Protea Hotels will invest more than $22 million in opening up a new hotel resort on the shores of Lake Kivu in Western Rwanda.
Stuart Cook, the Managing Director of Protea Hotels East Africa, and Igor Cesar, project manager of Kivu Marina Bay Project, with Ambassador Yamina Karitanyi, head of tourism and conservation at Rwanda development board signed a final deal in Ethiopia, this October 2
The hotel resort, which is expected to be completed in 2016, will be a joint shareholders venture and will be known as the Protea Kivu Marina Resort.
Last week, Protea Hotels East Africa Managing Director penned a hotel development partnership deal with the Diocese of Rusizi and the 7 districts which make up the Western Province of Rwanda.
The new Protea Kivu Marina Resort will offer 76 suites and rooms and a range of leisure facilities to attract more tourist in Rwanda.al guests to this scenic part of Rwanda.
The new resort, when open, will be an ideal base to sail the lake, hike across some of the islands and visit the scenic surroundings of the area with Nyungwe’s primates just an hour’s drive away from the airport.
Protea Hotels, one of Africa’s largest hotel chains and its entry into Rwanda is expected to boost the tourism and hospitality sector setting a competition among the existing hotels.