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CAMEROON – The Radisson Blu hotel group has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a complex in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital. Funds for this project, valued at CFA37 billion (US$54.87m), will be raised from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). However, the local project carrier -BrightView Bethesda SA- offered Cameroonians the opportunity to become partners in…
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KENYA – Global hotel brand Radisson Blu has resumed operations of its outlet in Upper Hill, Nairobi after sixteen months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Low bookings due to the pandemic pushed the establishment to halt operations and send most of its staff home in December 2020. The hotel has now resumed operations under new management led by…
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WORLD – Radisson Hotel Group is celebrating Radisson Blu’s reconfirmed position as the largest upper upscale brand in Europe for the past decade and continues its successful portfolio growth in Europe, Middle East and Africa with over 2,000 rooms and 16 signings added to the Group’s portfolio in quarter 1. In a year of historic challenges, Radisson Hotel Group has…
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KENYA – Global hotel brand Radisson Hotels has halted operations in their Nairobi’s Upper Hill unit and sent most of its staff home as bookings remain subdued due to Covid-19 pandemic. The closure comes at a time the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey on hotels iin Kenya showed that bed occupancy remains low, averaging 23 percent in November and…
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AFRICA- Radisson Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest hotel groups has announced the signing of 11 new hotels in Africa within the first nine months of 2019. The group revealed that 8 of the new hotels will be in Egypt, 3 in Madagascar while South Africa and Algeria will each get one hotel. The latest signings are in line…
Read MoreCAMEROON – Radisson Blu hotel has started plans to build a new hotel in the country’s capital and second largest city, Yaoundé. Plans to start the project have already received a green light from the government which in early September signed a partnership agreements with representatives from the hotel. In the partnership agreement, the government of Cameroon agreed to lease…
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