The Sheraton Addis is an international hotel located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is part of Marriott's Luxury Collection. It has 293 rooms, as well as a number of villas.[1]
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The hotel was built by MIDROC Ethiopia, and designed by architect Kosek Ivo. Sheik Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, built the hotel as a way of creating jobs and promoting the country's image- saying that he is "investing in Ethiopia by following my heart, not my head". The hotel cost over $200 million to build, and over 500 families had to be relocated for its construction.[2] It opened on 28 February 1998, and has been considered one of the country's leading hotels.[3] The hotel is located between two palaces, the National Palace (formerly the Jubilee Palace), which is the residence of the President of Ethiopia