Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. continues to strengthen its position as a leading global hotel operator in Africa with the signing of three new Sheraton hotels, marking the entrance of the company into Mauritania, Guinea and South Sudan by 2017.

With these signings, Starwood is on track to increase its African portfolio by over 30% with more than 15 new hotels set to open over the next five years.

The signings of Sheraton Nouakchott (Mauritania), Sheraton Conakry (Guinea) and Sheraton Juba (South Sudan) further emphasize the strength of the Sheraton brand in driving Starwood’s growth. These hotels bring the Sheraton pipeline in Africa to six new hotels joining three currently in development in Dakar (Senegal), Annaba (Algeria) and Tripoli (Libya).

Starwood is set to enter the Republic of Guinea with the opening of the Sheraton Conakry Hotel in 2015. Owned by Palma Guinea S.A, the hotel will mark a milestone as it becomes the first IFC green-certified hotel in Africa.

In East Africa, the world’s newest country – the Republic of South Sudan – will welcome its first international hotel development in 2015 when the 235-room Sheraton Juba Hotel opens, owned by Tuscana National Limited.

The Sheraton Nouakchott Hotel will be the first internationally-branded hotel in the Mauritanian capital when it opens in 2017. Owned by Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM).

Starwood currently operates 37 hotels in 15 African countries, representing more than 10,000 rooms in Algeria, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.

Source: Press Release