Welcome to our family

In 2020, we were so honoured to celebrate 100 years of hospitality as one of 40 family-owned TTC travel brands. Red Carnation’s history began when Stanley Tollman’s father, Solomon Tollman, opened a small hotel in Paternoster, a small fishing village in South Africa, in 1920.

100 years later, TTC and Red Carnation still share the same vision for service excellence and warm, generous hospitality - our most recent awards are testament to this. We were so proud to be recognised as the Number 5 Best Hotel Brand in the World, Ashford Castle as the Number 1 Best Resort Hotel in the UK and Ireland, and The Oyster Box as the Number 1 Best Resort Hotel in Africa at Travel+Leisure 'World's Best' Awards.

Our collection continues to grow and Red Carnation now proudly stands at 18 exceptional hotels around the world, each unique and special, whilst sharing the founding values that define our family-owned and run business. Xigera, our luxury safari lodge in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, opened in December 2020, and will be followed by 100 Princes Street in Edinburgh in 2023. Our luxury travel partners are an integral part of our Red Carnation family and your continued support for Red Carnation Hotels is so appreciated...