Thursday 7 August 2014

Construction of Swakopmund's Strand Hotel is progressing well

Ohlthaver & List Leisure gave Namibia a peek-preview this week of progress with its Strand Hotel construction project on the Swakopmund Mole, an N$350 million project which is to become the crown in the holiday town’s accommodation crown.
When the Strand Hotel opens its doors on 1 August next year, this will be the central coast’s third four-star hotel, according to the Hospitality Association’s chief executive officer Gitta Paetzold, and it would add 125 rooms to Swakopmund’s accommodation sector with its existing capacity of well over 3 000 beds, according to O&L Group spokesperson Roux-ché Locke.
In a statement, the managing director of O&L Leisure (a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List Group), Brian Hutchinson explained construction to the hotel complex’s third floor is soon to commence. It required 1 700 employees, 670 tonnes of reinforced steel and 4 224 cubic metres of concrete to complete the first two floors, according to the official building statistics.
“We are delighted to inform the Swakopmund community and the Namibian public at large that the Strand Hotel development is progressing well,” said Hutchinson.
Once in operation, Strand Hotel will inject 250 job opportunities into the Swakopmund economy and become an international destination for tourists and locals alike.

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