Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Key findings
Data Sources
Overview
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- Demographic trends
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- Figure 1: Demographic profile: Africa versus the world, 2011 and 2050
- Economic outlook
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- Figure 2: Overview of the WEO projections (% change unless noted otherwise), 2010-13
- Business environment
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- Figure 3: Sub-indices and pillars of the WEF’s Travel and Tourism Competiveness Index, 2011
- Mauritius leads the pack
- South Africa in second place
- Namibia in third position
- Botswana highly rated for its natural environment
- Kenya an established tourist destination
- An impediment to hotel development
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- Figure 4: Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index: sub-Saharan Africa, 2011
- Outlook for spending on travel and tourism
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- Figure 5: Outlook for growth in spending on travel and tourism in sub-Saharan Africa, by type of expenditure, 2012 and 2022
- South Africa dominates the region
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- Figure 6: Direct contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, by sub-Saharan African country, 2011
The Leading Sub-Saharan African Tourism Destinations
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- Figure 7: The 10 leading sub-Saharan countries for direct tourism receipts, 2011
- South Africa
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- Figure 8: Capacity and performance of the South African hotel sector, August 2011-April 2012
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- Figure 9: Relative contribution of the largest enterprises in the hotel, guesthouse and inns sector, 2009
- Figure 10: Employment in hotels, guesthouses and inns, 2009
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- Figure 11: Facilities and other guest amenities available in lodging establishments, 2009
- Nigeria
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- Figure 12: Nigeria’s lodging sector, capacity and performance, 2006-10
- Lagos hotel stock
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- Figure 13: Lagos hotel stock, by district, 2006-12
- Kenya
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- Figure 14: Tourism indicators for Kenya, 2001-10
- Mauritius
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- Figure 15: Tourist arrivals* by type of traveller in Mauritius, 2004-10
- Figure 16: Trend in Mauritius’ hotel capacity, 2001-10
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- Figure 17: Monthly occupancy rates in Mauritian hotels, 2006-10
- Angola
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- Figure 18: Angola’s lodging sector, capacity and performance, 2006-10
- Ethiopia
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- Figure 19: Ethiopia’s lodging capacity, 2006-10
- Tanzania
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- Figure 20: Incoming arrivals, receipts and lodging preferences, 2003-09*
- Ghana
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- Figure 21: Ghana’s lodging sector, capacity and performance, 2006-10
- Senegal
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- Figure 22: Senegal’s lodging capacity, 2006-10
- Uganda
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- Figure 23: Number of hotels in Uganda, by region, 2012
- Figure 24: Imperial Group’s hotel portfolio, 2012
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Hotel Chain Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Accor
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- Figure 25: Accor’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, by country and brand, 2012
- New hotels
- A Sofitel for Abidjan
- New ibis hotels in Lagos and Dakar
- African Sun
- Branding strategy
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- Figure 26: African Sun’s proprietary hotel brands, 2012
- The Zimbabwe portfolio
- Recent performance
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- Figure 27: Recent performance of African Sun’s Zimbabwe hotels, March 2012 vs March 2011
- Hotels in Nigeria
- Azalaï Hotels
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- Figure 28: Azalaï’s hotel portfolio by country, 2012
- Best Western
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- Figure 29: Best Western’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, by country and brand, 2012
- Carlson Rezidor
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- Figure 30: Carlson Rezidor’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, by country and brand, 2012
- Three more Park Inns and a Radisson Blu
- City Lodge Hotels
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- Figure 31: City Lodge’s hotel portfolio, by South African province, 2012
- Hilton
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- Figure 32: Hilton’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, 2012
- IHG
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- Figure 33: IHG’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, by country and brand, 2012
- The InterContinental Lagos
- Kempinski
- A Kempinski for Nairobi
- Lonrho
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- Figure 34: Lonrho’s hotel portfolio, by location, 2012
- Lonrho renovating the Grand Hotel Kinshasa
- Lonrho to expand easyHotels across Africa
- A first property in Johannesburg
- Low-cost flights too…
- Synergy with hotels
- Marriott
- Two projects in Addis Ababa and more to come…
- Mövenpick
- Onomo
- Focus on business travel
- Protea Hotels
- Black Empowerment
- Stalled expansion is picking up again
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- Figure 35: Protea’s development pipeline, 2012
- Strong presence in Nigeria
- Brands
- Starwood
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- Figure 36: Starwood’s sub-Saharan African hotel portfolio, by country and brand, 2012
- Tsogo Sun (formerly Southern Sun)
- Heavily concentrated in the home market
- A limited pipeline
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- Figure 37: Tsogo Sun’s development pipeline, 2012
- Southern Sun rebranding as Tsogo Sun
- Lacklustre trading environment
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- Figure 38: Tsogo Sun’s operating results, fiscal years 2011 and 2012
- Signature Life Hospitality collapses
What Next?
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- An expanding pipeline
- Big international chains at the forefront
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- Figure 39: Development pipeline of international hotel groups in sub-Saharan Africa, 2010-12
- Nigeria leads the pack
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- Figure 40: Development pipelines for branded hotel development in sub-Saharan Africa, by country, 2012
- Figure 41: Top 6 sub-Saharan countries, ranked by number of rooms under construction, 2012
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