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Hotel & Restaurant is the monthly leading business trade magazine for the accommodation, food service and alcoholic beverage industries in Southern Africa. Published by Ramsay Son & Parker, one of South Africa's most respected magazine publishing houses and publishers of CAR, Getaway, WINE, Compleat Golfer and Popular Mechanics, Hotel & Restaurant has been providing quality information to decision-makers in the Southern African hospitality industry for sixty five years. Through qualified controlled circulation and subscription copies Hotel & Restaurant provides comprehensive coverage of hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, guest houses, lodges, night clubs and sports clubs.

Audited Circulation
Hotel & Restaurant is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa.*

*Hotel & Restaurant circulates a total of 8 649 copies every month (Audit Bureau of Circulations 2002).

A SOUND MARKETING INVESTMENT

Hotel & Restaurant is recognised as the authoritative source of news for the Southern African hospitality industry. Due to outstanding editorial content it is the leader in its field, resulting in high reader interest and consequently high impact for advertisers.

• It's credibility is high: not only has it been in publication for 74 years, but 79,5% of readers rated it most useful publication for the industry (Reader Survey 2003, highveld Surveys & Marketing).

Hotel & Restaurant is read by key players in hospitality: senior executives who make the purchasing decisions (Reader Survey 2003). Advertisers achieve visibility within the right market.

• Advertisers reach all of the hospitality industry through Hotel & Restaurant: hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, guesthouses, game lodges, night clubs, sports clubs and conference venues. There is minimum wastage in reaching this highly niched market through Hotel & Restaurant.

Hotel & Restaurant is well read: each copy is read by five decision-makers. Most read the magazine cover to cover (Reader Survey 2003) - and 48.3% of readers file Hotel & Restaurant for future reference so advertising enjoys an extended life in the magazine as it is revisited.

Hotel & Restaurant's editorial integrity lends credibility to advertisers' sales messages. An appropriate and quality environment reinforces advertisers' products and services in the minds of readers.

Most Hotel & Restaurant readers . . .
are senior staff/business owners (82.5%)
make the purchasing decisions (76.9%)
read Hotel & Restaurant cover to cover (81%)
re directly influenced by the information in Hotel & Restaurant (71.5%)
rate Hotel & Restaurant more useful than other publications for the hospitality industry (79.5%)
    Reader Survey, Highveld Surveys & Marketing, 2003