Now the hotel remains dusty and abandoned, merely housing memories of its heyday, including wild parties in the 80s, along with a couple of ghosts of the people who died there.
Last week Thursday, police arrested two suspects at two Cape Town hotels while investigating a hostage situation.
We may see far fewer international visitors this holiday season, for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean South Africans won’t flock to the Mother City.
There’s plenty of competition to land on a ‘best hotels in Cape Town’ list, but we’ve picked these seven options in and around the Mother City.