In a bid to provide enough hotel rooms for the 2007 Commonwealth summit, Uganda is building hotels to accommodate the 54 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated for November 2007.

Work to build a 90-million U.S. dollar five-star hotel in downtown Kampala. The Hibiscus Hotel under construction will displace former Uganda Television (now Uganda Broadcasting Corporation) in Nakasero, neighboring the State House in Kampala in an investment of Mohammed Aya, a Sudanese tycoon. The hotel will encompass executive suites, lounges, restaurants, tennis and squash courts and top quality health spas and indoor swimming pools, a lot of work should be put in the planning from the grassroots,” Seifert said.

Currently there are about 800 hotel rooms of international standard in Kampala and Entebbe. But Uganda needs at least 3,000 hotel rooms of international standard and 60 presidential suites to host the summit.The country there fore is working hard to provide the rooms in time for the Meeting which will also be attended by the Queen of England.

By Kisibo Jackie
Uganda Hotel News