Radisson RED to Debut in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Date: October 2018

Location: Boulevard de Gaulle, Abidjan Plateau, Ivory Coast

Name: Radisson RED Hotel Abidjan Plateau, Ivory Coast – opening 2021

No. of Keys: 165 studio rooms and suites.

Radisson RED Hotel Abidjan Plateau is Radisson Hotel Group’s second Radisson RED signing in Africa and will be the first lifestyle select upscale hotel in Abidjan, a major Francophone capital city in Africa.

Andrew McLachlan, Senior Vice President, Development, sub-Sahara Africa, Radisson Hotel Group, said: “We are thrilled to be kicking off the Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2018 with the signing of our second Radisson RED hotel in Africa and to be introducing this connected, style savvy and social brand to the fast-growing city of Abidjan.

We have identified a number of key cities in Africa, such as Johannesburg, Durban, Lagos, Dakar, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, which are perfectly suited to the Radisson RED brand, our lifestyle select upscale hotel that presents a playful twist on the conventional.”

The Groups African portfolio consists of 90+ hotels with 18,000+ rooms in operation and under development.

The hotel’s food & drink offering will include a Redeli and Ouibar, a premium deli with the soul of a bar as well as a trendy rooftop bar and terrace with panoramic city and ocean views.

The leisure facilities will include a rooftop swimming pool and a fully equipped gym, creating a buzzing interactive social scene. The meeting and events space area will break tradition with its modern event studio and four reading rooms.

THPT Comment: Radisson’s RED brand is growing nicely and the future sounds rosy!

First Seen: Radisson website