HOW WE STARTED Protea Hotels was formed on 1 July 1984, with an initial base of four managed properties which were controlled by Otto Stehlik and his partners.
These properties were the Heerengracht and Capetonian Hotels in Cape Town, the Protea Gardens Hotel in Johannesburg and the San Lameer resort on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.
The company was owned 60% by Bankorp and 40% by Stehlik and his partners. A rapid expansion programme followed and within a few years, Protea Hotels offered accommodation right across the three-, four- and five-star spectrum. - See more at: http://www.proteahotels.com/pages/about-us.aspx#sthash.0bjrBruA.dpuf