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perspectives

special feature

developing
destinations
By Alia Akkam, Rebecca Lo, Tamara Thiessen,
and Stacy Shoemaker Rauen

1

AROUND THE GLOBE
From established and growing to untapped and developing, these
seven destinations are hotel development hotbeds

2

1+2. Renderings of
guestrooms at the Best
Western Noah and
the Best Western Plus
Abyssinia, both in Addis
Ababa.

Africa

> Although the courtyard-dotted riads of Marrakech and luxe
safari lodges of Johannesburg have helped make North and South Africa
choice travel destinations, the second largest and second most-populous
continent has long been associated with unrest and poverty more than
robust tourism. Yet Africa is in transition. With promising stability,
accelerating economies, and improving infrastructures, hospitality
developments are on the rise throughout the entire region.

Big Brands Brewing

Last fall, Marriott International signed a letter of intent to acquire Cape
Town-based Protea Hotel Group's operations and brands. Although
dominant in South Africa, Protea is also well recognized in Malawi,
Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, and the acquisition would nearly
double Marriott's presence in Africa to more than 23,000 rooms.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts is also maximizing its stake in Africa,
with plans to open 15 hotels there in the next five years. Next year, two

new Sheratons will make their debut: the Sheraton Conakry Hotel in the
Republic of Guinea and the Sheraton Juba Hotel on the banks of the Nile
in the Republic of South Sudan. When the Sheraton Nouakchott Hotel
opens in 2017, it will be the first internationally branded offering in the
capital of Mauritania.
Additionally, European luxury brand Kempinski Hotels, after having
successfully opened two properties in Kenya last year, has decided to roll
out five more in Africa in 2014, including Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast
City in Accra, Ghana (with organic cuisine and the first branded Resense
Spa on the continent); the Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski in Cairo; and
the 450-room Kempinski Hotel Oyala in Equatorial Guinea. Plans are also

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