Awards
RESORT HOTEL – NORTH ISLAND SEYCHELLES
2014 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK
– BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD - NUMBER TWO IN AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS’
2014 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS UK
–‘BEST MIXED USE INTERIOR’
2013 CONDE NAST TRAVELER UK
– ‘BEST BEACH SAFARI’
2012 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER US
– NO 11 ‘BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD’
2012 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER US
– NO 2 ‘BEST IN AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS’
2012 ROBB REPORT
–‘TOP 100 RESORTS’
2009 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER US
– NO 10 ‘BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD’
2008 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER
– ‘50 TOP ECOLODGES; THE MOST EARTH FRIENDLY RETREATS IN THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR WILDS'
2007 TATLER – TRAVEL AWARDS
– MOST CONSISTENTLY BRILLIANT HOTEL IN THE WORLD
SEPT 2006 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK – BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD
– NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD’S TOP 100
SEPT 2006 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK
– BEST OVERSEAS LEISURE HOTEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA + THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
OCT 2005 HARPERS & QUEEN (UK)
– BEST HOTEL ON EARTH
JAN 2005 TRAVEL & LEISURE (USA) LISTING
– HOTELS WE LOVE
2005 CONDE NASTE TRAVELER ‘GOLD LIST’
– BEST ROOMS SECTION
DEC 2005 CONDE NAST TRAVELER
– BEST HOTEL IN AFRICA + THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
DEC 2005 QUOTE MAGAZINE (BELGIUM)
– NUMBER ONE – EXCELLENT VILLAS SECTION
2004 ORGANIC STYLE (USA)
– ONE OF THE WORLD’S COOLEST HOTELS & ONE OF THE SEXIEST NEW PLACES ACROSS THE GLOBE
APRIL 2004 BBC
– BEST ECO-RESORT IN THE WORLD
2003 TATLER
– MOST INNOVATIVE STYLE
RESORT LODGE – MOMBO OKAVANGO DELTA
2011 TRAVEL & LEISURE USA
– ‘TOP LODGES AND RESORTS IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST’
2011 TRAVEL & LEISURE USA
– NO 20 ‘ WORLD’S BEST’
2009 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER US
– NO. 9 ‘TOP 100 IN THE WORLD’
– ‘BEST HOTEL IN AFRICA, INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS AND MIDDLE EAST’
2009 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER US
– NUMBER ONE ‘BEST HOTEL IN AFRICA, INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS AND MIDDLE EAST’
2008 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK – BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD
– NUMBER TWO IN THE WORLD’S TOP 100
2008 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK – ‘50 TOP RESORTS IN THE WORLD’
– NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD
RETREAT – SEGERA, LAIKIPIA KENYA
2014 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS UK
– ‘BEST MIXED USE INTERIOR’
2014 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS UK
– ‘BEST MIXED USE ARCHITECTURE’
2014 CONDE NAST TRAVELER UK ‘IT LIST
– ‘BEST HOTELS IN AFRICA’
2012 HIDEAWAYS – ITB, BERLIN GERMANY
– ‘NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR’
RESORT LODGE – ODZALA, CONGO
2013 TRAVEL AND LEISURE
– THE BEST NEW HOTELS – WORLDS BEST
2013 CONDE NAST TRAVELER
– HOT LIST
2013 LOERIE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
– INTERIOR DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
DUMA TAU
2013 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK
– ‘HOT LIST: BEST NEW HOTELS IN THE WORLD’
2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TARVEL
– 25 BEST ECOLODGES IN THE WORLD’
2013 CONDE NAST TRAVELLER UK
– ‘HOT LIST: BEST NEW HOTELS TO SPLURGE ON’
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
2005 CNBC INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS, LONDON, UK
– BEST INTERNATIONAL URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT – PENTHOUSE TO NATIONAL BANK HOUSE, 1905
RESTAURANT
2014 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS UK
‘BEST LEISURE AWARD – LIFE GRAND CAFÉ’
2013 ROCCI BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
‘RESTAURANTS: FINE DINING’
2011 INTERIORS EXCELLENCE AWARD
– TASHAS BRAND
2010 BRONZE LOERIE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
– INTERIOR DESIGN ‘TASHAS’ RESTAURANT GROUP
2006 SUNDAY TIMES TOP 40 RESTAURANT LISTING
– LIFE RESTAURANT
2005 GOLD LOERIE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
– INTERIOR DESIGN ‘1886 RESTAURANT AND PRIVE BAR’
PRODUCT DESIGN
2007 INTERNATIONAL EDIDA AWARDS
CATEGORY: BATHROOMS: ‘HIMBASIN’
2005 INTERNATIONAL EDIDA AWARDS
CATEGORY: SEATING: ‘WODAABE’
2004 INTERNATIONAL EDIDA AWARDS
CATEGORY: WALLCOVERING: ‘JHB’ WALLPAPER
2003 INTERNATIONAL EDIDA AWARDS
CATEGORY: LIGHTING: ‘PODLIGHTS’
EXHIBITION
2016 WE ARE AFRICA PANEL & EXHIBITION
– CAPE TOWN CITY HALL ON THE FORUM WITH PRINCE EMMANUEL DE MERODE & JOCHEN ZEITZ
2015 BUSINESS OF DESIGN
– CAPE TOWN
2015 BUSINESS OF DESIGN
– JOHANNESBURG
2014 ODZALA – ‘AFRICA, BIG CHANGE, BIG CHANCE, BIG CHALLENGE’ EXHIBITION
– LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO, CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF ART, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN IN EUROPE
2011 SOUTHERN GUILD PRIVE EXHIBITION – JOHANNESBURG ART FAIR
2010 ‘HUMANISM’ EXHIBITION – MERCI GALLERY, PARIS
2009 ‘ESSENCE: THE WORK OF MAIRA KOUTSOUDAKIS’
– SOLO EXHIBITION, ALUMNI DIGNITAS EXHIBITION AT THE FADA GALLERY, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & ART, UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
2009 ROOMS ON VIEW EXHIBITION
– AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – LIFE + CONDE NAST HOUSE & GARDEN
2008 ‘BABEL/BABBLE’ – ‘SOUTH’ EXHIBITION, DESIGN INDABA, CAPE TOWN
– THE BEST OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
2006 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– PERMANENT COLLECTION SAINT-ETIENNE DESIGN MUSEUM, FRANCE
2006 ‘THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA’, DESIGN INDABA EXHIBITION
– CAPE TOWN
2005 ‘NORTH MEETS SOUTH’ EXHIBITION
– CURATED BY LI EDELKOORT, PARIS, FRANCE
2005 ‘NORTH MEETS SOUTH’ EXHIBITION
– CURATED BY LI EDELKOORT, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
2005 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– SALON DE MEUBLE, PARIS, FRANCE
2005 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– OUGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
2005 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– DESIGN INDABA, CAPE TOWN
2005 STREET ART ‘WILDLIFE’ EXHIBITION AND AUCTION FOR DESIGN EDUCATION
– CAPE TOWN
2004 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– FUKUOKA, JAPAN
2004 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– SALON DE MOBILE, MILAN, ITALY
2004 ‘DESIGN MADE IN AFRICA’
– JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK
2004 ‘BEST OF THE HOME-GROWN MUST-HAVE’ – DESIGN INDABA EXPO
– INAUGURAL EXHIBITION