Radisson Hotel Group will open six new hotels across Africa between now and 2024.
Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo
Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, is scheduled to open in Johannesburg before the end of 2020. Located on a private estate in Bredell, Kempton Park, the hotel has access to highways connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, and is ten minutes drive away from O.R Tambo International Airport. The hotel will have 248 new and 41 renovated rooms, a gym, a spa, three outdoor pools three bars and four restaurants, an entertainment deck and an executive lounge, along with a conference centre, with a 1,260 seater auditorium and five conference rooms.
Radisson Collection Hotel Bamako, Mali
Radisson Collection Hotel Bamako will be the first Radisson Collection hotel to open in Africa, the group's premium lifestyle brand. Located in the heart of Bamako, Mali, the property will feature five foods and beverage outlets, and an all-day dinning restaurant and a specialty restaurant, with a caf?, bar and an executive lounge. The hotel offers an expansive 1,200sqm meeting and events area, consisting of a ballroom and seven conference rooms. The 200-room luxury hotel has a fully equipped gym, spa and a pool. After the introduction of Radisson Collection in the city, the existing Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako will commence a full renovation program towards year end.
Radisson Hotel Addis Ababa
Radisson Hotel Group?s fifth hotel in Ethiopia is scheduled to open in 2021. It is located 4km from Ethiopia?s newly expanded Addis Ababa Bole International Airport terminal, which is expected to accommodate 22 million passengers in a year.
The 114-room hotel will have a wide variety of food and drink outlets, an all day dining restaurant, a pool bar, with the addition of a third bespoke panoramic bar.
Park Inn by Radisson, Durban International Airport, Dube, South Africa
Park Inn by Radisson, scheduled to open in 2022, will be the first hotel within the Dube Trade Port Special Economic Zone, which forms the heart of the first purpose-planned aerotropolis in Africa, around King Shaka International Airport. The 168-room hotel will have a lobby bar, all day dining rooftop restaurant and rooftop pool terrace, with eight different meeting and event venues.
Radisson Hotel & Apartments Accra, Ghana
Scheduled to open in 2023, the hotel is a renovated structure of an existing 121-room hotel, with the addition of another tower, which will offer 54 hotel apartments. It is located on the Tema Highway, Ghana?s largest port located to the East of Accra, within a 3km radius of the Kotoka International Airport, Accra Mall and the Airport City complex. There will be modern amenities, such as an all day dining restaurant, lobby bar and rooftop restaurant, bar and pool terrace, 12 different venues, with meetings and events facilities. In addition, there will be a gym, spa and swimming pool.
Radisson Blu Hotel Abuja City Centre, Nigeria
The Radisson Blu Hotel Abuja City Centre, scheduled to open in 2024, is the Group?s first hotel in the city, complementing the existing nine hotels in operation and under development in Nigeria(how can it be first when there are nine others in operation and development). Located in Nigeria?s Federal Capital, the 258-room hotel has five different food and beverage outlets, a specialty restaurant, an all-day-dining restaurant, a lobby bar and caf?, a pool terrace, and a premium business class lounge. The leisure facilities will include a wellness spa, a gym and a swimming pool.
Elie Younes, executive vice president and chief development officer, Radisson Hotel Group, said, ?Africa has vast potential and the addition of six more hotels, following the announcement of Radisson Hotel Saint Denis earlier this year, places us firmly on the track to get more than 150 hotels running or in the development stage, across the continent, in the next five years. The announcement includes our debut in some new markets, as well as the introduction of additional brands in others, which will collectively strengthen our presence in the cities we have identified for scaled growth.?
Ramsay Rankoussi, vice president of development, Africa & Turkey, Radisson Hotel Group, said, ?Our growth has been balanced between green field projects and strategic take-overs of existing hotels. We aim to further accelerate our presence through conversions, especially as liquidity remains a critical challenge. We have revisited our brand architecture, which has enabled us to integrate existing hotels within our network.?
