20 new hotels spring up in S’di-Takoradi.
Posted by GNA on 9:58 pm at 9:58 pmTwenty new hotels have applied for registration in preparation towards Ghana 2008 in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
Additionally, individuals have registered 20 home lodges and several guest facilities to accommodate the fans.
Mr Mike Kpimgbi, Principal Resource Officer of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at [...]
Kumasi City Hotel to be inaugurated
Posted by GNA on 8:53 pm at 8:53 pmThe Kumasi City Hotel would be inaugurated on Saturday to provide accommodation for foreign players who would participate at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi during the 26th MTN African Cup of Nations Cup.
A statement signed by Mr. G.B Osei-Antwi, Media Relations Manager for Asantehene’s Office, said Mr Herbert Friese, General Manager of Golden Tulip [...]
Portray good image of Ghana during Ghana 2008
Posted by GNA on 2:07 pm at 2:07 pmThe Central Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), Mr Paul Owusu Nkansah, has called on Ghanaians who will come into contact with visitors during the Ghana 2008 football tournament to portray a good image of the country to them.
“This is the time the much talked about Ghanaian hospitality [...]
Food vendors at Aflao prepare for Ghana 2008
Posted by GNA on 12:21 pm at 12:21 pmThe food vending sector in Aflao is expected to have a boom with an expected 200,000 football fans from Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon crossing over the border to Ghana for Ghana 2008 football tournament.
The Ghana Tourist Board and the Cook Art Ghana have held a training workshop for over 100 food vendors, caterers and [...]
Coconut Grove Regency Hotel poised for Ghana 2008
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 11:42 am at 11:42 amManagement of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel have stated their preparedness to accommodate football fans arriving in the country for the African Cup of Nations which kicks off this month.
Speaking at the 2007 end of year party and Awards Night for staff of the hotel, the Hotel Manager, Raphael Aryiteey, noted that facilities at the [...]
Hotels, restaurants ready for Ghana 2008
Posted by GNA on 2:11 pm at 2:11 pmMr Ebenezer Hammond, Western Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourists Board (GTB), on Thursday said majority of licensed hotels and restaurants in Sekondi-Takoradi are ready to host guests during the forthcoming Ghana 2008 tournament.
Many of the hotels and restaurants have undertaken renovations to enable them offer better services, he told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) [...]
Hospitality Industry to start preparations for Ghana 2008
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 8:39 am at 8:39 amThe Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Alhassan Samari on Thursday called on people of the region to make adeqaute preparations for the Ghana 2008 Africa Cup of Nation tournament.
“A good number of visitors will come to this region and we need to upgrade our hospitality services and to prepare our tourists sites for such visitors”, [...]
Hotel and other tourist’s facilities closed down in Kumasi
Posted by GNA on 10:27 am at 10:27 amThe Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Police Command on Wednesday, embarked on an exercise to clamp down on tourist facilities and food joints operating in the Kumasi Metropolis without licences.
The six-hour exercise saw a total of nine tourist facilities being closed down.
The affected facilities include Social Hotel, Hillbon International, King’s [...]



