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Source: The Star - The supply of upscale hotel rooms in Nairobi is set to increase as local and global hotel properties plan to enter the market between now and 2014....

Kempinski AG, the luxury hotel chain, will open properties in three African countries this year and is looking at projects in five more, the company’s president said....

Lonrho has added a new 5-star hotel in Gaborone, Botswana to the Lonrho Hotels portfolio. The group will open the new hotel in July 2012....

Hotels in Africa keep leveling off their development in hot markets and exploring new areas, improving the accommodation suppply and creating jobs in Africa. ...

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced the official opening of the 260-room Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in the Ghanaian capital Accra. Originally built and presented as a gift by the United Kingdom to Ghana after gaining independence in 1957, the completely rebuilt Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra is ideally located downtown in the central business district, close to Government ministries, major financial institutions, Accra International Conference Centre and only 7km from Kotoka International Airport....

On Saturday, 1 October 2011, Meliá Hotels & Resorts will open a resort on the exotic island of Zanzibar in Tanzania....

Press Release – Africa’s Eden. Africa’s Eden announced that it will re-open its Loango Lodge in Gabon for international guests on 15 December 2011. Africa’s Eden, which is the pioneer of safari tourism to Gabon, had suspended its operation in mid-2010 following access difficulties. These difficulties have now been resolved and reliable aviation connections have been re-established. ...

Rezidor Hotel Group has announced the opening of a new mid-market hotel in Tunisia....

Africa now ranks among the fastest growing economic regions in the world, according to a recent report (June 2011) by the McKinsey Global Institute....

Kenya Tourism Ministry is reportedly working on a concept to integrate culinary tourism in its strategy. ...