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Buildings and Structures in Rwanda by City: Buildings and Structures in Kigali, Hotel Des Mille Collines, Kigali Memorial Centre

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Chapters: Buildings and Structures in Kigali, Hotel Des Mille Collines, Kigali Memorial Centre, Gikondo Prison, Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Stade Amahoro, Kandt House Museum of Natural History. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The front of the hotelThe Hotel des Mille Collines is a large hotel in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. It became famous as the building in which more than a thousand people took refuge during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The story of the hotel and its manager at that time, Paul Rusesabagina, was used as the basis of the film Hotel Rwanda. The Belgian airline Sabena owned the hotel at the time of the genocide. The European managers were flown out and Rusesabagina, manager of the smaller Hotel des Diplomates at that time, was made manager. With the help of his wife he bribed the Hutu Interahamwe militia with money and alcohol to keep them from killing the refugees in the hotel. He also managed to provide the refugees with food and water. The four star hotel continues to operate. It has 112 rooms, a bar/cafe, three conference rooms, a restaurant, and the now famous swimming pool. According to the official website 'on September 15, 2005, the Hotel des Mille Collines was handed over from Sabena Hotels Belgium (its owner during the Genocide) to Mikcor Hotels holding Rwanda'. The French 'des Mille Collines' ('of a thousand hills') is another (poetic) name for Rwanda. The real hotel does not actually appear in the film which was largely shot in South Africa. The hotel does however appear as itself in the 2005 HBO film Sometimes in April which was shot on location in Rwanda. MIKCOR Hotel Holding has taken over Hotel des Mille Collines from SABENA Hotels for USD $3.2million (approx. RWF 1.8 billion), according to the contract ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1713987


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158739288
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158739281
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Buildings and Structures in Kigali, Hotel Des Mille Collines, Kigali Memorial Centre
  • Width: 229 mm


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