Wyndham Hotel Group will open its first property in Ethiopia in the first half of 2015.
Ramada Addis will contain 136 rooms, including eight suites, and will be located "on a major transport route linking the city centre with Addis Ababa Bole International Airport".
The opening will mark Wyndham's seventh market on the African continent. Last week, the group announced it plans to introduce its Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand to Kenya.
Wydham's existing portfolio on the continent includes five hotels and 819 rooms operated via franchise agreements under the Ramada and Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brands across Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia.
The group's pipeline now comprises of two hotels in Kenya, one each under the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and Ramada brand flags, two Ramada hotels in Tanzania and a further Ramada hotel in Nigeria, in addition to Ramada Addis in Ethiopia.
It will open Ramada Addis under a management agreement.
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Graham Smith