Lonrho Hotels and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easyHotel Group have opened their first budget hotel in Africa. After signing an exclusive agreement with the property owner South Point, the former Lamunu Hotel will be converted to ‘easyHotel Johannesburg CBD by Lonrho’.
The hotel has 60 rooms across seven floors and is situated on De Korte Street, at the heart of Johannesburg’s CBD.
The hotel is in close proximity to Liberty Group’s offices, South African Breweries and the University of the Witwatersrand, as well as the City of Johannesburg’s offices.
‘easyHotel by Lonrho’ will be the first trans-continental hotel brand in Africa specifically designed for those hotel guests with a small budget, and it’s the latest addition to the Lonrho Hotels portfolio, joining the Hotel Cardoso in Maputo; Leopard Rock in Mutare, Zimbabwe; the Grand Karavia in Lubumbashi, DRC; the Grand Hotel Kinshasa in DRC; and the Lansmore Masa Square in Gaborone, Botswana.
“This new project between Sir Stelios and Lonrho starts the roll-out of easyHotels by Lonrho throughout Africa,” said Geoffrey White, CEO of Lonrho. “This will be the first of many hotels specifically designed to provide an international standard hotel room at a budget price starting from US$31 (R290) per room per night. easyHotel by Lonrho will meet a growing demand across the continent for a quality budget hotel chain.”
2012 saw Lonrho and easyHotel announce the signing of a 20-year master franchise agreement, with both parties committing to establishing an easyHotel network across Africa. The MFA provided Lonrho with the exclusive rights to the easyHotel.com brand in Africa and set out an agreed opening schedule for 50 properties by 2016.
The initial announcement last year was that Rissik Street in the Johannesburg CBD was going to be the site for the first easyHotel in Africa , but that deal fell through, and the two parties turned their attention to the property in De Korte street.
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