{"id":1004122630,"date":"2015-07-07T06:19:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004122630"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:11:34","slug":"international-hilton-grows-african-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/international-hilton-grows-african-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"International: Hilton Grows in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Balazs Szekely, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004122632\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004122632\" data-attachment-id=\"1004122632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/international-hilton-grows-african-footprint\/hilton-garden-inn-mbabane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hilton Garden Inn, Mbabane&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg?w=300\" class=\"wp-image-1004122632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg\" alt=\"Hilton Garden Inn, Mbabane\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Mbabane.jpg?resize=150,150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004122632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilton Garden Inn, Mbabane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The newest <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.hilton.com\/en\/index.html?WT.srch=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hilton <\/a>will open in a truly exotic location. The hospitality giant went for the smallest country in the southern hemisphere and signed a management agreement with the Swaziland Public Service Pensions Fund to open a Hilton Garden Inn in the Swazi capital, Mbabane.<\/p>\n<p>Swaziland makes up for its lack of size with a hugely diverse range of attractions and activities. As one of the few remaining Executive Monarchies in Africa, culture and heritage play a major role in raising tourist appeal. This, combined with the numerous wildlife reserves and the country\u2019s unique landscapes, makes the country an attractive destination for explorers.<\/p>\n<p>The newly built 130 guest-room hotel will feature more than 2,600 square feet of dedicated event space with 1,100 square feet of pre-function space, as well as a large fitness center and outdoor swimming pool. The facility will be located in the center of Mbabane, on Mhlambanyatsi Road, which is the main arterial route serving the city center. The site is in the central business district, conveniently positioned for both leisure and business travelers. Mbabane is served by regular services to Johannesburg for connections within South Africa, Africa and internationally. The country benefits from an established road network and in recent years has seen investment into the development of a new airport about one hour from the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Counting in rooms currently under development, the Hilton portfolio is approaching 20,000 rooms in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest Hilton Garden Inn will open in a truly exotic location. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1004122632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21751,16,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004122630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotel","category-international","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International: Hilton Grows in Africa - 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