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Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts'Royal Palm' in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Royal Palm Hotel offers a total of 251 modern, fully equipped rooms, with 9 Junior Suites, a Diplomatic Suite and a Presidential Suite. Other amenities include a fitness centre with sauna, an outdoor pool, a hair and beauty salon, as well as offering tennis, squash and golf facilities nearby. Culinary treats include the steak specialities served at the Tradewinds Restaurant and the ever popular Mövenpick gastronomic delights at the Serengeti Restaurant. Refreshments and light meals are also served at the Kibo Bar or Pool Bar.
"We're delighted that, thanks to our partner Kingdom Hotel Investments, we now have our very first hotel under management in Central Africa, complementing our hotel project in Accra, Ghana. The region has great potential for other Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, which is why we're keeping a very close eye on the market," explains Jean Gabriel Pérès, President & CEO Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts. "The Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel Dar es Salaam represents yet another milestone in our expansion strategy, and we firmly believe that, based on our successes in North Africa, our brand will very soon become synonymous with genuine Swiss hospitality in East Africa too," adds Bernard Granier, Senior Vice President France, North & Central Africa. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts currently enjoys international representation with 70 hotels in operation and under construction. MH&R manages two hotel types, the business and conference hotels and the holiday resorts. The business hotels are located near cities or airports and cater for the needs of business travellers. Holiday resorts are located in ideal leisure destinations. The Hotel Group is currently represented in the following 18 countries: Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and in Tanzania. |
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Mövenpick
Hotels and Resorts Expands into Central Africa and Takes
Over Business Hotel in TanzaniaIn keeping with its expansion
objectives, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has now
gained a foothold in Central Africa: It has just signed a
management agreement with Kingdom Hotel Investments for the
takeover of an existing 4-star business hotel in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania. Since January 2005 the hotel is known as
the Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel Dar es Salaam.
Set
within lush tropical gardens in the city centre of Dar es
Salaam, the Royal Palm Hotel is a 20 minute drive from the
International Airport. While it is aimed first and foremost
at international business clientele, the hotel is also
ideally suited as a base for individual travellers keen to
discover tropical Tanzania and its plethora of sights, which
include Zanzibar, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti National
Park as well as the Ngorongoro Crater renown for its
wildlife safaris.
The
comprehensive range of conference and banquet facilities
which can cater up to 440 participants and the lavishly
furnished Business Centre provide business executives with
the ideal conditions to stage successful meetings and
events. Furthermore the hotel offers high speed internet
access as well as wireless access in the public areas.
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