Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has signed an agreement with S&F Panoramic Tourist Limited to open a Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Benin City scheduled to open in 2015.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has signed an agreement with S&F Panoramic Tourist Limited to open a Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Benin City.Scheduled to open in 2015, the Four Points by Sheraton Benin City will be the first internationally-branded hotel in the city. The hotel will feature 194 rooms and will also offer 980 square metres of conference facilities and a business centre.“We are delighted to partner with S&F Panoramic Touristas we open our first Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Benin City,”
said Roeland Vos, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East.“Africa is one of the fastest growing markets in the world, attracting a growing number of business and leisure travellers to key destinations such as Nigeria. The opening of the new Four Points by Sheraton Benin City will offer visitors comfort and great service, all at an affordable price.”
However, S. O. Agbareh, chairman, S & F Panoramic Tourist Limited, said that the pace of development in Edo State in recent years made the conceptualisation of a Four Points by Sheraton in Benin City an imperative.“Locals and visitors to Edo State deserve a world-class hotel comparable to what is available in other big cities like Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. This will reinforce the Government’s effort to provide infrastructure and other basic amenities that were clearly lacking in the state.”
Starwood currently operates five hotels in Nigeria, including Le Méridien Ogeyi Place, Le Méridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort, Sheraton Lagos, Sheraton Abuja and Four Points by Sheraton Lagos (pictured above). Le Méridien Ikoyi Towers will open in December 2013.
