Ethiopian Skylight Hotel hosts meetings, conferences, congresses, weddings and gala dinners, from a board meeting of five to events seating 4,000, with 13 meeting halls and 1,024 rooms on site. The hotel is in Addis Ababa, next to Bole International Airport.
Seminars and company events
The hotel describes its events facility as the largest in the city. It lists 13 meeting halls with seating from 50 to 4,000, among them what it calls the largest hotel ballroom in Addis Ababa, and eight fully equipped meeting rooms with audiovisual equipment. That range covers an international congress, a regional sales meeting or a training week. The events team also builds tailor-made programs, combining setting, theme, cuisine, entertainment and activities, from relaxed seating for working sessions to coffee breaks and rooftop picnics. Abundant parking is available for delegates arriving by road.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold as tailor-made packages. A dedicated staff member follows each wedding from planning through to the celebration. The hotel's halls allow both large Ethiopian weddings and smaller receptions, and the site does not publish package contents, so ask for a proposal once the guest count is known.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel states a range of 50 to 4,000 seats across its 13 halls but does not publish names, areas or capacities per layout for each one. Another part of the site gives a range of five to 120 for the events team's meeting formats, which likely refers to the smaller rooms. Ask for the floor plans of the ballroom and the halls you need before fixing a format.
Accommodation
The hotel has 1,024 rooms, suites and apartments across nine room types, which makes it possible to house a full congress under one roof. A separate Skylight In-Terminal Hotel inside Bole airport adds 97 rooms for transit guests and late arrivals.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Meetings and conferences get full-service catering and made-to-order options, and the hotel also offers outdoor catering for events elsewhere. Seventeen food and beverage outlets cover all-day dining and Ethiopian, Italian, Arabian and Asian cuisine, including the Ta'em Cultural Restaurant, Jegol Arabic Restaurant, TinyTalian, Asian Bay and the Aquarius Pool Bar.
History and setting
The hotel presents itself as a new property and as the largest hotel in the city. Its site links to Ethiopian Airlines and other companies of the Ethiopian group. It stands in the Bole district, the area around the airport in the south-east of Addis Ababa.
Getting there
The hotel is about a five-minute walk from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines, which serves a wide network across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. International delegates can land and reach their room without a road transfer, which is the main practical advantage of the venue.