The never ending woes of what was to become the Kampala Hilton Hotel

HILTON MANAGERS LEAVE KAMPALA IN HASTE AS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOTEL’S OWNERS REPORTEDLY BREAKS DOWN (Posted 21st January 2016) Full mouthed utterances bare of any sense of reality have been the hallmark of the owners of the so called Kampala Hilton Hotel, of late in hospitality trade circles referred to as the ‘Kampala WHAT Hotel’. […]

#Hilton signs for a 5 star hotel in #Kampala

KAMPALA HILTON HOTEL TO ADD 244 SUITES AND ROOMS TO UGANDA’S HOSPITALITY SCENE (Posted 11th May 2019) Hilton Hotels has signed a Management Agreement with TWED Property Development Company (TWED) to bring its flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand to Uganda. The plans for the construction of a 244-guest room property in a mixed use […]

#Travulous names their best in Entebbe and Kampala

  (Posted 01st November 2023)   The Best of Entebbe and Kampala Where to Stay and What to do? Dear ATCNews Readers, Dear Travelers, There aren’t many countries on the African continent that can match Uganda for sheer beauty and diversity. Home to approximately half the world’s population of mountain gorillas, there are a great […]

#Hilton reaches 100 hotels in #Africa

MAJOR MILESTONE FOR HILTON AS PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CONTINENT REACH THE 100 MARK (Posted 23rd September 2019) Signing of Hampton by Hilton Sandton Grayston also marks African debut for Hampton by Hilton Hilton (http://www.Hilton.com) today announced at the African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) the signing of Hampton by Hilton Sandton Grayston, a deal which marks […]

#Hilton Garden Inn opens in #Kampala #Uganda

FIRST HILTON BRAND ENTERS THE UGANDAN HOSPITALITY MARKET (Posted 10th May 2019) Hilton Hotels yesterday announced the opening of its first hotel in Uganda, a Hilton Garden Inn Kampala. The opening of the new hotel, which is part of Hilton’s award-winning midscale Hilton Garden Inn brand, follows the recent announcement of the signing of Hilton […]

#HiltonGardenInn brand expands further into #Africa

AFRICA SEES CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE HILTON GARDEN INN BRAND (Posted 02nd May 2019) Hilton Garden Inn (http://bit.ly/2UW0h7J), the Hilton Hotels globally recognized midscale hotel brand, is celebrating strong growth in Africa with four open properties and an additional 14 in the pipeline just three years after opening its first hotel on the continent in […]

#Kampala’s #HiltonGardenInn – this is what is coming to town soon

#HILTON’S ENTRY INTO KAMPALA PROMISES GREAT ADDITIONS TO THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY SCENE (Posted 07th March 2019) As recently mentioned will the new purpose built Hilton Garden Inn Kampala very likely soft open for the public in the second half of April. The article prompted many questions about what facilities the hotel will have and what […]

#Kampala’s Hilton Garden Inn’s opening now just weeks away

HILTON GARDEN INN SET FOR MID TO LATE APRIL SOFT OPENING (Posted 02nd March 2019) The new Hilton Garden Inn Kampala is by the look of it now just weeks rather than months away from the expected soft opening, which can take place as early as mid April but almost certainly by end April this […]

#Kampala hospitality scene due for some major shakeups as new brands come into play

MARRIOTT, HILTON, LATITUDE ALL SET TO SHAKE UP KAMPALA’S HOTEL INDUSTRY (Posted 23rd November 2018) While proven performers in Kampala’s hotel industry will try to build firewalls around their key clientele but also move to protect their backbone staff from being ‘poached‘ will fringe and non-performers in the industry probably rue the day they invested […]

#Balala joins #Hilton’s Nassetta to officially open #Nairobi’s first Garden Inn

HILTON’S FIRST GARDEN INN OPENS IN NAIROBI AS HOTEL GROUP EYES FURTHER EXPANSION (Posted 05th October 2018) The Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton’s midscale yet affordable global brand of hotels, today celebrated the official opening of Hilton Garden Inn Nairobi Airport. The 175-room hotel marks the arrival of the Hilton Garden Inn brand in Kenya, and […]

#Hilton set for major expansion in #Africa

HILTON PLANS TO DOUBLE ITS INVENTORY IN AFRICA (Posted 02nd October 2018) As Hilton continues to grow its presence in Africa by introducing new brands and entering new countries, Hilton today announced it is on track to more than double in size in the next five years with the opening of Legend Hotel Lagos Airport, […]

Wannabe hotel in Kampala again under the spotlight

PEARL OF AFRICA HOTEL IN KAMPALA ALLEGED TO HAVE BROKEN LABOUR LAWS (Posted 05th September 2018) In a precursor to yet another change of name and / or management have the notorious Hamid brothers yet again stepped into a legal minefield, after allegedly ordering all of the hotel’s staff to sign new temporary contracts, before […]

#Hilton’s entry into #Uganda on course for early 2019

HILTON GARDEN INN BRAND PREPARES FOR UGANDA ENTRY (Posted 08th August 2018) Hilton’s market entry into Uganda is now expected in either late Q1 or early Q2 of next year, when their Hilton Garden Inn brand will then unveil their logo on a purpose built new franchised hotel in the capital Kampala. The arrival of […]

Sovereign Hotels pull Eka and Ol Tukai from their website

THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION COMPELS SOVEREIGN HOTELS TO PULL TWO PROPERTIES FROM WEBSITE (Posted 07th October 2017) As reported here before in a breaking news development at the time had the Pearl of Africa Hotel’s new management company purported to also manage several properties in Kenya, among them the Ol Tukai Lodge in Amboseli and […]

What next for this hotel in Kampala?

