Government urged to assist survival of hospitality providers, as Mountain Top Suites and Apartments Opens in Lagos

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The hospitality industry in Lagos has witnessed the launch of an extraordinary new addition with the official opening of the Mountain Top Suites and Apartments.

The hotel in the serene neighbourhood of Olaleke Taiwo Street, Ojodu Berger, promises an unparalleled experience of luxury and comfort for customers. The opening of the magnificent edifice took place over the weekend with star-studded artists such as Shina Peters, Eedris Abdul Kareem and Praize.

Mountain Top Suites and Apartments stands tall with 33 exquisitely designed rooms and apartments, each meticulously furnished to meet the highest standards of elegance. Apart from the accommodation, the hotel offers other services to enhance customer experience. It has Paradiso Lounge, Paradiso Night Club, spa, gym, pool, supermarket, laundry services and sports bar.

Speaking with FirstNigeriaTV during the facility’s opening, the General Manager of the hotel, Goodman Ifeanyichukwu, said the facility has 21 single rooms and 11 apartments and that the apartments consist of three bedrooms and parlour and two bedrooms and parlour.

He said: “The truth is that the new space of accommodating and hospitality is an apartment. Apartment is trying to be like the 5G and not that you don’t make money from the single rooms but people are more convenient at the apartment. Technically it is also cheaper because about three people can come and take an apartment of probably N150,000 but you can’t see a single room of N50,000 that gives you what the apartment gives to you.

“And the apartment itself is self-serviced because you don’t do anything with the hotel because all your services are provided. So, any hotel that doesn’t have an apartment now will suffer because the apartment is the main thing in hospitality. That is why we have to incorporate the apartment into the hotel scheme. If you go to the apartment and the single rooms, you will know the huge differences and statistically, since we did our soft opening on June 28 to now, people come for the apartment compared to the single rooms.

“We have space for everybody irrespective of how funny the economy is because our least room for now is N30,000 and our least beer drink is N1000. So, practically you can’t see these prices in this kind of standard that we have but we just have to do it because technically we don’t have a customers yet. We are doing everything to incorporate everybody into our scheme.

“The challenge of the hospitality business is huge and funny enough the challenges are so repetitive that you as a hospitality person cannot even adjust. Pricing is affecting us because what you see for N10,000 in the market today, the next day the same product will go for N15,000 and you are already selling your plate of rice for instance for N6000, the customer does not want to understand. They want you to keep maintaining that particular price and so it is a big challenge. And all of us know that electricity is what keeps business afloat and the money for diesel is not funny too.

“And so by the time we will start adding money to our prices, customers will always want to protest but the truth is that the economy has a big role to play. The government has a big role to play in helping the hospitality sector because no matter our difficult it is the hospitality sector is one sector that employs a lot of people mostly non-formal people.

“It is a sector that helps a lot of people because I have people with senior secondary school certificates and old people working here. But the government is not paying attention to it, they just think it is a fun place but there is something beyond that fun in the sector.

In this hotel, our policy is safety first before any other thing. When it comes to security we have different departments that handle the security. We have regular security that is at the gate, we have the Mobile Police stationed within the premises and we have a private security firm that monitors customer’s physiology.

“So, there are the structures we put in place and security we are hundred per cent because we also need to secure ourselves. So, our customers are always a top priority for us. Currently, our staff strength is within the range of 95 to 110.”

On his part, the Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Femi Abiona, prayed for the management of the hotel and said that the investment would attract development within the community.

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