Radisson Hotel opens in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia


Radisson Hotel Group has signed Radisson Hotel Bahir Dar, located in the northeast of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.

It will be the first Radisson branded hotel and the group’s fourth hotel in the country.

This deal brings the group’s portfolio to almost 100 hotels in operation and underdevelopment in Africa.

The Radisson Hotel Bahir Dar will be located on the shores of Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake which has been nominated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, just eight kilometers from the international airport.

The city is home to some of the world’s oldest monasteries and churches, and the hotel will sit just 25 kilometers from Tis Abbai Falls, one of Ethiopia’s best-known tourist attractions.CONTINUE READING