I-Hilton isendleleni yokuphindaphinda ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ezinyathelweni zayo e-Afrika

Njengoba iqhubeka nokukhulisa ubukhona bayo e-Afrika ngokwethula imikhiqizo emisha nokungena emazweni amasha, iHilton (NYSE: HLT) namuhla imemezele ukuthi isendleleni yobukhulu obungaphezulu kokuphindwe kabili eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo ngokuvulwa kweLegend Hotel Lagos Airport, Iqoqo leCurio nguHilton - iqoqo lokuqala lenkampani iCurio Collection yihhotela laseHilton e-Afrika.

I-Legend Hotel Lagos Airport itholakala eMurtala Muhammed International Airport, esebenzela abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisishiyagalombili unyaka nonyaka. Ihhotela lesitayela liseduze nendawo yokugcina izindiza yangasese yesikhumulo sezindiza futhi linedeski elikhethekile labokufika kanye namasiko ehhotela labagibeli bezindiza ezizimele. Kukhethwe ukuba yingxenye yeqoqo elikhethekile lamahhotela akhethekile nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezibungazelwa ubuntu bazo, ihhotela lijoyina amahhotela angaphezu kuka-60 e-Curio Collection emhlabeni jikelele. Leli yihhotela lokuqala laseHilton eLagos futhi elesibili liseNigeria, linamanye amahhotela ayisikhombisa asepayipini lentuthuko yezwe.

Ekhuluma ngaphambi kwe-Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) eNairobi, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO kaHilton, uChris Nassetta, uthe: “Siyaqhubeka nokusungula e-Afrika ngemikhiqizo nemikhiqizo emisha, futhi kuyasijabulisa ukwethula umkhiqizo wethu weCurio Collection lapha ukuvulwa kweLegend Hotel Lagos Airport. Njengoba izwekazi liqhubeka nokuthuthuka ngokushesha emadolobheni, i-UN ibikezela ukuthi amadolobha ayi-10 akhula ngesivinini esikhulu emhlabeni wonke azoba se-Afrika ngonyaka ka-2035, leli hhotela liyingxenye yesu lethu lokuxhuma izivakashi emadolobheni amakhulu nasezikhumulweni zezindiza esifundeni sonke. ”

UHilton ubona isidingo esikhulu semikhiqizo yayo kulo lonke izwekazi futhi ulindele ukuvula amahhotela ayisishiyagalombili esewonke e-Afrika kulo nyaka, amathathu awo azondiza ngaphansi kwefulegi leHilton Garden Inn. Lo mkhiqizo unxenxa ukwanda komoya wabahambi abasezingeni eliphakathi nase-Afrika yonkana futhi inkampani ilindele ukuvula okungenani amahhotela ayi-16 eHilton Garden Inn eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo, kufaka phakathi ukungena komkhiqizo eKampala, eGhana, eMalawi, eSwatini (phambilini okwakunguSwaziland) kanye ezinye izindawo eziningi ezinamasu ngaphesheya kwe-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara.

Ngonyaka owedlule, uHilton wethule iHilton Africa Growth Initiative, ezosekela ukuguqulwa kwamahhotela akhona abe yimikhiqizo yaseHilton ngokutshalwa kwezimali okungama-US $ 50 million eminyakeni emihlanu. Ngaleso sikhathi, uHilton ulindele ukuthola amathuba okuguqulwa ayi-100 ngamakamelo angaba ngu-15-20,000 afakwe kuphothifoliyo yawo ukuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo samahhotela anezimpawu ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezwenikazi lonke.

UHilton uzibophezele ekukhuleni nasethubeni kulo lonke elase-Afrika futhi ubelokhu ekhona njalo ezwenikazi kusukela ngo-1959. Njengoba kunamahhotela angu-41 avulekile nama-53 asepayipini lentuthuko e-Afrika, uHilton ulindele ukuphindaphinda unyawo lwawo kulo lonke izwekazi eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo. Lokhu kufaka ukungena kwamakethe emazweni ayi-13 lapho kungasebenzi khona njengamanje kubandakanya iBotswana, iGhana, iSwatini (phambilini eyayiyiSwaziland), i-Uganda, iMalawi neRwanda.