6-727: The Hilton Garden Inn Kampala , part of the Hilton Garden Inn chain, is a hotel in Kampala , the capital and largest city of Uganda . The building, under development since 2018, was commissioned in May 2019. The hotel is located in the Kawempe Division of the city of Kampala on Mulago Hill . The building stands along Old Kira Road , opposite the British High Commission. The geographical coordinates of
12-446: Is owned by Hilton Worldwide . As of December 2019 , it has 862 properties with 126,086 rooms in 49 countries and territories, including 81 that are managed with 15,678 rooms and 781 that are franchised with 110,408 rooms. The Hilton Garden Inn brand began in the late 1980s under the name CrestHill by Hilton. Due to a slow real estate phase, only four of 25 proposed hotels were built. Of these four original hotels, three are still part of
18-613: The chain today. They are located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania , Southfield, Michigan , and Valencia, California . The other hotel, located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois , is now a Four Points . The brand was introduced to the upscale market in the early 1990's as Hilton Garden Inn serving as a vehicle to bring a more approachable version of a full-service experience into secondary and tertiary markets. It has grown from four hotels to more than 860 properties in about 25 years. In 2012,
24-735: The first Hilton Garden Inn outside of North America was opened in Netherlands —the Hilton Garden Inn Leiden . It is located on the Old Rhine River, featuring 173 guestrooms and providing all of the brand's signature features. The Hilton Garden Inn brand plans to open properties in Albania , Argentina , Armenia , Busselton , Croatia , Faroe Islands , Hong Kong , Saudi Arabia , Thailand , Turkey , India , Kenya , Ireland , and additional locations throughout
30-570: The hotel are 00°20'16.0"N, 32°35'02.0"E (Latitude:0.337778; Longitude:32.583889). This hotel is a purposely-built new construction with 96 rooms. The hotel was built and will be managed by the Alibhai Family , with a commissioning date in the second quarter of 2019. The hotel was commissioned by the Ugandan Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu , in May 2019. The international hotel chain, Hilton Hotels , having made failed attempts in
36-570: The past, is expected to enter Uganda with two branded hotels, (a) the 244-room Kampala Hilton Hotel in the Nakasero neighborhood and (b) this hotel with a planned room count of 96 rooms. The 250-room The Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala began as a planned Hilton-branded establishments, but disagreements halted the partnership. Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Garden Inn is an American chain of full-service hotels targeting business and leisure travelers looking for an upscale experience. The brand
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