A Perfect Stay
Inside the Royal Portfolio
Foreword by Sir Elton John & David Furnish
A visionary who is putting the hot in hotelier. She’s changed the perception of South African hotels with her touch of theatre.
Liz Biden has been described as South Africa’s coolest lady hotelier – one of today’s most exciting, most relevant hospitality moguls.
She and her husband Phil started The Royal Portfolio in 1999. 20 years on and Liz is now at the helm of four of the most glamourous luxury boutique hotels in the world. Royal Malewane, Birkenhead House, La Residence and The Silo Hotel have attracted many of the world’s most discerning and distinguished travellers including many celebrity guests.
The Royal Portfolio has garnered a host of international hospitality awards – acclaimed for their style, design, service, spectacular locations and business ethos.
Liz loves to pamper her guests, creating beautiful spaces with a touch of magic – giving guests permission to put the everyday on hold, even just for a weekend.
A Perfect Stay tells a visual story of the Biden family and of The Royal Portfolio – showcasing the extraordinary creativity and style of Liz Biden. Minimalism is in short supply in The Royal Portfolio hotels. Liz’s interiors are rich, colourful, eclectic and playful – always comfortable – and utterly unique.
A Perfect Stay includes a glimpse inside the Biden family’s private homes.
978-0-620834-82-7 | Hardcover | Lifestyle | 272 pages | R800
Once in a while, a hotel comes along that is breathtakingly original and truly one-of-a-kind. The Silo Hotel is a game-changer. The Silo is a brilliantly imaginative mixture of the traditional and the contemporary, a place where modern African art feels improbably at home with the industrial past of colonial Cape Town. I can’t recall the last time I visited a new hotel that I found so exhilarating and that seemed such an instantaneous addition to the life and character of a city.