Eko Hotels and Suites

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Eko Hotels and Suites
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Eko Hotels & Suites Building
Eko Hotels and Suites
Hotel chainEko Hotels & Resorts
General information
AddressPlot 1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, PMB 12724, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Coordinates 6°25′21.108″N3°25′37.927″E / 6.42253000°N 3.42720194°E / 6.42253000; 3.42720194
Opening1977;47 years ago (1977)
Management Chagoury Group
Design and construction
Architect(s) Oluwole Olumuyiwa [1]
Other information
Number of rooms825 [2] [3]
Number of restaurants8 [4]
Website
www.ekohotels.com
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Eko hotel & suites

Eko Hotels and Suites is a five-star conference centre hotel in Lagos. [2] [5] [6] [7]

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History

Established in 1977 [8] as Èkó Holiday Inn [9] and built on Victoria Island, it is the largest hotel in Nigeria. It was designed by architect Oluwole Olumuyiwa in collaboration with Americans. [1] It was subsequently renamed Le Meridien Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. L'Hotel Eko Le Meridien is part of the Chagoury Group of companies. [10] In September 2024, the Lagos zone of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) entered a mutually benefitting agreement with the hotel to display Nigeria's deep tourism to the world. [11]

Design

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Eko Hotels & Suites Entrance
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Eko Hotels & Suites Exit

The hotel building comprises 825 rooms and suites [2] [3] in four multistory buildings, clad in white with views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Kuramo Lagoon. [6] The hotel located next to the financial centres of Lagos Island: Victoria Island. [5] Eko Hotels & Suites has a sister hotel in Port Harcourt named Hotel Presidential.

Events

Eko Hotels & Suites has the largest Convention Centre in Nigeria. [12] [13] Events that have taken place at the hotel include; concerts, movie premieres, international exhibitions, weddings, conferences [14] and Award ceremonies. The Convention center is usually used for these events and can cater to 6,000 people. [6]

Restaurants

There are eight restaurants and bars within the hotel complex: [4]

See also

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