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Cubicle Dreamin': Exotic Luxury in Uganda

Where: Kampala, Uganda

Growing up in a Commonwealth country, I always loved the acronym given for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: CHOGM, pronounced like it looks. How could anyway take a "chogem" meeting seriously? I can't, but I am keen to check out one of the new hotels that's just been built for the 2007 CHOGM in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

If you're not sure--I admit, I wasn't--Uganda is pretty much right in the middle of Africa, a landlocked nation next to Kenya. Its capital, Kampala, has just become home to the (nearly completed) Imperial Royale Hotel. It's a 275-roomer, with three restaurants and several bars, which will offer 24-hour service, and four floors of parking. A local newspaper had this to say about the Imperial Royale:

If you see the design and the furniture of the spacious rooms and you are asked to price them, you will give them a price much higher than what Mr Karim Hirji, the proprietor of the Imperial Royale Hotel, is asking.

Not only is it in an exotic land that I'd love to visit, but it's good value as well. The CHOGM meeting will be held at the end of November this year, so by then the Imperial Royale should be well and truly open for business. Ready for my end of year vacation, perhaps.

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· Ugandan Hotels Ready for CHOGM [Daily Monitor]
· Africa Hotels [HotelChatter]
· Africa Travel Stories [Jaunted]