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Billionaire businessman, Prince Samuel Adedoyin has added to his chain of business interests. The Doyin Group of Companies boss just completed a luxury hotel called Beni Apartments. It is a 60 suite facility on Ahmed Onibudo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Sources revealed the latest addition to the Doyin Group boasts of all the good things of life. The rooms are fully equipped with state of the art amenities, 24 hour internet access, there is an Olympic size swimming pool, conference rooms and more. The hotel is a 7 storey building and has an upper terrace where the beautiful view of Victoria Island is visible.
Our source maintained the hotel costs the business man about N200 million and accommodation there is 
quite expensive. An executive apartment there cost between N50,000 and N65,000. The rate covers breakfast, internet access and others.
The Doyin Group of Companies under which Beni Apartment operates, is a wholly indigenous conglomerate comprising of 15 subsidiaries. The group founded by the Kwara born mogul, Prince Samuel Adedoyin started as a small trading business many years ago and grew into a conglomerate. The group’s business interests spans manufacturing, real estate, banking, hospitality and energy.
OTHER EXPENSIVE HOTELS IN LAGOS
LAGOS ORIENTAL HOTEL, LEKKI
The Oriental Hotel, Lekki, still maintains its lead as the most expensive in Lagos. Owned by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some foreign investors and planted in the waterfront of Lagos overlooking the posh Ikoyi enclave, the charges for accommodation there are tailored strictly for the rich.
Classic room: N60,000
Classic superior room: N75,000
Classic deluxe room: N98,200
Business suite: N288,800
Ambassador suite: N404,300
Presidential suite: N462,000
FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON
Comfort and luxury best describes the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel situated in Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. The hotel parades 234 rooms and suites and other 4-star facilities. To spend a day inside their standard double or twin room costs £223 (N63,778)
Superior double or twin room: £246 (N70,356)
Executive double room: £264 (N75,504)
Double room suite: £295 (N84,370)
LAGOS SHERATON HOTELS, IKEJA
The hotel is some minutes drive from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. It is home to airline crews and pilots. The presidential suite of the hotel cost N353,150. Single classic room goes for N77,226, business single suite is N140,000 per night while the business double suite attracts N150,062.
Junior suites: N182,318
Diplomatic suite: N271,654
RADISSON BLU ANCHORAGE
The hotel is built by the Ozumba Mbadiwe waterfront of Victoria Island, Lagos and was designed by Christian Lundwall, a Swedish hospitality designer.
Radisson Blu Anchorage’s jointly owned by Mr. Oba Otudeko and his foreign partners, offers 170 rooms and suites decorated in two original styles. The spacious rooms are opulently furnished and feature spectacular views of Lagos lagoon. The current rate of accommodation there are as follows:
A single standard room: £250 (N71,500)
Executive single room: £280,000 (N80,080)
Luxury single room: £324 (N92,664)
Superior single room: £368 (N105,248)
INTERCONTINENTAL LAGOS
Intercontinental Hotel on Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos is the tallest among them all. In fact, it has been adjudged the tallest hotel in West Africa.
The place is home to most foreign diplomats and CEOs of multinational companies who use of the luxury facility for business meetings and accommodation. The hotel is built on an elevated terrain. It offers an uninterrupted spectacular views of Lagos skyline. The current rate of accommodation there are;
Superior room: £225 (N64,350)
Executive room: £319 (N91,234)
Executive suite: £334 (N95,524)
EKO HOTELS & SUITES
Eko Hotel & Suites is on Adetokunbo Ademola Street in the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos. The hotel offers a luxury restaurant, event venues and accommodation to expatriates doing business in Nigeria. The rate for accommodation there has not changed unlike other hotels that have adjusted theirs.
The presidential suite here cost N250,000
Classic superior room is N67,000, atlantic superior room N74,000
Classic suite is N97,000 a night.
The diplomatic suite goes for N145,000
Eko Suites is N77,000
Deluxe room is N105,000
Executive room goes for N170,000
Superior single room: N105,248
THE WHEATBAKER LAGOS
The Wheatbaker in Ikoyi, is one of the finest boutique hotel in Lagos. Owned by Gen. TY Danjuma (rtd), the hotel offers corporate travellers all the comfort and convenience of staying in Lagos. To stay a day in a single room there costs between $590 (N100,300) and $470 (N79,900).
Double room there goes for between $620 (N96,100) to N170,0000.
BEST WESTERN, THE ISLAND HOTEL
This is an oceanfront hotel on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, ideal for guests visiting Bar Beach and business travellers. It parades luxury rooms and suites including oceanview rooms. Additional amenities at this elegant hotel include a fitness centre, an outdoor swimming pool, rooftop tennis courts. A day inside the hotel’s standard double room costs £135 (N38,475), standard double room is £148 (N42,180) or £203 (N557,855).
CITILODGE HOTEL
It is in the serene Goshen Estate, Lekki Lagos. It is loaded with state of the art facilities which include 42 rooms, three suites, banquet hall and a rooftop pavilion.
Classic room: £58 (N16,530)
Deluxe room: £88 (N25,080)
Superior room: £117 (N37,345)
Executive room: £146 (N41,610)
-FOLUSO SAMUEL
