Grand Imperial Hotel
| Grand Imperial Hotel | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Speke Road, Kampala, Uganda |
| Coordinates | 00°18′54″N 32°34′51″E / 0.31500°N 32.58083°E |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 103 |
| Website | |
| Homepage | |
Grand Imperial Hotel is a hotel in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
Location
The hotel is located on Speke Road, on Nakasero Hill, in the heart of Kampala's central business district. Adjacent landmarks include the East African Development Bank, the Bank of Uganda, Kampala Sheraton Hotel and the Ugandan headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank. The coordinates of the hotel are:0°18'54.0"N, 32°34'51.0"E (Latitude:0.315000; Longitude:32.580883).[1]
Overview
It was one of the first hotels to be built in colonial Uganda in the early 20th Century. It has a total of 103 rooms, a swimming pool, two restaurants (Didi's Dining Room) & (The Coffee Terrace), two bars (Cooper's Bar) & (The African Bar), a shopping arcade (Grand Imperial Shopping Arcade) and a gymnasium.[2]
News
On 11 June 2014, following the caving-in of the floor in Didi's Dining Room, officials from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), sealed off sealed off a section of Grand Imperial Hotel, while the floor collapse is being investigated.[3][4]
Ownership
The hotel is a member of the Imperial Hotels Group, which has three hotels in Kampala and three others in Entebbe. As of July 2014, the properties of the group include:
- Imperial Royale Hotel
- Grand Imperial Hotel
- Equatoria Shopping Mall[5]
- Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel
- Imperial Resort Beach Hotel
- Imperial Golf View Hotel
See also
References
- ↑ Google, . "Location of Grand Imperial Hotel At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ UHOA, . "Kampala Hotels: Grand Imperial Hotel". Uganda Hotel Owners' Association (UHOA). Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ Okuda, Ivan (11 June 2014). "Section of Grand Imperial Hotel Collapses". Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ Mukisa, Farahani (10 June 2014). "One Arrested As KCCA Closes Grand Imperial Hotel". Daily Daily.
- ↑ Tebajjukira, Madinah (13 December 2009). "Uganda: Karim's Hotel Equatorial Becomes Mall". New Vision via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
