{"id":38239,"date":"2018-09-28T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/radisson-blu-kigali-convention-centre-scoops-best\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:12:52","slug":"radisson-blu-kigali-convention-centre-scoops-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/radisson-blu-kigali-convention-centre-scoops-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Radisson Blu Kigali, Convention Centre scoops best architectural design award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having scooped three WTA\u2019s awards as Africa and Rwanda\u2019s Leading Conference Hotel 2017 and Africa\u2019s Leading New Hotel 2017, Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre Kigali has yet won another two awards.<\/p>\n

A premier in the hospitality industry, the Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre, Kigali offers a contemporary luxury of service features and exclusive hospitality facilities with functional technology and clear reference to the culture and traditions of Africa. <\/p>\n

Kigali Convention Centre (KCC) is the premium events venue in Rwanda since its opening in 2016 and a hugely popular MICE destination in Africa. With a net floor area of 32,200m 2 the Convention Centre, can host more than 5,000 delegates at a time and contains facilities for business, leisure and events. The multifaceted design reflects a true Rwandan homestead. The dome shape auditorium, reproduces a hut in the King\u2019s Palace and boasts a capacity of 2600 guests, whereas, the 291-rooms, Radisson Blu Hotel, architectural fa\u00e7ade replicates a traditional and colourful weaved basket. <\/p>\n

The facility has so far hosted 563 events bringing together 179,718 delegates since its opening in July 2016. <\/p>\n

The biggest events include 27th Ordinary African Union Summit of Heads of State and Governments in July 2016, Global Summit on Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in October 2016 and 10th Extra-Ordinary African Union Summit of Heads of State and Governments on Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in March 2018, among others.<\/p>\n

For more details on the facility, visit their website on https:\/\/www.radissonblu.com\/en\/hotel-kigali <\/p>\n

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Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre, have scooped the best Architectural Design and Best Hotel Development awards during at a ceremony held at this year\u2019s Africa Property Investment Summit, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38239"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38239"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}