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

Mulago Hospital senior nurses on Tuesday vacated their official residences in Nakasero to give way for the construction of a $90m hotel to be constructed by Sudanese-owned AYA Industries.

The hotel is expected to be ready for the Commonwealth summit next year. This construction must be done in 12 months since this is the deadline and the remaining 6 months will give the hotels time to train their staff for the common wealth meeting which will be attended by 52 heads of state.

A representative of the investor on Monday met the nurses and explained to them the need to vacate the quarters, composed of two blocks with four flats each, one block of two flats and several servants’ rooms.

By Kisibo Jackie
Uganda Hotel News

East African readers of Travel News magazine have voted Sheraton Kampala Hotel as the best city hotel and best business hotel in Kampala.

Sheraton hotel was voted best by magazine Travel News readers because of quality services, which put the customer at the heart of the Business.

Sheraton Kampala Hotel is a 4 star hotel, which offers a wide range of services to its guests.

By Kisibo Jackie
Uganda hotel News

Major hotels in Kampala have blacklisted the foreign affairs ministry for non-payment of bills totalling over sh40m. Foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa said the ministry would require sh124m for hotel accommodation next financial year to enable it clear the debt.

He said in international practice, envoys are accorded hospitality, which includes accommodation, transport and meals. “The envoys have to be accommodated in befitting hotels around Kampala to reciprocate the hospitality accorded to Ugandan envoys when abroad,” he said.

Kutesa was presenting the ministry’s budget estimates for the 2006/07 financial year before the parliamentary committee on presidential and foreign affairs.

He said the ministry had accumulated domestic arrears to other service providers amounting to sh449m.

By Kisibo Jackie
Uganda hotel news

Sheraton Kampala Hotel has pledged to continue supporting Sanyu Babies Home. The Hotel handed-over a sh4.8m cheque to Joyce Lulindya, the administrator of Sanyu Babies Home, recently.
The general manager Jawaid Akhtar said that the 900 Sheraton hotels worldwide feel that it is a moral commitment to give money to charity organisations to alleviate the plight of the poor. “We would like to continue supporting Sanyu Babies Home,”
Akhtar said

Sheraton’s sales executive Jacqueline Nalubega said the company donated sh11m to the home earlier on.

By Kisibo Jackie
Uganda hotel news