5 Facts About Hotel Development In Africa
The hotel development in Africa has been experiencing some milestones in terms of expansion and reach, this goes to show how important Africa as a continent has become in the grand scheme of things, not only in the hospitality sector but also in terms of the economy as the continent continues to attract investors to commit capital into development of projects across cities. Drawing from the W Hospitality’s Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey, Jovago brings you five interesting facts about the wave of hotel development in Africa.
. By number of rooms, Hilton continues to reign supreme. A whooping 7,250 rooms are being developed in its pipeline!
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The Carlson Rezidor comes after the Hilton with almost 7000 thousand hotels in its pipeline and in third place we find Marriott with 6,412 rooms. We sure won’t run out of luxury rooms in the years to come!
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By number of hotels, Marriott takes the first place as they have up to 36 hotels in their pipeline, Carlson Rezidor maintains the second spot with 32 hotels and Hilton drops to the third spot with 29 hotels.
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Ever heard of Mangalis? Well, now you have. They are a new chain taking the hotel world by a storm, although launched in 2013, it has hotel openings in Conakry and Dakar in 2015!
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