Fikremariam Tesfaye
17 November 2008
Addis Ababa — MN International, a four-star hotel constructed in Addis Ababa at a cost of 80 million Birr was inaugurated on Saturday.
Melka Nida, owner and General Manager of the hotel, who also owns the well-known Lalibela Hotel located at Bole area, at the inauguration ceremony said that the hotel has created job opportunities for over 90 people. The hotel, located at the heart of the city, has 218 rooms constructed to provide a standard catering service.
"Due to the complexity of administrative bureaucracy, we were not able to acquire the plot of land which we bought on lease. We are now unable to provide our customers with services such as sauna, steam, gym, wedding halls, and other entertainment and play grounds as well as adequate parking lot," the owner complained.
However, "we are confident that in our service provisions to domestic and the international community, we will play our part in image building of our country," said the manager.
"The bureaucratic bottleneck cost us not only undeserved extra time and resources but also it adversely put an impact on the quality of the services initially were intended to be provided. However, hopefully the new elected city administration will change the over all improper operational system," he added.
He has plans to construct his third hotel with 127 million birr capital.
Mekuria Haile, Addis Ababa City Administration Manager, promised to improve the bureaucratic operation of the previous administration and to support investors.
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