Lusaka - The new Protea Hotel Lusaka Tower opened its doors on Monday, making it the fourth Protea Hotel offering in the Zambian capital and the eighth in Zambia as a whole.
Built to meet the growing demand for conference and business accommodation in Lusaka, the hotel has already received a number of bookings for its conference facilities as well as its rooms.
The nine-storey, 137-room Protea Hotel Lusaka Tower is situated in the Arcades Shopping and Entertainment lifestyle hub opposite the Mulungushi Conference Centre.
Protea Hotels now falls within the Marriott International Hotels portfolio.
Marriott International Middle East and Africa President and Managing Director Alex Kyriakidis said the Protea Hotel Lusaka Tower is one of more than 20 hotels (3 000 rooms) that will be opening in sub-Saharan Africa in the next four years.
“And in the Middle East and African regions as a whole, the development pipeline extends to more than 65 hotels and 14 300 rooms between now and 2018 across the various brands in the Marriott International portfolio,” he said.
These developments are taking place in, among others, Nigeria, Gabon, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Benin.
Built to meet the growing demand for conference and business accommodation in Lusaka, the hotel has already received a number of bookings for its conference facilities as well as its rooms.
The nine-storey, 137-room Protea Hotel Lusaka Tower is situated in the Arcades Shopping and Entertainment lifestyle hub opposite the Mulungushi Conference Centre.
Protea Hotels now falls within the Marriott International Hotels portfolio.
Marriott International Middle East and Africa President and Managing Director Alex Kyriakidis said the Protea Hotel Lusaka Tower is one of more than 20 hotels (3 000 rooms) that will be opening in sub-Saharan Africa in the next four years.
“And in the Middle East and African regions as a whole, the development pipeline extends to more than 65 hotels and 14 300 rooms between now and 2018 across the various brands in the Marriott International portfolio,” he said.
These developments are taking place in, among others, Nigeria, Gabon, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Benin.