“Come Fly with me”

When travelling it’s good to know when you get to the airport, there’s a luxury hotel waiting for you. Established at Oliver Tambo Airport the Life Hotels Airport is a welcome change to the normal airport accommodation. The hotel is only minutes away from Tambo International Airport Terminal Building and is conveniently reached by a free, half hourly shuttle bus. The fun starts as you arrive, where your arrival snack is a fortune cookie and as you wait to be taken to your room, you can spend your time playing wii-fits or take a dive in the elongated outdoor swimming pool.

The Hotel is called Life Hotels and has the slogan called “come fly with me” The Life hotels group has different hotel categories –Airport, chic, easy and safari they have branches across the country. The Life Hotels Chic has branches in Cape Town and another which is under development in Durban; The Life Hotels Airport is based solely in Johannesburg. Life Hotels Easy is currently under development in Maple and Glenwood Durban while there first international branch is currently under development in Maputo Mozambique. And a fun one is the life hotels safari which is also still under development, looks to be a hit with both locals and foreign visitors.

The life hotels airport branch has a wide variety of facilities to take advantage of:

-Indoor Restaurant with Terrace

-Bar

-Coffee Station

-Play stations in the reception

-Indoor and terrace lounge area

-Atrium “Chill” space

-Swimming Pool

-Outdoor treadmills and exercise bikes

-Vending machines

-Complimentary Wi-Fi

-Transportation shuttles

-Trendy reception and lounge areas

-Laundry

-Concierge

-Business centre services

-In room massage services (0n request)

-Luggage storage facility

-Meeting and Conference spaces

The hotel is established on the know shin that you can have a variety of options for your stay and can plan the type of stay you want, it’s build on what the modern traveller what’s and needs from personal choice to the latest technology, and for people with a healthy lifestyle and who need to be close to an airport or city. The hotel provides a fun luxury experience where all the hotel suites have up to date conveniences, to wit iPod docking stations, electronic safes big enough to hold a laptop, in room wifi, LCD TV’s with satellite channels and multi-plug work stations. As for the accommodation the hotel has 90 rooms, each consisting of one and a half bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchenette, lounge-dining and a small  outdoor balcony.( Each hotel can accommodate a maximum of 2 adults in a double bed and 1 child under 13.)

The hotel provides the concept that “its all about how you treat the visitor”, and the concept of offering the latest technology to the customer is seen by many hotels around the world as a key to put people in rooms. Many hotels have taken this concept away from the usual basic television in each room, adding more than just Wi-Fi to a room it’s an exciting change to anyone’s hotel experience and will leave the visitor wanting more. Situated at the OR Tambo International Airport it’s a large airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni in Gauteng, South Africa near the city of Johannesburg. The airport serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to and from South Africa and is the busiest airport in Africa. The Airport handled 19.440.000 passengers in 2007; the airport is the hub of South Africa’s largest international and domestic carrier, South African Airways (SAA) and a number of smaller local airlines.

Getting back to the hotel if you’re looking for sociability the Life hotels Airport has what you’re looking for, with a lounge and chill area the hotel proximity to the bustling airport of OR Tambo sends a great atmosphere into the central reception which doubles as a bar and coffee shop while across the lobby you will find the Gourmet Restaurant & Deli with it’s exhibition kitchen. The pre-prepared meals can also be purchased at the deli and heated in your kitchenette at your own leisure.

The airport precinct is a convenient place for meetings & conferences, the hotel’s two conference rooms can each accommodate up to 150 delegates and 120 in banqueting format with both rooms featuring outdoor terraces for pre-assembly and tea-breaks. Life hotels recognise the need for a greater hospitality industry and fundamental to the group hotel designs are EPA Water Sense Plumbing, bulk shower dispensers, and dual-flush toilets, low VOC interior paints and recycled flooring which lessens environmental impact.

Telephone: +27 11 975 1684

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Physical Address:

Corner of Kempton and Bosch Street

Kempton Park

Johannesburg