Whether you know it as Joburg, Jozi, Joeys or Johannesburg, there’s no question that South Africa’s largest city has emerged as one of the world’s most exciting destinations. Business is booming, leisure opportunities abound, and the creative energy is infectious – and right in the heart of it all is the new Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is the ideal gateway to explore the Sub Continent and beyond – important game reserves including Kruger National Park and Botswana’s luxury safari lodges are easily accessed, and 36 of the country’s top 100 golf courses are within an hour of the Hotel. In Joburg, open air markets, funky arts districts, trendy restaurants and the new Museum of African Design are just minutes away in the Braamfontein, Maboneng and 44 Stanley districts.

For business travellers, the city remains an the economic hub of Africa and an important centre for mining, as well as the banking, media, health care and technology sectors, and OR Tambo International Airport is just 22 kilometres (14 miles) away. And for Joburgers, the opening couldn’t come fast enough: companies have already started to book their corporate and social functions for next year at the new Four Seasons.

The Look of the New Four Seasons

An eighteen-month, USD 56 million redevelopment of the famed Westcliff hotel includes complete redecoration of all 117 guest rooms and suites and public spaces, and the addition of exciting new contemporary restaurants, lounges and a newly-built Spa complex.

Four Seasons worked with South African firms RSL Architects and Jacket Interiors on the project, which includes the addition of a radical design element to an otherwise residential-style series of buildings.  Dramatic exterior glass elevators were installed to take advantage of the panoramic views over the city’s treetops and of the zoo next door as guests journey up to the new View and Flames restaurants.

A carefully curated collection of contemporary African art is highlighted by Hannelie Coetzee’s Face Sculptures in the arrival area. Commissioned especially for the Hotel, the giant concrete plinths are topped with sculptures created from mining core drill waste in a clever homage to the area’s platinum and gold mining history. In all, 375 original artworks were commissioned from local artists for the Hotel’s guest rooms and public spaces.

Introducing Johannesburg’s Newest Dining and Drinking Hotspots

Executive Chef Dirk Gieselmann and his culinary team are presenting a series of dining experiences including the Hotel’s new signature restaurants Flames and View.

With its earthy, natural palette of colours and textures, Flames Restaurant is all about the easiness and fun of informal dining. The menu is influenced by the enviable outdoor lifestyle and local barbecue, or braai, a cross-cultural culinary tradition that is inherently South African.

With its highly anticipated January opening, View references the city’s art scene without pretention or fuss. The space is meant to resemble an art gallery, reflecting the inky shades of the cityscape just after sunset, graduating from midnight blue to pale shades of light blue. Restrained interiors, envisioned by renowned international design firm Blacksheep, feature an elegant, elevated dining space designed to complement rather than detract from the food.

The All-New Spa at Four Seasons    

The newly built Spa at Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff will be a haven of luxurious pampering and results-oriented therapies open to both Hotel and the local community. Created from the ground up to the exacting standards of Four Seasons worldwide, the Spa encompasses nine treatment rooms and men’s and women’s facilities including ice fountains, saunas and steam rooms.  There’s also a new 24/7 fitness centre, and two outdoor pools – the 25 metre (82 foot) lap pool for quiet relaxation, and the family-friendly pool. The outdoor Après-Spa lounge completes the complex, and close to eight acres (three hectares) of landscaped gardens offer winding walking paths.

Weddings at Four Seasons    

Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff offers an array of indoor and outdoor spaces suited to everything from an intimate family affair to a lavish society wedding, but the real difference is in the quality of cuisine and service, from planning through to the big day itself. Four Seasons weddings experts work with each couple to create their dream wedding, and with the utmost attention to every detail, brides, grooms and their families and friends can relax and enjoy the event knowing everything is absolutely perfect.

Meeting planners can also count on expert assistance and state-of-the-art facilities, including 1,457 square metres (15,683 square feet) of naturally-lit event spaces, highlighted by the 615 square metre (6,620 square foot) Arcadia Ballroom.  With panoramic views and its own terrace, the room is divisible and features a pre-function space. Thirteen additional fully-equipped rooms offer a choice of smaller venues, or a complete suite for a conference. 

Four Seasons in Africa

For guests fantasizing about an African adventure, Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff is the perfect pairing to a safari in South Africa and Botswana, or going further afield to the Hotel’s sister property in the Serengeti, or perhaps jetting off to tropical bliss in Mauritius or Seychelles.

Long established with four properties in Egypt and more recently with the opening of a resort in Marrakech - the first of three planned locations in Morocco - Four Seasons has recently entered Sub-Saharan Africa with the 2012 opening of Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti, the first of several planned properties in Tanzania. Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff Johannesburg is the brand’s first hotel in South Africa, with resorts in the Seychelles and Mauritius completing the collection – for now.

