New Luxury Hotel Brand, Leeu Collection to Debut Leeu House on South Africa's Western Cape

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. August 05, 2015

FRANSCHHOEK. S.A. August 5, 2015 - Leeu Collection, a new luxury hotel brand created by founder Analjit Singh, opens reservations today for Leeu House, the first of two new boutique properties in the winelands of South Africa. Leeu House is set to open on December 1, 2015.

Leeu Collection consists of Leeu House, set in the vibrant village of Franschhoek, and the five-star Leeu Estates, located minutes away amongst 170 acres of vineyards and complete with a Wine Studio by Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines.

Accommodations

Leeu House is an exclusive boutique hotel offering a country guesthouse appeal with 12 individually appointed rooms and suites. Six of the rooms open to private gardens, terrace courtyards or balconies. Guests of Leeu House can enjoy a complimentary tasting of Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines, use of bicycles and a 50-foot heated outdoor pool. Additionally, the property is a short walk to award-winning restaurants, art galleries and boutiques in Franschhoek.

Leeu Estates is a 21-room luxury retreat within a 19th century Manor House, and home to Leeu Spa, four spacious cottages and a winery set amongst landscaped gardens and vineyards. The Manor House's Living Room offers a complimentary bar stocked with wines and local Cape Town brews and spirits, while The Reading Room entices guests with an assortment of reading material, afternoon tea and a friendly game of backgammon. Leeu Estates will open in 2016.

Food and Wine

Guests of both Leeu House and Leeu Estates are treated to innovative cuisine prepared by resident chef Oliver Cattermole's culinary team. Passionate about sourcing the very best organic and ethically farmed ingredients, Chef Cattermole has created a menu of simple, elegant plates blending classic methods with a modern interpretation.

In The Wine Studio, located at Leeu Estates, visitors can taste handcrafted premium varietals from Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines. This award-winning collection, which has received 11 five-star ratings from Platter's South African Wine Guide, is made by winemakers Chris and Andrea Mullineux in Kasteel, the Swartland wine region north of Cape Town, and at Leeu Estates.

Health and Wellness

Designed by celebrated Spanish architect Tomeu Esteva of Esteva i Esteva Arquitectura, the Leeu Spa is an Asian inspired wellness sanctuary offering a variety of holistic treatments. A 50-foot heated infinity swimming pool and TechnoGym exercise facility caters to the most fitness-oriented guest; personal training and yoga will also be available. Walkers, joggers and cyclists can enjoy the extensive network of trails that crisscross the rolling estate, Dassenberg mountains and banks of the Franschhoek river.

For reservations and more information, please visit www.leeucollection.com or call +27 21 492 2222.

Leeu Collection recently announced the takeover of Le Quartier Français, also in Franschhoek. This top boutique hotel will officially become part of the Leeu Collection portfolio on September 1, 2015. At Le Quartier Français, guests discover luxury boutique accommodation with 21 rooms designed to spoil, the world-famous cuisine of The Tasting Room, as well as the convivial Living Room for the best breakfast in town, small plates made to share for lunch or dinner, artisan cocktails and more.

About Leeu Collection

Leeu Collection currently includes Leeu Estates, a 20-room five-star country house retreat and boutique winery, and Leeu House, an equally exclusive 13-room boutique hotel in the vibrant heart of Franschhoek, South Africa - both set to open during the second half of 2015. Leeu Collection is also a partner in Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines, which produces award-winning wines in Riebeek-Kasteel in the Swartland wine region some 80 kilometres north of Cape Town and at Leeu Estates.

Contact:
Megan Sedlacek
[email protected]
212.967.5895