NAIROBI, Kenya
Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a management agreement for the first upscale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts property in Africa. The 290-room Wyndham Amboseli Golf Resort and Spa, will be close to the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, complete with an 18-hole golf course, conference center and spa, and is expected to open in 2017.
The property is set to become the second Wyndham Hotel Group brand to launch in the country following the signing earlier this year of the first Ramada hotel in Nairobi.
The addition of Wyndham Amboseli Golf Resort and Spa continues the rapid growth of the company's brand in the Middle East and Africa, joining five other Wyndham Hotels and Resorts properties under development in the region. Other locations under construction include the twisted glass façade of the Wyndham Grand Manama in Bahrain and the 497-room Wyndham Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates, both expected to open in 2015.
Wyndham Amboseli Golf Resort and Spa will be located approximately 100 miles from Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, bordering the country's second most-visited national park. Offering views of Mount Kilimanjaro and the surrounding nature reserves, the resort will combine flexible meeting space with fitness facilities, including swimming pools and a tennis court.
"Our vision for the 400-acre site was to create a new class of luxury resort incorporating not only world-class golf and spa facilities but also a 300-delegate capacity, international standard conference centre as well as serviced plots for the development of private cottages," says Dr. Anthony Monyo, chairman of Wyndham Amboseli Golf Resort and Spa.
In addition to the 18-hole championship golf course, the development will include what is expected to be the country's first executive nine-hole course, designed for golf enthusiasts with limited time.
