BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The Rezidor Hotel Group said Friday in Brussels it would take on the management of the Radisson Hotel Maputo, Mozambique, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2010.

The future Radission Hotel Maputo, which is owned by Mozambican company Fénix Projectos e Investimentos, next to the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre, will have 150 rooms as well as restaurants, a gym, swimming pool, three retail stores and conference and business meeting facilities.

In a statement, Kurt Ritter, chairman of the Rezidor Hotel Group, said that, with this contract, his group was adding another country to its portfolio and was now present in 54 nations.

The Rezidor Hotel Group operates with the brands Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

- Macauhub