The Radisson Hotel Group is set to open two hotels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as interest in the country’s luxury hospitality sector grows.
- •The Radisson Blu Hotel, Kinshasa, is set to open in late 2026 on Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi in the Gombe district, Kinshasa’s prime residential and business area.
- •The Radisson Hotel Lubumbashi, scheduled to open in mid-2027, will be located in Lubumbashi, the DRC’s second largest city.
- •A report by Nigeria-based W Hospitality group shows that there are 577 hotels and resorts, with 104,444 rooms, in the development pipeline, on the continent.
“We expanded into new markets like Tanzania, Conakry, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, further cementing our position as the most diverse hotel company across the continent in terms of country presence,” Ramsay Rankoussi, Vice President, Development, Africa and Turkiye, Radisson Hotel Group, said.
Interest in the luxury segment in the DRC hospitality sector has spiked in recent years, with global players eager to get a foothold of the fast growing economy. There are currently 10 hotel and resort projects with 1, 384 rooms ongoing in the country, according to the 2025 Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in Africa survey by W Hospitality Group.
In addition to the Radisson projects, this includes Novotel by Accor, Kertel Suites by Sokerico Group and several others including US-based Valor Hospitality.
Across the continent, Egypt is still the dominant country in number of total rooms, accounting of 32.5% of rooms in the pipeline with 143 hotels and 33,926 rooms, more than four times the next placed Morocco. Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania top the East African countries with the highest number of planned hotels and rooms.
Raddison has signed 11 new hotels and 7 openings in the last 15 months, totalling over 2, 000 signed and 1, 500 opened rooms. It entered Tanzania with with Radisson Blu Hotel & Apartments in Dar es Salaam, and is set to open a hotel in Mwanza later this year. It is also set to open a Park Inn property in Addis Ababa, its third in the Ethiopian capital.
The hospitality group has said it is targeting 30 hotels in Morocco, 15 hotels in South Africa, and continued momentum in Nigeria, over the next five years.