Saro-Maria, a four star hotel, was inaugurated on Tuesday, 30 July, 2013. in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The city is seeing growing demand for hotel accommodation. Addis Ababa has only 110 hotels with fewer than 5,500 rooms. The city’s top 10 hotels currently show occupancy rates in excess of 90 percent, Capital reported.

“Clearly, this new facility has been created as a result of an increasing potential for mid-scale flag properties, after the emergence of brands like the Sheraton, Hilton, Marriot and Radisson Blu secured footholds in the market”, Saro-Maria’s general manager, Samuel Omalla told Capital. Saro-Maria Hotel has more than 90 rooms, including 24 suites, 12 family rooms, 18 king size extra rooms and 42 king and standard twin rooms and other facilities such as, swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, steam bath and massage parlor, business center.

Saro-Maria Hotel is owned by Alemeyehu Nigussie, the owner of Yes spring water.

Source: Capital