Radison Blu will open a second hotel in Ethiopia after negotiations with Sahle & Family Business Group, signing a management contract with Carlson Rezidor Group.

Five international hotels have shown interest to manage Sahle’s five star hotel situated on a 2000 meter squares of plot in Bole, Peacock park. Rezidor will be in charge for the exclusive management of Radison Blu, including marketing and recruitment along with international standards.

The agreement was signed on December 19, 2015, between Andrew Malachon, vice Head of Business Development, Africa and Indian Ocean in the Rezidor Group and Kifle Sahle, owner of Sahle Group.

The new building, which has been under construction for the past two years, will be named ‘Radison Blu Plaza’. It has 16 storeys and 168 rooms and will begin operation in 18 months.

The hotel project costs 700 million Birr and will create jobs for 300 people when it starts operation.Sahle & Family Business Group fashioned the makeup of the building to fit for a hotel service. Sahle is active in the garment sector located at Lebu area in the East-western part of Addis Ababa.

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the world’s largest hotel groups with more than 1,370 hotels in operation and under development in over 110 countries. It has more than 88,000 staff employees.

Quorvus Collection, Radisson Hotels, Radisson Blu, Radisson Red, Country Inns & Suites Park Inns and Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts are the Group’s hotel brands.

The first Radisson Blu is found in Kazanchis and recently received five star grading by Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Source: Capital