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[TOP STORY] Why SA’s hotels are struggling despite recovering demand

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‘South African tourism has been dysfunctional for too many years now. It doesn't seem to be a priority of anyone to get that fixed,’ says Anton Gillis, CEO of Platinum Hospitality Holdings.

7 Aug 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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