Whether you are looking for a venue for your next seminar, a conference, or simply a place to accommodate a meeting, training, or workshop, Speke Resort Munyonyo, and Common Wealth Resort conference spaces can provide a perfect environment where great ideas have room to grow.
“From a small business meeting to a conference with a stage, we have the space fit for your needs. All of our meeting and conference spaces are equipped with state of the art audio visual technology,” says Speke Resort Munyonyo.
An extension of the Resort is famously known for having hosted the 2007 Commonwealth Government Heads of State Meeting (CHOGM), with the Queen of England in attendance. Other high-profile meetings have since followed. Speke Resort will yet again host the British royal family in 2020 when the Duke of Edinburgh comes for the International Gold Event.
The Resort has an audio & visual department and can help you record your event with perfection. Guest services are available to provide such amenities as fax, photocopying, Internet and express mail services. The conference rooms are fitted with functional air conditioner, finest furniture, carpets and fittings that are made to deliver utmost comfort and luxury.
The Resort extends this touch of finesse to the accommodation section. From Presidential Suites, Presidential Cottages, Executive Rooms, Superior Rooms, and exquisite villas that are bright, spacious and filled with beautiful views of Lake Victoria, you got it all.
The Resort has a modern gym, spa, Olympic size swimming pool, fitness center kid’s center, squash court, boat rides, and horse riding among other amenities. Speke Resort was last year named the best Luxury Lakeside Resort in East Africa at World Luxury Hotel Awards ceremony which took place in Bali, Indonesia.
The Resort routinely wins TripAdvisor and local tourism awards which something that says about the quality of its services and customer care. In August, the Resort once again, and for the sixth time in a row, won the Service and Luxury Business Hotel category at the annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Awards.
Recently during the Africa Now conference, Africa’s 8th richest person – billionaire Strive Masiyiwa awed by the classic beauty of Speke Resort proposed that the luxurious five-star hotel resort should be named “the official African Conference Centre.”
Mr. Greg Petzer, the General Manager of the Resort in an interview said they are well aware of the business opportunity that MICE tourism presents to them and the competition at hand, and to stay as market leaders, they are constantly upgrading their facilities to stay upto date with world-class standards.
Mr. Petzer attributed their success to teamwork and meeting customer expectations. “We are happy it is paying off in such a manner. We do a lot of training, we invest money, time, and effort in the human resource side of our product,” Mr. Petzer stated in an interview.
He said the hotel management works ‘closely with government’ in terms of meeting the guidelines that have been set out for the hotel business throughout East Africa. “We have a lot of repeat guests who stay with us; what I have noticed over the years is that guests rely on our services and the standards when they are traveling.”
Speke Resort and Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort is located at Wavamunno Road, P. O. Box 446, Kampala Uganda. You can also reach them via +256 (0)752 711 714, +256 (0)414 227 111, +256 (0)417 716 000.
