Riu Hotels and Resorts, 49% owned by Tui, has purchased a 61-acre site in the Pointe Sarene area of the country.
The cash pledge covers both the purchase of the land and the funds to develop two properties on the site – the first will be an approximately 500-room hotel Riu Classic hotel, while the second will be an approximately 800-guest Riu Palace development.
Works are at a “draft planning stage” and are due to get under way in November.
Riu says it is working within the guidance laid down by Sapco, Society for the Development and Promotion of the Senegal Coast and Tourist Zone, to further the Senegalese authorities’ drive to develop tourism.
