The acting Inspector General of Police,  Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has issued a directive to all Commissioners of Police to have all travel documents of foreigners to be documented and forwarded to relevant security agencies. He also directed that all hotel employees must be registered with their identities and their backgrounds confirmed while job seekers’ details… [Read More...]

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation is giving hotels, motels, guest houses, night and eateries in the country to register with the body or be shut down.The Director-General of NTDC, Chief Olusegun Runsewe, gave this directive in a statement in Abuja following threats from Boko Haram in some parts of the country. This will help to… [Read More...]

The inauguration of Flourish Hotel in December 2011 offered a new lease and optimum option for hospitality buyers in Akure offering what other hotels in Akure don’t. interior splendour of luxury and brand innovation of fixtures and facilities such as state of the art Room key opening system, jaccuzi, 24 hour restaurant service, extra manities… [Read More...]

Engr. Onofiok Ekong, the President of Hotels Owners’ Forum, Abuja talked about how patronage in Abuja hotels has declined by 50% as a result of security as tourists now avoid hotels due to the premonition that they are targets for Boko Haram.Events such as weddings are now taken to the villages instead of being held… [Read More...]

Many hoteliers express their concerns over the state of insecurity of the Federal Capital Territory. Even though security is boosted in many hotels with gadgets and security personnel, bookings are being cancelled, in-house guests are scared,soldiers are seen in many prominent hotels and people are not sure how safe the city is.It is affecting the… [Read More...]

The Tourism Minister, Edem Duke took a trip to the Intercontinental Hotel Lagos located at the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos. Though work is still in progress and the hotel is scheduled to open later this year, the minister and representative of the Federal Government, noted that the visit was informed by the need to… [Read More...]

Mega Hilton owned by a Senator from Cross River State was re-visited by the officials of State High Court, Warri and the Delta Board of Internal Revenue as the hotel reopened after it was shut down for allegedly evading the payment of taxes to the state government. Guests were seen scampering off as officials and… [Read More...]

A manager in Love International Hotel, Egan was arrested last week along with 3 robbery suspects for using the hotel as a hideout for criminal activities. The manager was said to allow the suspects and other suspected criminals to stay in the hotel registering them as guests with fake identification and addresses, so that they… [Read More...]

The Lagos Airport Hotel Sports Association officially kicked off  its sports week, last week with an 8km race from the hotel to Alausa Secretariat followed with games such as football, table tennis, snooker, sack race, ayo olopon, catching the train, athletics and swimming. The matches are between different departments in the hotel and the Sports… [Read More...]

According to Punch Newspaper, a report from National Bureau of Statistics reveals that the hotel and restaurant industry lost N2.18bn during the industrial strike action. Also, a hotelier told Tribune Newspaper that there was an average drop of about 70% in bookings..A lot of business meetings and events were postponed and reservations cancelled as the… [Read More...]