Rotana Declares First 5-Star Resort in Somalia

In collaboration with Riverside Holding, Rotana is developing the primary luxurious lodge in Somalia, the Mogadishu Rotana. The five-star lodge is slated for completion in 2026 and can comprise 321 keys, together with 261 visitor rooms and 60 lodge residences. The lodge’s services will embody health and spa facilities, a wide range of eating choices, occasion venues, and retail areas.

The lodge’s design achieves a singular mix of recent sophistication with native cultural parts, aiming to be a logo of Mogadishu’s revival. Located close to Aden Adde Worldwide Airport, the lodge kinds a part of a complete redevelopment plan for the capital metropolis. Different deliberate developments embrace a conference middle, hospital, shopping center, residential properties, a enterprise park, and a college.

Aleph Hospitality will handle the Mogadishu Rotana’s day-to-day operations. The Dubai-based firm, the biggest impartial hospitality administration firm within the Center East and Africa, brings its intensive lodge administration expertise and regional information to the challenge.

Philip Barnes, CEO of Rotana, expressed his satisfaction within the challenge and said that they goal to determine the lodge as a middle for worldwide enterprise, tourism, and cultural trade. Barnes emphasised Rotana’s dedication to remodeling Somalia’s hospitality trade and contributing to the nation’s revitalization efforts.

Equally, Jibril Hassan Mohamed, Chairman of Riverside Holding, expressed optimism about collaborating with Rotana, stating that it represents a major development in Somalia’s hospitality sector. He expressed confidence that the challenge will set a brand new regional customary and contribute to Mogadishu’s financial and cultural renaissance.

Bani Haddad, Founder and Managing Director of Aleph Hospitality, expressed pleasure about managing their first lodge in Somalia and appears ahead to working with Riverside Holdings and Rotana.

The Mogadishu Rotana would be the 118th property in Rotana’s portfolio, which additionally contains an upcoming 140-key sustainable lodge house in Dakar, Senegal, and different luxurious lodge initiatives in Accra, Cotonou, Cairo, and Luxor. Rotana manages 81 resorts throughout the Center East, Africa, Jap Europe, and Turkey, serving over six million friends yearly.