Jean Byamugisha, the Executive Director at Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA) is not only knowledgeable about hotel and tourism sectors, but also passionate about them. UHOA is currently composed of 520 members. In an exclusive interview with Business Focus, Byamugisha (in featured photo above) assesses the performance of the hotel
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Uganda’s richest man and biggest landlord, Sudhir Ruparelia (pictured above) has revealed that the future of real estate sector looks bright as oil production nears. Asked about his view on the year 2019 for the property sector, Sudhir said it was quite a challenging year. “It has been a slow
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Fairway Hotel that is located in the heart of Kampala is expanding to accommodate the increasing number of customers as a result of its superior services and customer care. Speaking at the sidelines of the Independent Online Journalists Association (indoja-U) retreat hosted by Fairway Hotel, Anthony Sifuma, the Food &
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Kingdom Kampala Mall that was recently opened is beginning to attract top tenants, with Sekanyolya Systems Ltd, a company dealing in Property Security business activities being the latest. The grand opening of the branch took place today and was graced by Kingdom Kampala Mall owner, Sudhir Ruparelia and Buganda Kingdom
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Following the successful completion of their 35th Annual Conference, the members of the African Union for Housing Finance together agreed on a Cape Town Declaration on Housing Finance, at their Annual General Meeting on 6 November 2019. The 35 active AUHF members expressed their commitment to realising housing affordability across
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By Denis Jjuuko Sometimes home owners in Uganda embark on their dream house projects by starting with building a small house in one corner of the plot of land. This small house is traditionally known as boys-quarters though with gender sensitivity, such houses are being nowadays referred to as servants-quarters.
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Two hotels under the Ruparelia Group of Companies owned by property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia have won the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2019. Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel was awarded the best luxury hotel and conference centre in East Africa, while Speke Resort and Conference Centre was voted 2019’s best Luxury Lakeside
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Acknowledged as one of the continent’s leading hospitality investment experts, Wayne Troughton of HTI Consulting shared unique insights on the Top 5 and Bottom 5 Hospitality Investment markets in Africa ahead of the 10th annual African Property Investment (API) Summit in Johannesburg on 2 & 3 October. Recognised as Africa’s
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A new study released at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) by food and beverage (F&B) strategy & design firm KEANE, forecasts that 700 new hotel restaurants and bars will be opened in Africa by 2025, in internationally branded hotels. The prediction is based on KEANE’s research into 410 F&B
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Uganda’s property magnate, Sudhir Ruparelia, who is the founder and Chairperson of Ruparelia Group, continues to change Kampala’s skyline. Although he has had running court battles with Bank of Uganda over the controversial takeover and sale of his bank-Crane Bank Ltd two years ago, Sudhir’s assets have continued to grow,
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