Tsogo Sun is South Africa's biggest hotel group, but it is its hotel in Lagos, the Southern Sun Ikoyi, that lays claim to the second-highest average room rate in the group, trailing only a boutique hotel in Seychelles.

International hotel groups are turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa‚ as economic growth boosts business and leisure travel on the continent.

An undersupply of quality hotels catering to business travellers means hospitality development in commercial centres has become a pivotal strategy for hoteliers

US-based hotel group Hilton Worldwde intends to grow its presence in South Africa while also ramping up the number of hotels on the rest of the continent

THE number of planned new hotel rooms in sub-Saharan Africa stood at 21,052 rooms in 130 hotels in January, a massive 23% increase from the previous year.