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Transcorp Hilton: Serving Abuja's business travellers
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:46


The Transcorp Hilton is one of Abuja's most famous landmarks.
The hotel boasts unrivalled leisure and recreation facilities.


Transcorp Hilton Abuja is centrally located within the capital city's commercial district, in its own beautifully landscaped gardens opposite Millennium Park. It is easily accessible by road from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

The hotel has 670 luxuriously decorated rooms and suites with the ninth and tenth floors dedicated to executive accommodation.

Facilities
The hotel's room facilities include:

  • Individually controlled air conditioning
  • Mini-bar and tea/coffee-making facilities
  • Electronic in-room safes
  • Direct-dial telephone with voicemail system
  • High-speed Internet connectivity
  • Iron and ironing board
  • Clock radio with an MP3 player
  • Shaver outlet (220V) and hairdryer
  • Satellite and pay TV
  • Rooms for people with special needs
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • 24-hour room service
  • 'No-break' UPS power generators

    Other hotel services include:

  • Fax, photocopying, word-processing and Internet facilities at the business centre
  • A medical clinic and dentist
  • Parking for 1 500 cars
  • Babysitting services (on request)
  • Simultaneous translation services
  • Express laundry and dry-cleaning services
  • Car-rental services
  • International and local airline desks

    Restaurants
    The hotel boasts a number of restaurants offering the best of local and international cuisine as well as entertainment.

    Conference facilities
    Transcorp Hilton Abuja offers an enviable selection of facilities for meetings and events of all sizes. For smaller meetings there are 24 purpose-built meeting rooms – all with natural daylight, air conditioning and Wi-Fi Internet access – while for conferences there is the Congress Centre, with a capacity of 1 200.

    Leisure and recreation facilities
    The hotel boasts unrivalled leisure facilities:

  • A hexagonal outdoor swimming pool and children's wading pool
  • A fitness centre with modern equipment
  • Saunas and massage rooms
  • Three tennis courts with floodlights
  • Three air-conditioned, squash courts
  • Basketball and volleyball courts with floodlights
  • A multipurpose air-conditioned sports hall with a badminton court and aerobics studio
  • Mini-golf course
  • Children's playground
  • Shopping arcade
  • A beauty salon
  • A casino
  • A Nigerian handicraft village

    Key facts and figures
    Year established: 1987
    Major clients: All key players in the financial, oil and gas, and government sectors

    Contact details

    Key contact people:

  • Andre Herrenschmidt, General Manager
  • Peter Idoko, Director of Business Development
  • Shola Adeyemo, Public Relations Manager

    Physical address: 1 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District, Abuja, Nigeria
    Postal address: PMB 200, Abuja, Nigeria
    Tel: +234 9 461 3000 Fax: +234 9 461 3111
    Email: hilton.abuja@hilton.com
    Website: www.abuja.hilton.com