Marriott opens new hotel in Rwanda

It is Marriott‘s first hotel in sub-Saharan Africa.

The new hotel is located in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

The hotel features 254 rooms and also offers meeting spaces with modern amenities to cater to the demands of this rapidly growing market.

Marriott International president and CEO Arne Sorenson said: “Rwanda is going through an economic transformation and we are proud to be a part of it.

“Coupled with that transformation is a mutual promise for opportunity — both for Marriott as a hospitality company and for the associates and partners who will help us succeed in this market.”

The American hotel company stated that its new hotel in Rwanda would create 500 jobs in the region.

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, Rwanda's travel and tourism industry generated 7.1% of the country's GDP in 2015 and predicts it to rise at 4.1% annually through 2025.

Marriott's president and managing director for Middle East and Africa region Alex Kyriakidis said: “I have the privilege of being able to open hotels in one of the most fascinating and fastest-growing parts of the world.

“But there is something about this project that is particularly fulfilling. Every time we open a hotel, we know there is an enormous positive impact on a community. But here, in Rwanda, that impact is magnified by the sustainable approach we have taken to both staffing and supplying the hotel.”