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03 Jul 2024

SolarSaver transforms Melrose Arch with custom solar pergola installations

By Staff Writer

SolarSaver has successfully completed an innovative solar installation at the Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and the African Pride Hotel. Faced with limited roof space, SolarSaver collaborated with Melrose Arch developer, The Amdec Group, to design robust pergola structures that support the solar panels above the hotels' roofs. Commissioned in October 2023, this project showcases SolarSaver's ability to deliver customised solar energy solutions in complex environments. The installation is expected to significantly reduce the hotels' operational costs and carbon footprint, aligning with the sustainability goals of both the Marriott Hotel Group and the Amdec Group.
10 May 2021

Construction of R16bn CBD precinct well on track

By Staff Writer

Cape Town’s largest and most ambitious sustainable mixed-use development, Harbour Arch, is steadily taking shape on the city’s foreshore, with construction having commenced back in January last year.  In recent months, motorists passing the site at the eastern side of the city would have noticed the development, in particular the residential towers, rising above the...
16 Jan 2020

How to ensure your retirement plan succeeds in volatile markets

By Janice Roberts

By Lourens Coetzee, Investment Professional at Marriott. The last five years have been particularly disappointing for investors due to below average market returns. As such, many savers are becoming increasingly concerned about not having enough capital to sustain their lifestyles when they retire.  This is a valid concern as most retirement plans are held together...
09 Dec 2019

What does history teach us about living annuities?

By Janice Roberts

Retirement can be a daunting prospect. Not only is it a time of personal adjustment but it is also a time to make  financial decisions that will impact your lifestyle for the rest of your life. Retired investors commonly face the dilemma of either maintaining a certain lifestyle or adjusting it in order to preserve...
09 Sep 2019

Reasons for investing offshore & options available to investors

By Janice Roberts

By Preston Narainsamy, Marriott In an uncertain global economic environment, investors are inclined to deviate from their financial plan and make impulsive investment decisions, often based on little more than an emotional reaction.
19 Jul 2019

Hillcrest charities benefit from Marriott Asset Management Mandela Day donations

By Janice Roberts

Embracing the charitable nature and community spirit that characterised Madiba, the staff of Marriott chose to buy a range of ‘wishlist’ products for a number of local charity organisations. These items were then distributed from Monday, 15 to Friday, 19 July in honour of Mandela Day, celebrated annually on 18 July.
13 Nov 2018

“Buy and hold” quality, dividend paying companies for successful investment outcomes

By Janice Roberts

Financial markets may appear daunting currently with so much economic and political uncertainty. However, it is important to try and ignore short-term distractions and focus on the long-term trends that matter. Short term distractions are unlikely to have any major impact on markets over the longer term. The key to investing for the long-term is...
13 Nov 2017

Three compelling investment opportunities

By Janice Roberts

By Duggan Matthews, Chief Investment Officer, Marriott. Investors are currently dealing with a tough economic and investment environment, but at Marriott we have identified three macro trends playing out that hold significant opportunities.
18 Jul 2017

SPCA in Kloof benefits from Marriott’s tribute to Mandela Day

By Janice Roberts

Marriott, the income specialists, have once again embraced the concept of Mandela Day giving their 67 minutes in memory of Nelson Mandela by giving back to community workers and spoiling them with thoughtful hampers.
07 Jun 2016

Marriott volunteer ‘locked up’ to raise funds for SPCA

By Janice Roberts

Marriott’s Distribution Manager, Elizabeth Valentine, joined 23 like-minded, community ‘champions’ who spent a full 24 hours ‘locked’ in a kennel with one of Kloof & Highway SPCA’s rescue dogs in a fundraising effort for their annual Dog Box Challenge.