Ivory Coast Property for Carlson Rezidor

Carlson Rezidor has announced the opening of its first hotel in the Ivory Coast. The Radisson Blu Hotel Abidjan Airport will feature 252 rooms and is scheduled to welcome guests in Q3, 2014. The hotel will also feature a Business Class lounge, an air crew lounge, retail stores, bar, all-day dining restaurant, private dining area, outdoor terrace, outdoor swimming pool, business centre, seven conference and meeting rooms, and a ballroom.

Rezidor has a presence in 20 countries across the African continent – with 46 hotels – and this year has already seen new additions, in the form of the brand-new Radisson Blu Hotel Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia and the Radisson Blu Conakry in Guinea. A new Hotel Missoni resort deal for Mauritius has also been signed. Recent additional business expansion in Africa has also seen Carlson Rezidor and Wali Hotels & Resorts announcing their close co-operation in the Gabonese hotel market. Carlson Rezidor took over the management of the Okoume Palace Hotel in Libreville in March of this year and is currently operating as an unbranded property, while it undergoes an extensive, US $50-million renovation. In September 2013, the hotel will open as a dual-branded property, featuring a 330-room Radisson Blu and a 140-room Park Inn by Radisson. According to a recent study published by Lagos-based W Hospitality Group, including projects completed and under development, Carlson Rezidor has the largest pipeline of hotels in sub-Saharan Africa.