Njengamanje, iRadisson Hotel Group inamahhotela acishe abe yi-100 namagumbi angu-16,000 asebenzayo futhi asathuthukiswa e-Afrika.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule kuphela, iQembu livule amahhotela angaphezu kuka-16 esifundeni futhi lathola amahhotela amasha angaphezu kuka-25, amele amakamelo engeziwe angaphezu kuka-4,800 kumgodlagodla walo. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iRadisson Hotel Group yamemezela ukuthi isiwudlulile umgomo wayo wokukhula kwesigamu sonyaka e-Afrika ngokuvuleka okusha okujabulisayo nokungenela ezimakethe kuzo zonke izindawo zamabhizinisi nezokungcebeleka. Lokhu kubeka iQembu esihlokweni sokufinyelela izinjongo zalo zokwengeza amahhotela ayi-150 ezwenikazi eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo – okulenza libe ngenye yezinkampani zamahhotela ezikhula ngokushesha kakhulu e-Afrika yonkana unyaka nonyaka.
Ephawula kwi-Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), ngokukhula nokukhula kweQembu ngokungenakuqhathaniswa ezwenikazi lonke, u-Elie Younes, iPhini likaMongameli Omkhulu kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu Sokuthuthukiswa Komhlaba, iRadisson Hotel Group, uthi, “Iminyaka emibili edlule ibe yisikhathi ukukhula okusheshisiwe kweRadisson Hotel Group efinyelela amarekhodi amarekhodi esifundeni nasemhlabeni jikelele. Isu lethu lokuthuthukisa elinokulinganisela kanye nendlela yethu elungiselelwe kanye nokusabela, kusenza sikwazi ukuhlala sihambisana nabanikazi bethu. Izinga lethu lokwenza izinto ezibonakalayo kanye nokuvuleka kwethu liwubufakazi bekhwalithi yepayipi lethu kodwa futhi lihumusha isu lethu lokuguqula ekubekeni kabusha amahhotela akhona ngaphansi kolunye lwemikhiqizo yethu ye-Radisson Hotel Group. Unyaka ka-2023 kakade kulindeleke ukuthi uhlale unethemba ngokuvulwa kwamahhotela ayisishiyagalolunye phakathi nonyaka, okuzoqinisa kuphela ukuba khona kweQembu lethu esifundeni sonke.”
“Njengoba sihlonishwa njengomholi wemakethe ezwenikazi lonke, sisesimweni esihle sokukhuluma ngamathuba amaningi akhona endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi zase-Afrika. NjengeQembu, sikwenze kwaba yinto ehamba phambili ukuhlanganisa isabelo sethu semakethe ezimakethe ezibalulekile esigxile kuzo kodwa futhi sandise ezindaweni ezintsha, siqinise ubuholi bethu njengenkampani yamahhotela ehluke kakhulu ngokwezindawo e-Afrika yonkana” kwengeza u-Ramsay Rankoussi, Iphini Likamongameli Wezokuthuthukiswa Iqembu e-Afrika.
Izimakethe ezibalulekile zohlelo lokukhulisa i-Afrika yeQembu zifaka i-Morocco, iNigeria, iNingizimu Afrika, i-Egypt, i-Cameroon, iSenegal kanye ne-Ivory Coast, okubonisa ukubeka eqhulwini okulinganayo emazweni akhuluma i-Francophone kanye ne-Anglophone.
Okugqamile kusuka ngo-2022 kuze kube manje kufaka phakathi ukungena ezimakethe ezintsha ezibalulekile zase-Afrika. I-Radisson Hotel Group yandise ubukhona bayo e-Madagascar ngephothifoliyo yamahhotela amathathu, yaba inkampani yamazwe ngamazwe enkulu kunazo zonke esiqhingini. Ukunweba ubukhona beQembu libe yizifunda ezintsha, ihhotela lokuqala elinophawu lweRadisson eMpumalanga Afrika, iRadisson Hotel Addis Ababa Bole Airport, lasayinwa ngo-2022, kanye nohlobo lweRadisson Individuals yethulwa ezwenikazi ngokuvulwa kwezakhiwo ezimbili ezintsha, Inombolo Yokuqala. I-Oxford Street Hotel & Suites, ilungu le-Radisson Individuals, eGhana, kanye ne-Marina Resort Port Ghalib, ilungu le-Radisson Individuals, e-Marsa Allam, e-Egypt.
Elinye iphuzu eliphezulu onyakeni i-Radisson Blu, okuwuphawu lwamahhotela olukhula ngokushesha kakhulu e-Afrika ngokwenani lamahhotela, aklonyeliswe ‘I-Africa’s Leading Hotel Brand’ kuma-World Travel Awards, ahlonishwa umhlaba wonke njengophawu lokugcina lwekhwalithi.
I-Radisson Hotel Group nayo isanda kumemezela ukuvulwa kwehhotela i-Radisson Blu, i-Juba, ihhotela lokuqala lezinkanyezi ezi-5 eNingizimu Sudan, futhi yaqhubeka namasu ayo okukhulisa izindawo zokungcebeleka ngokusayinwa kweRadisson Resort Dakar Saly eSenegal. Kuphinde kwaba nesimemezelo se-Radisson Blu Hotel, e-Livingstone e-Zambia kanye neminikelo ezayo ye-Radisson Safari Hotel, e-Hoedspruit, zombili okumele zivulwe ezinyangeni ezizayo. Ukwengeza, iQembu liqinise ubukhona balo e-Tunisia ngokuvulwa kwakamuva kwe-Radisson Sfax kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha kwe-La Maison Blanche Tunis njengendawo ye-Radisson Individuals. ENingizimu Afrika, iQembu landise iphothifoliyo yalo ezindaweni ezingaphezu kweziyi-14 ngokuvulwa kwesengezo sakamuva, iRadisson Blu Hotel Durban Umhlanga. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, iQembu lisayine emasontweni edlule iRadisson Collection Marsa Allam, e-Egypt enamagumbi angama-294 kanye neRadisson Serviced Apartments, eYaoundé, enamakamelo angama-220 - womabili avulwa ngo-2024 futhi aphinde aqinise ubukhona beqembu ezimakethe ezibalulekile okugxilwe kuzo.
