By Frank Kamuntu
The Chairman of Ruparelia Group Dr Sudhir Ruparelia believes that without doubt the mega project Speke Resort Convention Centre will be ready to host the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) next year.
Sudhir told journalists on Tuesday that based on the swift progress of the project, nothing can fail them from hosting the Summit.
The 2024 NAM Summit is scheduled to take place at the new convention centre in January 2024.
“Ruparelia Group, through our two subsidiaries, Speke Hotels and Meera Investments, is sparing no effort to ensure that we deliver this key strategic national facility on time,” Dr. Sudhir told the media.
The Ruparelia Group, in collaboration with the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), were chosen as the developers of this state-of-the-art facility which will not only host the NAM Summit and the Followed by G77 China, but also enhance Uganda’s Meetings, Incentives, and Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE) potential and competitiveness.
The Ruparelia Group, entered into a joint venture with the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) and are constructing the state-of-the-art convention centre to not only host the none Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit and China’s G77, but will also boost the country’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE) potential and competitiveness.
The Convention Centre is being developed on a 105-acre luxury resort complex that already has two luxury lake-side resorts–Speke Resort Munyonyo and Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, also owned by the Group.
The three iconic properties combined, bring to Uganda’s hospitality sector about 40 indoor meeting and banqueting facilities of various sizes, with a capacity to host 19,000 people! This is in addition to several other outdoor venues. Away from meeting venues, the complex boasts of 476 accommodation rooms, including 54 presidential suites and 3 ballrooms.
In addition to the 4400-seater auditorium, the convention centre will also have a multipurpose hall, 12 high-end conference/breakaway meeting rooms and a floating restaurant that can host more than 900 guests, with an extraordinary view of Africa’s largest freshwater lake⏤Lake Victoria.
