Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

摘要

The US chain is mainly active on Africa's east coast and until now has had no business in central Africa. Now it's putting up a luxury hotel in Cameroon. The shell of the Hyatt Regency has been slowly rising from the rubble of Yaoundé's Central Hotel over recent weeks. It will be the US chain's first venture in central Africa and the city's second five-star abode after the Hilton. Construction is being overseen by Glenview SA, a company owned by the Cameroonian Patrick Shey, who obtained a special kind of long-term (35-year) lease for the lot in 2019. The start of works was delayed by two years amid a compensation dispute with the Société Africaine de Développement du Tourisme, the company that owned the Central.