Carlson Rezidor has launched ‘Destination 2022’, a five-year expansion drive that aims to grow its current portfolio from 78 to 120 hotels in Africa by the end of 2022.
Andrew McLachlan, senior vp of Business Development Africa & Indian Ocean, says the Group will also introduce a new brand into Africa early next year. He declined to elaborate, except that the brand would be pitched between the Group’s Radisson Blu and Park Inn products.
Following the Cape Town launch, the group plans to open a total of 10 Radisson Red hotels in Africa over the next five years, including in Johannesburg, Durban, Maputo, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Luanda and Lagos.
In addition, three luxury Quorvus Collection hotels are under construction in Lagos, Abuja and Kampala. A total of 10 Quorvus Collection properties are planned for Africa, including one in Johannesburg, to be announced in the next six months.
McLachlan adds that the group plans to have Park Inns in at least eight of the nine provincial capitals in South Africa, as well as multiple Park Inns in multiple locations in Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
