A SOD-CUTTING ceremony for the construction of the Presidential suites and additional 60 rooms of the Labadi Beach Hotel has taken place at its premises.
The construction would encompass the refurbishment of the existing 100 rooms and other four executive suites. The suites would have traditional interior designs that would exhibit Ghanaian heritage.
Hon. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, Deputy Minister of Tourism, in his address, said the event was to pave way for the upgrading of facilities of the hotel.
He said most importantly the project should be seen as a major contributor to the development of the tourism industry.
“There is, as I would like to put it, a hospitality tsunami starting in our country. Ghana's tourism boom is high and when it strikes only the well-prepared might stand”, he cautioned.
He mentioned some hotel giants in the system that were ready to strike at any time and advised management of the hotel to stand firm and prepare for any 'attack' while calling for the concerted effort of industry players to improve their facilities and service delivery to meet the expectations of their visitors.
He urged industry players to collaborate and cooperate towards the attainment of their various goals.
Hon. Ameyaw added that the industry needed more well trained professionals since it was expanding, noting that his Ministry was working hard for the comprehensive Tourism Policy to be adopted.
He also hinted that they were in discussions with GIMPA to absorb HOTTCATT, the hospitality training institute of the Ministry, and hoped that the merger would improve the training capacity of HOTTCATT to benefit the industry immensely.
The Chairman of Hotel Investments Ghana, Hon. J. B. Danquah said the extra 60 rooms and palatial Presidential suites would be second to none in terms of service provision and luxury.
The location of Labadi Beach Hotel, which is over 15 years old, used to be a bare swampy mosquito infested stretch of dirty beach along the Atlantic Ocean.
Its edifices were later erected there and can now boast of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as one of the hotel's most famous ex-guests.
By Sumaiya Salifu Saeed and Alice Vellinho
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