A New Protea Hotel on Cairo Rd

Union Hotels Limited (UHL), a subsidiary of Platinum Gold Limited, has bought Mutaba House on Cairo Road. Arcades developments Plc managing director Adam Leithbridge said the building would be turned into a three-star Protea Hotel Cairo Road. Named after the Egyptian capital city Cairo Road is Lusaka’s main thoroughfare.

"We are sticking to the three-star standard because our goal is to provide affordable luxury," Leithbridge said. "We are working out the cost but we anticipate that within 18 months, the hotel should open for business."

With this development, Zambia will now have five Protea hotels, others being Protea Chisamba, Protea Chingola and the two hotels being constructed one each at Arcades Centre in Lusaka and at Falls Park in Livingstone.

In the city of Kitwe on the Zambian Copperbelt Union Hotels has plans for another project to develop a part of the city's Freedom Park. Construction will start once Kitwe City Council (KCC) grants Union Hotels a permit to.

“The best part of our investments is that we are a local investor using local resources, which means that the multiplier effects of our projects in the economy are good," Leithbridge said.

Up go the number of beds for international and local visitors who want to see Zambia’s endowment in natural safaris and the unique flora and fauna (hey! meaning plants and animals) some of which are only found here.