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2014
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Table 2
Countries in the Pipeline by sub-region.
Central
Cameroun
Chad
Congo
DRC
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Uganda
North
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
South
Angola
Mauritius
Mozambique
South Africa
Zambia
West
Benin Republic
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea Republic
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
East
Burundi
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
have also not seen any pipeline action in the
past three years, but this has changed with a
planned Noom hotel in Kinshasa (DRC) and
two Kempinski hotels, in Oyala (Equatorial
Guinea) and Kinshasa.
There are 10 African countries which have
no existing branded supply. This list of ‘hotel
deserts’ is shrinking fast, as seven of them
– Burundi, DRC, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger,
Sierra Leone and South Sudan – now have
hotels in the 2014 development pipeline.
Burundi, DRC, Mauritania and Sierra Leone
all have hotels that are scheduled to open in
2014. The lack of activity in the other three
countries – Comoros, Eritrea and Somalia – is,
to some, not surprising.
Southern Africa
Of note is the comparative lack of activity in
Southern Africa in terms of new hotel deals.
Of the total 16 hotels and 2 443 rooms in the
Southern African pipeline, South
Africa is the most active, representing
more than half of the pipeline for
the region, with nine hotels and
1 293 rooms.
There are eight Southern African
countries with no pipeline data
recorded – Botswana, Lesotho, Mada-
gascar, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles,
Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
West Africa
Nigeria ranks highest both in terms of
the number of hotels and the number
of hotel rooms in the pipeline.
Its pipeline is almost 40% larger than
the second-ranked country, Morocco.
Both Libya and Egypt have much
larger hotels in the pipeline, close to
double those in Nigeria and Morocco.
Of the five North African countries,
Libya is the top performer in terms of
growth, despite the ongoing unrest
there, adding three hotels to its 2014
pipeline, an addition of 869 rooms,
up 62% on 2013.
Nigeria loses its first position in the
previous ranking by number of planned
rooms and moves to fourth place – with only
37% of signed rooms under construction,
Nigeria has the least percentage of new rooms
on site of any of the top 10. This reflects both
the pace of the growth in the pipeline, as well
as the slow pace of getting projects started in
that country.
Ethiopia and Senegal lose their positions
in the top 10 to Cote d’Ivoire and Rwanda,
who have more projects actively on site than
the former two.
The renewed interest in Cote d’Ivoire
in recent years is as a result of the return to
political stability, after many years of civil
war, which is encouraging economic growth
in the country. The progressive policies
adopted by the current government adminis-
tration will help this West African nation back
Table 3
Top 10 Brands by number of planned hotels and rooms.
Hilton
Radisson Blu
Marriott
Park Inn by Radisson
Kempinski
Sheraton
Hilton Garden Inn
Noom
Courtyard by Marriott
Azalaï
1
2
3
4
5
6
7=
7=
8=
8=
4 723
4 336
2 116
1 912
1 567
1 437
1 264
1 180
1 154
1 129
Radisson Blu
Hilton
Park Inn by Radisson
Marriott
Noom
Azalaï
Hilton Garden Inn
Seen
Kempinski
Sheraton
17
16
13
10
8
8
7
7
6
6
-12,5
3,5
19,8
14,1
5,8
238,9
185,3
-
28,5
150,9
295
255
212
147
261
240
181
148
289
141
Average
Size
Rank by Hotels
Rank by Rooms
% Change
on 2013
Brand
Units
Brand
Rooms
Rooms
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