Released on: November 14, 2007, 6:18 am

Press Release Author: Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: Golden Tulip Accra was awarded the prestigious title of 'Best
Business Hotel' in the Akwaaba Exhibition of the Hospitality Industry in Nigeria



Press Release Body: Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH), 14 November 2007 - Golden Tulip
is proud to acknowledge the new award given to its four star hotel in Accra, Ghana.
The Akwaaba Exhibition is held every year by the hospitality industry in Nigeria.
This year, the exhibition took place in Lagos, October 27-28, where over 100 key
players of the hospitality industry in Nigeria attended.

Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Hotels, Airlines and Tourism officials of the
Nigerian Ministry of Tourism have elected Golden Tulip Accra at the grand gala
awards dinner. Fifty hotels in West Africa were chosen and graded according to a two
year survey. The hotels were divided into business hotels, leisure hotels and
conference hotels based on their clientele and facilities. For Business hotel awards
top three hotels were graded according to occupancy rates and quality of service.
Golden Tulip Accra was competing in the Business Hotel category together with Eko
Hotel & Suites Lagos and Fevrier Corinthian Lome.

Hans Kennedie, President & CEO of Golden Tulip Hospitality comments: "It is with
great pride that I receive these news. Golden Tulip Accra is one of our most
successful hotels worldwide, and it definitely deserves this honour".

Herbert Friese, General Manager of Golden Tulip Accra and Vice President of Golden
Tulip West Africa adds: "Golden Tulip Accra has worked energetically for the past
years and receiving this recognition proves to us that we are on the right track."
For more information on Golden Tulip Accra please visit
http://www.goldentulipaccra.com

About Golden Tulip Accra

The hotel is a modern African style 4-star superior first class hotel. The hotel
consists of 234 rooms including suites, apartments and chalets. Located just five
minutes driving (2 Km) from the Kotoka International Airport and 10 minutes driving
from the city centre, as well as from the other parts of Accra.

About Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentuliptop.com), with its head offices in
Amersfoort, The Netherlands and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality
company with more than 910 hotels in more than 50 countries. Golden Tulip
Hospitality Group franchises and manages hotels in Europe, the Middle East & Africa,
the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas. In 2006, Hotels Magazine has ranked this
company the 18th largest hotel chain.

As a multi-brand hospitality firm, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group offers services in
the two, three, four and five star categories. On the two-star side Golden Tulip has
an alliance with the French B&B hotel chain. The three-star concept is the Tulip Inn
for the limited-service first-class category, the four-star category falls under the
Golden Tulip brand for the Superior First-Class business and Resort hotels and the
recently introduced five-star concept Royal Tulip. In addition Golden Tulip offers
its services through its commercial alliance with TOP International, a German based
hotel consortium.



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Contact Details: Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Ms. Rocio Manzanares -
Corporate Communication Manager
Tel: +31 33 2544 828
Fax: +31 33 2544 816
E-Mail: rocio.manzanares@goldentuliptop.com
Web: www.goldentulip.com