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ROYAL SENCHI HOTEL AWARDED THE BEST LUXURY ARCHITECTURE DESIGN HOTEL IN AFRICA BY WORLD LUXURY AWARDS

Located at Adomi Bridge, Akosombo, north of Accra, the 4-star Hotel and Resort was crowned the best luxury architecture design hotel held by World Luxury Awards in Mauritius. The award event was hosted by the Trou Aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa and had about 1,000 hotels from all across the globe vying for the ultimate prize. The Hotel has 84-rooms that merge tradition with luxury, and is guaranteed to leave guests satisfied and well-rested. “The Royal Senchi was crafted in the moulds of indigenous ingenuity both in architecture and services,” says Mr Emmanuel Mensah, the head of sales and marketing for the Royal Senchi Hotel. He opined that it was more a win for Ghana than it was for the hotel, explaining that the recognition only but reiterated the value of handed-down premodern technology. “We made effective and creative use of the everyday natural resources endowed us,” he said. He added that most of the materials used in the edifice were either sourced locally or from sister African countries. “Some of the logs used for the structure came from upstream the River Volta, and so are many other materials”

The World Luxury Hotel Awards is the pinnacle of achievement in the luxury hotel industry offering

international recognition as voted by guests, travelers and industry players alike. Over 300,000 international travelers voted during a four-week period to select the winners.

Commenting on the award, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr Akwasi Agyeman commended the hotels for the achievement, saying he foresaw even greater feats in the near future.

He said the Hotel had particularly been consistent in pushing the 'Ghana brand' through its unique homegrown attractions and offerings tailored for local and international guests alike.

“The Royal Senchi Hotel is not only a beautiful accommodation facility but also, a business that’s promoting the Ghana brand through its attractions and offerings,” he noted.

According to the Head of Sales and Marketing of the Royal Senchi Hotel, Mr Emmanuel Mensah said the recognition came with the noble duty to keep meeting the expectations of customers from all walks of life.

“As a country we need to capitalise on what we are globally heralded for, which is our time-honoured hospitality,” he observed, adding “there needs to be a national effort to rapidly grow the sector at a quickened and purposeful pace”

He said given the necessary fillip, the industry could become one of the best in Africa and the world, and pull with it other sectors of the economy. Mr. Mensah said as a hotel, the Royal Senchi would continue to celebrate Ghana by representing its diverse culture and tradition in the delivery of worldclass hospitality service.

“In spite of the adverse effect of covid-19 on travel and tourism, a full recovery of the sector was in sight, stressing the need for active local patronage of the domestic hospitality industry,”said Mr. Gerard Schraven, General Manager of the hotel.

Schraven further said that, the country’s economy would once again see the full contribution of the hospitality industry, if the sector maintained the trend of progress being experienced since the resumption of business after lockdown.

The indigenous Ghanaian brand and three chainedbrand hotels in the country were selected from among a pool of world-class hotels and resorts in Africa nominated for the recognition.