The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide,
announces two new Park Inn by Radisson hotels in Africa: The Park Inn Polokwane
in the South African province Limpopo will feature 160 rooms and is scheduled to
open in Q1 2013. The Park Inn Nairobi Westlands in Kenya will add 126 rooms to
Rezidor's pipeline and welcome the first guests in Q4 2013.
"Africa is one of our key markets for future business development. This emerging
continent offers huge natural resources, improved infrastructure and
increasingly stable systems. At the same time Africa lacks internationally
branded hotel rooms or shows a dated hotel inventory in many cities", said Kurt
Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor.
The Park Inn Polokwane is Rezidor's third Park Inn by Radisson hotel in South
Africa; following Sandton and Cape Town. Polokwane ("place of peace") is located
in Limpopo, the country's northernmost province, and is a major economic centre.
Its proximity to the neighbouring countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
and Swaziland, as well as a convenient distance from Kruger National Park make
it the ideal regional gateway to South Africa.
The brand new property will be located along the existing Polokwane Golf Course
and across the road from the new Peter Mokaba Sports Stadium. The International
Airport will be 7 km away. Besides 160 modern and comfortable guest rooms, the
hotel will offer a signature RBG grill restaurant, 580 square meters of meeting
facilities, a gym, an outdoor swimming pool, and ample parking.
"South Africa offers considerable development opportunities for our young and
dynamic mid market brand Park Inn by Radisson. We aim to enter all nine
provincial capitals in the future in addition to the larger cities of
Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban", commented Kurt Ritter.
The Park Inn Nairobi Westlands is Rezidor's first Park Inn by Radisson on Kenya
and also the first in East Africa. It will be located in Woodvale Grove in the
popular commercial and economic Westlands area of Nairobi, 5 km northwest of the
city centre. The local head quarters of the United Nations and several
international businesses are nearby. Nairobi itself is Kenya's capital - a
thriving modern city with 3 million inhabitants and the commercial centre of
East Africa. Nairobi is also nicknamed the "Safari Capital City of the World".
The new hotel will offer 126 rooms, an RBG grill restaurant, a bar & lobby
lounge, 2 meeting- and 2 board rooms, a business centre, a gym, and a rooftop
swimming pool and terrace.
"Also East Africa is a very suitable development region for Park Inn by Radisson
with Nairobi as a centre. We will target cities and larger towns which fall
within a two hours flying time north, south, east and west of Nairobi, and
develop a regional network", ended Kurt Ritter.
For further information please contact:
Christiane Reiter, Senior Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9331,Christiane.Reiter@Rezidor.com
Renu Snehi, Director Corporate Communication
+32 2 702 9241,Renu.Snehi@Rezidor.com
About The Rezidor Hotel Group
The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the
world. The group features a portfolio of more than 400 hotels in operation and
under development with 88,800 rooms in over 60 countries.
Rezidor operates the brands Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts, Park Inn by Radisson
and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the Club
Carlson loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Under a worldwide licence
agreement with the iconic Italian fashion house Missoni, Rezidor also operates
and develops the new lifestyle brand Hotel Missoni.
In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Carlson, a
privately held, global hospitality and travel company, based in Minneapolis
(USA), is the majority shareholder.
The Corporate office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.
For more information on Rezidor, visit www.rezidor.com
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