Kampala Serena Hotel

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Kampala Serena Hotel
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Exterior of the hotel
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Location within Kampala
General information
Location Kampala, Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Coordinates 00°19′08″N32°35′11″E / 0.31889°N 32.58639°E / 0.31889; 32.58639
Opening31 July 2006
Management Serena Hotels
Technical details
Floor count7
Other information
Number of rooms139
Number of suites13
Number of restaurants3
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The Kampala Serena Hotel is a hotel in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The hotel is rated 5-stars by the Uganda Tourism Board. [1]

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Location

The hotel is on Kintu Road on Nakasero Hill, in the centre of Kampala. The hotel is nestled among 17 acres (6.9 ha) of lawns and gardens. [2] The hotel is adjacent to the Kampala Sheraton Hotel and the Imperial Royale Hotel. It is in the Kampala Central Division, one of the five administrative divisions of the city. The coordinates of the Kampala Serena Hotel are 0°19'08.0"N, 32°35'11.0"E (Latitude:0.318889; Longitude:32.586400). [3]

Overview

The hotel opened on 31 July 2006, after eighteen months of renovations and refurbishment at a cost of US$30.5 million. [4] The hotel is part of the Serena Hotels Group. It has 152 rooms, including thirteen suites, one of which is a presidential suite. [5] During the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007 in Kampala, the hotel hosted Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom for four nights. [6]

The hotel has its own helipad for easy transport between the hotel and Entebbe International Airport. Adjacent to the hotel is the Kampala Serena International Conference Center with a seating capacity of 1,500 and multilingual translation facilities of up to nine languages simultaneously. [7] In 2016, the hotel was expanded, with the addition of 32 bedrooms, and the improvement of food, beverage, and meeting facilities. [8] [9]

History

International Conference Center at Serena Hotel

International Conference Center at Serena Hotel was constructed in 1975 in order to host 13th Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). [10] The hexagonal building was completed by Energoprojekt holding from Non-Aligned Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [10] The venue was subsequently used by Idi Amin regime for president's personal activities and according to some sources for torture of Amin's opponents and enemies. [10]

Ownership

The Kampala Serena Hotel is owned by a consortium that includes three corporate entities; (a) Tourism Promotion Services, a division of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, (b) the Uganda National Social Security Fund, (c) Proparco, a French property investment company. [11] [12] The table below summarizes the shareholding in the business.

Kampala Serena Hotel Stock Ownership
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1 Tourism Promotion Services 60.0
2 National Social Security Fund 20.0
3 PROPARCO 20.0
Total100.0

Renovations

In March 2016, the hotel began renovations that will "create 36 new residential rooms, a new state-of-the-art suite, partial refurbishment and alterations of the meeting rooms and create more executive lounges and meeting rooms". [13] The US$8 million expansion is partly funded by PROPARCO of France and is expected to last 12 months. [13]

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  2. ↑ AKDN (10 November 2006). "President Museveni and Aga Khan inaugurate Kampala Serena hotel". Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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  6. ↑ Felix Osike, Alfred Wasike, and Henry Mukasa (21 November 2007). "Queen Elizabeth II Is Here". New Vision. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Conferences, Meetings And Events At the Kampala Serena Hotel". Serena Hotels . Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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  13. 1 2 Oketch, Martin Luther (20 May 2016). "Kampala Serena Hotel starts Shs 26 billion expansion". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 20 March 2016.[ dead link ]

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