Company type | subsidiary |
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Industry | Hospitality, Hotels, Tourism |
Founded | 1984[1] |
Founder | Otto Stehlik |
Number of locations | 80 in 10 African Countries (June 30, 2020)[2] |
Products | hotel and resort properties |
Parent | Marriott International |
Website | protea |
Protea Hotels by Marriott is a South African hotel and leisure company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. As of December 31, 2018, it was the largest hotel company on the African continent, with 80 properties in ten countries with 50 rooms in addition to 14 hotels with 2,498 rooms in the pipeline.[2][3] The company was named for the flowering plant Protea, which is unique to South Africa, and its logo features a representation of the flower.