Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has marked its entry into the North African market with the opening of the $45-million Golden Resort in Sharm Al-Shaikh. The company will be managing the property on behalf of the Egyptian owner, Al-Dahabia for Tourist Resorts.
Another two new properties are scheduled to open in Taba and Hurghada early next year and an additional one in Al-Quasir by 2003. The compan’y expansion strategy for the Middle East and North Africa region targets having ten properties in Egypt by 2003, according to Regional Director Thorsten Kirschke. Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts currently operates properties in Amman, Aqaba, Baku, Istanbul, Kuwait, Manama and Muscat.
On the southern tip of the Red Sea’s Sinai Peninsula, the five-star Radisson SAS Golden Resort is set among more than 30 acres of landscaped gardens with waterfalls, rivers, 22 individually-designed bridges and a variety of over 100 types of tropical plants and trees. The resort has 328 guest rooms and suites in Tropical, Arabian and Marina Club themes, conference rooms and a 200-seat open-air theatre.
The resort offers a wide variety of restaurants and outlets, as well as a gym and a spa, three swimming pools, a private beach, three tennis courts, a beach volleyball court and jogging tracks. The resort also has its own diving center.
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts currently includes 110 hotels in operation and 32 hotels under development in 38 countries and is the sole franchiser in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for Radisson Hotels & Resorts. Radisson Hotels & Resorts and its parent company Carlson Hospitality Worldwide includes 750 hotel and resort locations representing 130,658 guest rooms in 63 countries plus six luxury cruise ships sailing worldwide. — (Mena Report)
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