A resort currently under construction in Liberia shows off its room to American investors

Credit: Photo by: Frederique Porter

The model room of the RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas at a showing in Bethesda, Maryland on July 28. The hotel, built by the American entertainment and hospitality conglomerate Robert L. Johnson Companies, will be the first luxury resort ever in Liberia.
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Along with top of the line electronics, indigenous Liberian masks and cloths will be used to furnish the rooms.
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A bathroom from the model room. Since plumbing is unreliable in Liberia, the resort will pump and filter water from its own wells.
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A lamp fixture from the model room. The resort will generate all its own electricity to create a "self-sustaining island" virtually independent of the unreliable Liberian infrastructure.
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Liberian ambassador Charles A. Minor (l) meets with Whitney Schneidman (c) and Corey Printup (r) of the Robert L. Johnson Companies at a private reception showcasing the model room. The resort is set to open in March, 2009.