{"id":415037,"date":"2017-09-05T22:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/high-hotel-rates-has-caused-ghana-2-2-decline-in-guests-report\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:53:20","slug":"high-hotel-rates-has-caused-ghana-2-2-decline-in-guests-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/high-hotel-rates-has-caused-ghana-2-2-decline-in-guests-report\/","title":{"rendered":"High hotel rates has caused Ghana 2.2% decline in guests &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s investment climate and political stability has made the hospitality sector a target for multinational hotel brands looking to expand their footprints into Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past six years, a number of hotel chains such as Kempinski, Marriott International, M\u00f6venpick, Accor(Novotel) and Ibis Styles have set up subsidiaries in Accra. That is according to the\u00a0<b>2017-2021 Hotels outlook report by PWC<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The influx of hotels have also been seen in other regions, especially in the Western region (e.g. Best Western Atlantic Hotel) and Northern regions (e.g. Zaina Lodge).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>As at May 2017, there were 2 723 hotels and lodges in Ghana. However, most of these have medium-to-low star ratings given their amenities, size of property and general quality of services offered.<\/p>\n<p>As at October 2016, there was a decline of 2.2% in the number of guests as a result of the high rates charged to cover the rising cost of expenditure incurred by the hotels (e.g. cost of fuel and utility bills).<\/p>\n<p>The government has undertaken to look into these areas in the next phases of their development plans.<\/p>\n<p>Accra has internationally-branded hotels including M\u00f6venpick, Holiday Inn, Golden Tulip, Novotel (Accor), Legacy Hotels &amp; Resorts\u2019 Labadi Beach Hotel, Kempinski and Marriott International.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Accra attracted 897\u00a0000 visitors and achieved 67% occupancy, average daily rate (ADR) of US$201 and revenue per available room (RevPAR) of US$134 (one of the highest in the region) according to STR Global.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In 2016, however, there was a decrease in RevPAR of 44.5% from that of 2015 due to the launch of Kempinski and the ibis Styles properties.<\/p>\n<p>The improving economic situation and political stability in the country have the potential to boost the hotel industry.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the investment by foreign investors in the industry through the establishment of high-rated hotels, and increasing number of tourists and business travellers, it is expected that there would be continuous growth in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s investment climate and political stability has made the hospitality sector a target for multinational hotel brands looking to expand their footprints into Africa. Over the past six years, a number of hotel chains such as Kempinski, Marriott International, M\u00f6venpick, Accor(Novotel) and Ibis Styles have set up subsidiaries in Accra. That is according to the\u00a02017-2021 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":415038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>High hotel rates has caused Ghana 2.2% decline in guests - Report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/high-hotel-rates-has-caused-ghana-2-2-decline-in-guests-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"High hotel rates has caused Ghana 2.2% decline in guests - Report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s investment climate and political stability has made the hospitality sector a target for multinational hotel brands looking to expand their footprints into Africa. 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