information when playing at an online casino and are more comfortable doing so at the traditional land-based casinos this resort is known for. But who knows, with the way things are going, it could quite possibly be in the pipeline especially as a long-term plan. Going online will also cater to the Gen Zs whose experience of life and fun is mainly based on virtual reality technology.
Consolidating The Good Reputation
For Sun City, the COVID-19 lockdown was the first time the Resort closed operations in the last 40 years ago. On the brighter side, the General Manager, Brett Hoppé, said that closing down offered the team the opportunity they needed to execute the necessary upgrades and refurbishment they couldn’t do because the Resort was in operation.
We are coming out of the third wave of coronavirus, and clinching Africa’s leading family resort in the World Travel Awards signals that you should expect more from Sun International’s Sun City.
In line with international standards, Sun City and other Sun International properties have been awarded The World Tourism Council’s safe stamp of approval, endorsing the Resort as a viable destination for family holidays. In addition, the upgrades in the casino and other facilities present the perfect opportunity to experience the Resort in newness.
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