Hôtel des Mille Collines
1°56′49″S 30°03′43″E / 1.9469°S 30.0619°E
Hôtel des Mille Collines | |
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General information | |
Location | Kigali, Rwanda |
Address | 2KN 6th Ave |
Opening | 1973 |
Owner | MIKCOR Hotel Holding |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 112 |
The Hôtel des Mille Collines (French pronunciation: [otɛl de mil kɔlin]) (English: Hotel of the Thousand Hills) is a large hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. It became famous after 1,268 people took refuge inside the building during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The story of the hotel and its manager at that time, Paul Rusesabagina, was later used as the basis of Terry George's film Hotel Rwanda in 2004.
History
The Belgian airline Sabena built the Hôtel des Mille Collines in 1973 and owned it during the Rwandan Genocide.[1]
The four-star hotel has 112 rooms, a bar, a café, three conference rooms, a restaurant, a swimming pool, and tennis courts.[2][3]
On August 10, 2005, Sabena Hotels sold the Hotel des Mille Collines to MIKCOR Hotel Holding
In popular culture
The hotel is the setting for the film Hotel Rwanda, but it does not actually appear in the movie, which was largely shot in South Africa. The hotel does however appear in the 2005 HBO film Sometimes in April and the 2007 Canadian film Shake Hands with the Devil, which were shot on location in Rwanda.
References
- ^ The New Times Rwanda. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
- ^ "Guest rooms & services". Archived from the original on 2006-05-11.
- ^ "Facilities and Leisure". Archived from the original on 2006-04-06.
- ^ "News: Mikcor Hotel Group". September 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Hôtel des Mille Collines news page". September 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Hotel Des Mille Collines". hotel-contacts.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Majyambere, Gertrude (September 19, 2005). "MIKCOR Hotels takes over Milles Collines". rwanda.rw. Archived from the original on 2007-07-30.
- The New Times Rwanda. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Kempinski takes over running of 'Hotel Rwanda'". Breaking Travel News. July 22, 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
External links
- Media related to Hôtel des Mille Collines at Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel des Mille Collines official website