ONOMO Hotel Kigali puts Made-in-Rwanda products on the fore

The three-star hotel opened doors in Kigali earlier last week, dotted with eye-catching designs adapted to the Rwandan arts and culture, welcomed with positive appraisals for its unique features and essence of character with quality.

As the Rwandan government places the promotion of Made-In-Rwanda at the center of the country’s development, Samantha Annandale, Regional Operational Director of South and East Africa at ONOMO says that the group found an opportunity that would serve all parties: boost local products while providing guests with an enriching experience of the country.

“We’d like to be part of the community, not just to be a hotel that just caters,” she says. “Our first priority is to satisfy our clients but also empower the local market. We are coming up with different ways of supporting local businesses, like the local potters we recently partnered with to produce pottery products for the hotel.”

Ms. Annandale said the hotel’s dedication to Made-in-Rwanda is also cultural.

“We want to integrate the best of the creativity and talent of Rwandan craftsmen within the very walls of our hotels. We’ve started out with Arts Explosion, a local artistic brand that furnished our Interior and we are assured to work with other brands,” she added.

Speaking to IGIHE last week, Arts Explosion representative, Gilbert Musoni, hailed the opportunity of working with ONOMO Hotel Kigali.

“We are grateful for the opportunity of working with ONOMO. We learnt a lot and we are assured that the partnership will lead to greater things,” he said.

About the interior design, Musoni remarked that the deployment of the artwork pieces within the hotel enriches the guest’s experience by providing resonance with the person a sense of individualism and personality.

Much of the interior design includes an abundance of prints and various textures that were keenly chosen to represent Rwanda’s authentic style.

The newest three-star hotel in Nyarugenge, features 109 modern and comfortable rooms, including 10 suites with separate lounge areas and kitchenettes.

With an impressive portfolio around Africa, ONOMO Hotel has built a reputation as a rapidly expanding African hotel brand through an obsessive approach to detail. It constantly reshapes its hotels identities with their latest redesign being ONOMO Hotel Kigali, the tenth property on the continent.