Park Inn by Radisson opening in Kigali

Carlson Rezidor has announced that it will be opening the Park Inn by Radisson Kigali in Rwanda.

The property will feature 161 rooms in the group’s second hotel project in Kigali - the Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre Kigali is already underway and is scheduled to open mid-2014. The plan is for the Park Inn by Radisson to open its doors a few months later.

The site of the Park Inn by Radisson Kigali is centrally located in the up-market Nyarugenge district of the city centre – less than 12 kilometres west of the international airport, Rwanda’s primary point of entry. Besides the guest rooms, the hotel will offer a 225m² all-day dining restaurant, a 80m² lobby bar, a club lounge, an outdoor swimming pool with a 110m² pool bar and terrace, 500m² meeting and conference facilities, as well as gym, spa, hair salon and nightclub.

Kigali is Rwanda’s most populated city with more than one million inhabitants, and is also the country’s most important business and convention destination. Tourism, minerals, coffee and tea are Rwanda's main sources of foreign exchange. Since joining the East African Economic Community, Rwanda is aligning its budget, trade, and immigration policies with its regional partners.

Protea Expands to East Africa

According to news24, the Protea Hospitality Group has signed a deal to open Protea Hotel Kigali in Rwanda, making it the groups 10th African country property.
The 25-room hotel in the upmarket suburb of Nyarutarama in Rwanda's capital city Kigali will open in the last quarter of this year and “represents a great step forward in the Protea Hospitality Group's growth in East Africa,” says company CEO Arthur Gillis.
 Protea Hotel Kigali will offer standard rooms, as well as eight two-bedroom units specifically for the long-stay market. The hotel will also feature a 60-seater restaurant, a bar, gym and swimming pool, plus two executive boardrooms for meetings and conferences on site.
Rwanda is a developing nation of approximately 11 million people. African Economic Outlook sets the country an expected GDP growth of nearly 7% for 2013.