无论你了解约翰内斯堡的哪一面，这座南非最大城市无疑已崭露头角，跻身全球最激动人心的目的地行列。欣欣向荣的商业发展、多姿多彩的休闲选择以及富有感染力的创意文化氛围是今日约翰内斯堡的注脚，而在这一切的中心地带，即是全新开业的约翰内斯堡四季酒店。

对于乘坐飞机不远万里而来探索这片次大陆的国际旅行者来说，四季酒店拥有绝佳的地理位置。克鲁格国家公园（Kruger National Park）和博茨瓦纳狩猎保护区内的奢华狩猎旅社均便捷可达。此外，名列南非前100位的高尔夫球场中，有36个距离酒店1小时车程内。位于Braamfontein, Maboneng 和Stanley街区的露天集市、艺术馆、摩登餐厅以及新开幕的非洲设计博物馆甚至只需数分钟便可抵达。

对于商务旅行者而言，约翰内斯堡仍是非洲的经济中心之一和重要的矿业中心，同时汇集了银行、媒体、医疗保健和技术产业。而约翰内斯堡国际机场距离市中心仅22千米。约堡人早已对酒店的开幕迫不及待，许多人已将明年的公司及社交活动场地定在新近开业的约翰内斯堡四季酒店中。

由四季打造的全新外观

约翰内斯堡四季酒店由当地闻名的西崖酒店改建而来，耗时18个月，斥资5600万美元，将全部117间客房、套房及公共空间整修一新，并全新增设风格摩登的餐厅、酒廊及综合水疗中心。

四季酒店与当地建筑公司RSL Architects及设计公司 Jacket Interiors共同合作，将充满视觉冲击的设计元素与住宅建筑的宜居性有机结合。在建筑外，酒店戏剧化地设置玻璃电梯，宾客乘坐电梯前往View 餐厅及Flames餐厅的过程中，可从空中俯瞰被树丛覆盖的奇妙城市景观和毗邻的约翰内斯堡动物园中的生动景象。

酒店迎宾区域内展示着精心挑选收藏的当代非洲艺术品，尤以Hannelie Coetzee的 Face Sculptures 雕塑最为引人注目。同时，酒店特别委托专人，在巨大的混凝土柱顶部放置为致敬该地区白金及黄金开采历史而创作的雕塑。此外，酒店中共有375件原创艺术作品由酒店委托当地艺术家完成，并将其融入客房和公共空间的设计中。

约翰内斯堡最新餐饮地标

酒店行政主厨德克•吉泽尔曼带领他的厨师团队呈献一系列顶级舌尖飨宴，包括主理酒店的两间标志性餐厅Flames和View。

Flames餐厅以大地色系和自然色系打造整体装饰风格和质感，是非正式休闲餐饮的完美选择，菜品设计中也注入户外生活方式和南非特有的烧烤传统元素。万众期待的View餐厅装饰风格的细节处映衬约翰内斯堡富有生命力的艺术气息。View餐厅仿佛一座艺术长廊，梦幻地展现出日落之后的城市墨色剪影及午夜时分深蓝过渡到浅蓝的微妙转换。餐厅内饰是由国际知名设计公司Blacksheep打造，屏除繁冗的设计，营造出优雅高端的餐饮氛围。

全新四季酒店水疗中心

约翰内斯堡四季酒店全新的水疗中心，为酒店内外的宾客带来奢华的身心纵享和效果卓著的水疗护理。在四季实施于全球的严格标准下，水疗中心设立九间护理室以及男女专属设施，如冰喷泉、桑拿和蒸汽房等。还设有一个全天候24小时开放的健身中心及两座室外泳池，其中一座为25米的小型健身泳池，提供放松安静的休闲体验，另一座则为家庭泳池。户外Apres-Spa水疗休息区是综合水疗中心的另一贴心设计，休息区连接着8英亩景观花园，宾客可沿着园内蜿蜒曲折的小径闲庭信步。

四季婚礼

约翰内斯堡四季酒店提供一系列室内外活动空间，可轻松满足从亲密家庭聚会到奢华婚礼的多样需求。使得四季脱颖而出的是从前期策划到活动当日，四季都将提供最高品质的宴会餐饮及酒店服务。此外，四季酒店的婚礼专家将为每一对情侣打造专属的梦想婚礼，充分关注每一个细节，完美呈现一个让新人和亲友可以尽情放松享受的婚礼。

专家级的会议筹办团队和先进的设施将为宾客打造非凡的会议体验。酒店提供的活动聚会场所面积可达1457平方米，全部由自然光照射。其中最特别的是615平方米的Arcadia宴会厅，从其露台上可俯瞰整个城市，且该厅可按需求分隔，辟出专用的前厅区域。另有13间较小的房间也可作为活动场地或是共同组成临时的大型会议套房。

四季酒店在非洲

如果宾客醉心于一场特别的非洲冒险之旅，约翰内斯堡四季酒店将是他们开启南非与博茨瓦纳美妙体验的理想出发地，或是更远的塞伦盖地草原，入住姊妹酒店塞伦盖地四季游猎原墅酒店。在非洲大陆的探险结束之后，更可一路向东，踏入毛里求斯和塞舌尔的温暖海水。

四季酒店在许久之前已经入驻非洲。目前在埃及已有四家酒店，其中两家位于开罗，一家位于亚历山大港，另一家则位于红海。位于红海的埃及沙姆沙伊赫四季度假酒店在现任约翰内斯堡四季酒店总经理塞巴斯蒂安的领导下，曾被票选为全球最佳酒店。近年，四季继续深入非洲，在北非打造出马拉喀什四季度假酒店，成为四季在摩洛哥规划的三家酒店中最先开业的一家。坦桑尼亚的三间规划内的酒店中，塞伦盖蒂四季游猎原墅酒店已于2012年开业，标志着四季向撒哈拉以南的非洲地区迈出了第一步。此次开业的约翰内斯堡四季酒店是四季在南非的第一间酒店。这些位于非洲陆地的四季酒店，加上位于塞舌尔和毛里求斯的度假酒店，共同勾勒出了四季酒店在非洲大陆的发展版图。