Skylight Hotel | |
Native Name: | ስካይላይት ሆቴል |
Native Name Lang: | am |
Location: | Airport Road, Bole district, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 8.9884°N 38.7903°W |
Number Of Rooms: | 1024 |
Floor Count: | 8 |
Number Of Restaurants: | 19 |
Seating Capacity: | 25 million people per year |
Inauguration Date: | 27 January 2019 |
Cost: | US$36 million |
Renovation Date: | 5 May 2023 (expansion) |
Ren Cost: | US$155 million |
Owner: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Skylight Hotel is a five-star hotel in Bole district, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia established in 2019. Inaugurated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Chairperson of the African Union Moussa Faki, the hotel hosts primarily lodging services for Ethiopian Airlines passengers with 379 rooms accommodating 2,000 guests in a banquet hall.[1]
Skylight Hotel is rated "five star". It was inaugurated on 27 January 2019 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Chairperson of the African Union Moussa Faki. With 379 rooms, the hotel provides booking service to passengers of the Ethiopian Airlines.
The Skylight Hotel spent USD 36 million on the project with the goal of serving 25 million people per year. The hotel is situated in Bole Road, Bole district in Addis Ababa[2] In 2023, it opened a 651-room expansion costing $155 million, bringing the room total to 1,024 and making the hotel the largest in Africa.[3] The hotel has 19 food and beverage outlets, including Ethiopian, Italian, Arabian, and Asian restaurants, coffee houses, bars, recreational facilities, and spots for "sips or hand-crafted cocktails" with a panoramic view of the airport and the city.[4]