Hyatt Hotels Corporation revealed that additional Hyatt-branded hotels are expected to open in the continent by the end of 2020.
Hyatt will debut the first dual-branded Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels on the continent, return with the Hyatt brand in Cairo, open Park Hyatt and Hyatt Regency hotels in Morocco and enter three new markets for the first time: Algeria, Ethiopia, and Senegal.
Of Hyatt’s expected nine new hotels, five are new market entries:
- Algeria: Hyatt Regency Algiers Airport (expected to open in Q1 2019)
- Ethiopia: Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa (expected to open Q4 2018)
- Kenya: Hyatt Place Nairobi/Westlands and Hyatt House Nairobi/Westlands (expected to open in 2020)
- Senegal: Hyatt Centric Dakar (expected to open in Q1 2019)
In Africa’s established markets, Hyatt is expanding its brand footprint in:
- Cairo: Hyatt Regency Cairo West (expected to open in 2020) will mark the second Hyatt-branded hotel in Egypt and return of the Hyatt flag to Egypt’s capital
- Morocco: Park Hyatt Marrakech (expected to open in 2020) and Hyatt Regency Taghazout (expected to open in Q3 2019) will represent the third and fourth Hyatt-branded hotels in Morocco
- Tanzania: Hyatt Regency Arusha (expected to open in mid-2019) will mark the third Hyatt-branded hotel in the country
Last year, the company made strides in Kenya and is entering East Africa with a strategic plan to expand the footprint in the continent, Hyatt’s regional vice president development for Africa, Tejas Shah.
“There is huge potential for further growth in Africa, and our approach is to grow thoughtfully in markets where our guests are traveling,” Shah added.
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