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Rotana & Arjaan Nairobi Upper Hill

Rotana signs agreement to manage new five-star hotel and hotel apartments in Nairobi

Further expanding its footprint in the African market, Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the region with hotels across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, has signed a hotel management agreement with Mullion Contractors Limited to manage a new five-star hotel and hotel apartments in Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

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Set to open in 2022, the new property will be situated in Upper Hill, a popular business district in the city of Nairobi. With 200 hotel rooms and 100 hotel apartments, the upcoming hotels will be operated under the "Rotana Hotels & Resorts" and "Arjaan hotel apartments by Rotana" brands.

The agreement for the new hotel comes a month after Rotana signed up for its first property in the Republic of Zambia. The planned five-star hotel is scheduled for opening in 2021 in the heart of the south-central African country's capital city Lusaka. When opened, the new properties in Kenya and Zambia will join the company's portfolio of operating hotels in the African continent that includes Al Salam Rotana, Khartoum, Sudan; Kin Plaza Arjaan by Rotana, Kinshasa, DR Congo; and Grand Rotana Resort & Spa, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

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With a wide range of services and facilities housed under the brand umbrella, Rotana Hotels & Resorts offers something for every type and level of traveller. The brand’s success is founded on its portfolio of 4 and 5 star properties and on its ability to attract some of the most renowned names in the restaurant world. Rotana Hotels & Resorts are designed for those that love to explore.

First-class residences, with an added personal touch, characterize Arjaan Hotel Apartments by Rotana which have been developed with both long-term guests and families in mind. Arjaan Hotel Apartments by Rotana are the pinnacle of the Rotana offering. They represent the height of elegant city living for long stay residents and for families, set in some of the loveliest hotel apartment buildings anywhere.

Rotana Hotel Management Corporation (Rotana) was founded in 1992, by a partnership between two visionary thinkers, Nasser Al Nowais and Selim El Zyr, who were joined three years later by Nael Hashweh and Imad Elias. Operating as Rotana, it opened its first property, the Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi in 1993 and is today one of the leading hotel management companies within the Middle East and Africa.