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Protea Hotels by Marriott, a leading hospitality brand in Africa, and owned by Marriott International, Inc., has announced that it will open its brand’s first hotel in Accra, Ghana. The hotel will also be its second property in the country. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the hotel chain said the Protea Hotel by Marriott Accra Kotoka Airport is expected to open by end of 2019.

The property – owned by Baobab Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of the YAMUSAH Group – will be located at the airport residential area of Accra, some 1.5 kilometers from the Kotoka International Airport. It will be a 17-story, 200-room hotel offering a restaurant, a lobby bar and lounge, small conference and meeting facilities, an air crew lounge, a gymnasium and a roof-top pool bar and lounge with uninterrupted views of the city. According to Protea Hotels by Marriott, the hotel will be ideal for business and leisure travelers, as well as airline crew and the local community.

“Continuing economic growth in Africa is driving greater investment in the continent, and Ghana is proving to be particularly attractive as an investment destination,” said Volker Heiden, Vice President Protea Hotels by Marriott, Marriott International, Middle East and Africa. “The hotel will meet the rising demand for quality lodging in the city, catering to both the business as well as the leisure traveler.”

The first Protea Hotel by Marriott property in Ghana is in Sekondi-Takoradi.

“We are pleased to partner with Marriott International to bring the Protea Hotels by Marriott brand to Accra,” said Zibrim Yamusah, President and CEO of The YAMUSAH Group. “The brand’s strong regional equity and awareness coupled with the global distribution of Marriott International and the strength of its loyalty programme, we believe, are a powerful combination that will help position the hotel and drive business.”