HILTON – GONE QUORVUS COLLECTION – GONE … AND SO THE SAGA CONTINUES … (Posted 23rd September 2017) Some hotel owners in Kampala enjoy the dubious reputation of being notoriously difficult to work for, requiring managers to have the ability to bend like a leaf of grass in the wind, wherever it blows from as […]

Carlson Rezidor could make an entry into Kampala at the expense of Hilton

IS THE NEVER FINISHED KAMPALA HILTON SET TO BECOME A RADISSON BLU? (Posted 21st January 2017) Information has emerged that the hotel on Kampala’s Nakasero Hill, long – for the past 10 years – said to become the Kampala Hilton, is now being taken over by management of the Carlson Rezidor Group, very likely under […]

Hilton set to open new hotel in Nairobi by 2020

IN WITH THE NEW AND – THANKFULLY – OUT WITH THE OLD AS HILTON ANNOUNCES NEW HOTEL DEVELOPMENT IN NAIROBI (Posted 04th October 2016) Hilton Worldwide yesterday announced the development of a new 255 suite and room hotel, due to open by 2020 and set on Upper Hill, one of Nairobi’s fastest growing commercial hubs. […]

The mixed bag of hotel developments in Africa

HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA – WHO LEADS AND WHO TRAILS THE JUGGERNAUT (Posted 05th July 2015) Trevor Ward’s Lagos based W Hospitality Group once again took a hard look at the continent’s hotel developments and some intriguing findings came to light, worth sharing with readers. His ‘Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey’ shows that Hilton is […]

Hotel investments keep pouring into this East African capital

IS THE FIVE STAR TREND GIVING WAY TO MORE PROFITABLE FOUR AND THREE STAR HOTELS IN NAIROBI? (Posted 20th April 2015) Investors in the hotel industry in Kenya’s capital Nairobi seem to be unperturbed by the present challenges the tourism industry in particular at the coast is experiencing. The business market for hotels in the […]

More international branded hotel groups eye Kampala

RADISSON BLU ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR A HOTEL IN UGANDA (Posted 06th October 2014) Uganda remains a target for international hotel groups with Rezidor’s Radisson Blu brand the latest to announce a planned entry into the country. Information received from the recently ended Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Addis Ababa indicates that the company will be […]

Sheraton Kampala change of guard this Thursday

SHERATON KAMPALA BIDS FAREWELL TO CHRIS POLLARD AND WELCOMES IAN DUNCAN (Posted 15th January 2014) (Ian Duncan, the new General Manager of the Sheraton Kampala Hotel) When Chris Pollard arrived at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel, a long agenda of ‘things to do’ awaited him and as coincidences play out, I was one of the first […]

Africa Hotel Investment Forum returns to the Nairobi InterContinental Hotel in September

AFRICA HOTEL INVESTMENT FORUM RETURNS TO THE NAIROBI INTERCONTINENTAL September 25 and 26 were given to this correspondent from a hospitality source at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, when the hugely successful Africa Hotel Investment Forum will return for the second year running to Kenya’s capital Nairobi, bringing the global hospitality giants together with smaller […]

Burundi’s capital Bujumbura set to get a ‘DoubleTree by Hilton’

HILTON BRINGS DOUBLE TREE BRAND TO BURUNDI Information was confirmed over the weekend that following the signing by Serena Hotels with the Burundian government to take over the Hotel Source du Nil, a second major brand will come to the capital Bujumbura. Hilton Hotels have taken on the former Novotel, a 130 suite and room […]

Another new opening date announced for the so called Kampala Hilton

KAMPALA HILTON MORE EMPTY PROMISES OR FOR REAL THIS TIME Officials of the AYA Group have yesterday announced that the hotel, due for completion by October 2007 when the Commonwealth Summit was held in Kampala, would now finally open its doors in March 2013. Full mouthed statements, often bordering the grotesque if not outright incompetent, […]

East African Media Summit, Nairobi/Kenya, Hilton Hotel, March 14 and 15

EAST AFRICAN MEDIA SUMMIT SET FOR NAIROBI The Nairobi Hilton Hotel will be the venue for this year’s East African Media Summit, which is jointly organised by the East African Community and the East African Business Council. The two day meeting will take place from 14th until 15th of March, a year after being held […]

The Aya’s are back in the headlines and not for a good reason

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS POKE FUN AT PROMOTERS OF THE SO CALLED ‘KAMPALA HILTON HOTEL’ (Posted 24th March 2015) The Aya brothers, notorious for promising in 2006 to finish their hotel at a rate of one floor a week ahead of the 2007 Commonwealth Summit and repeatedly afterwards uttering empty promises that the hotel would be […]

World Travel Awards hand #Kenya dozens of wins

KENYA WINS BIG AGAIN AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS INCLUDING MORE THAN A DOZEN CONTINENTAL AWARDS (Posted 10th November 2020) Kenya has won big again at the first ever virtual edition of the World Travel Awards. The country again bagged the top accolades for Africa as Africa’s Leading Destination, for Africa’s Leading Luxury Hotel – the […]

Uganda spells out guidelines for post lockdown hospitality restart

UGANDA PUBLISHES STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE GUIDELINES BUT SOME HOTEL COMPANIES EXCEED THEM WITH ADDED MEASURES (Posted 28th June 2020) Uganda has now published what is commonly referred to as SOP’s, short for Standard Operating Procedures, applicable to restaurants and hotels when, after a nearly 3 months lockdown – incidentally with not a shilling in compensation […]