Carlson Rezidor expands into Nairobi
CARLSON Rezidor will open the first Radisson Blu Residence
in Nairobi late next year. The 123-unit property will be located
adjacent to State House. It will be Carlson Rezidor’s third project
in Nairobi and the group’s fifth Radisson Blu Residence in Africa.
The group’s portfolio features 65 hotels in 27 countries in Africa.
Its first hotel in Africa, the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel in Cape
Town, opened in 2000 and this year the group opened eight
hotels in Africa followed by two resorts in Mauritius. Five further
openings are expected by year-end, among them Radisson Blu
flagships in Lomé; Maputo; and Nairobi as well as the first Park
Inn by Radisson in Nigeria.
Simbavati to start next phase of refurb
SIMBAVATI River Lodge in the Timbavati Game Reserve, which
forms part of the Greater Kruger National Park, will be closed for
refurbishments for two weeks from the end of November until
the beginning of December. The second phase of the
refurbishments includes redecorating public areas and replacing
four of the eight luxury tents with newly designed chalets. The
first phase of refurbishments took place in May and included
re-thatching the public areas and construction of a waterhole in
front of the lodge.
