Congresses of up to 1,800 delegates, multi-day seminars, banquets, weddings and garden parties for as many as 3,000 guests can be organized at the Hôtel Sarakawa, on Boulevard du Mono in Lomé, Togo. The hotel faces the sea and stands in a 40-hectare tropical park, which gives organizers large halls and open-air lawns on the same site.
Seminars and company events
The meeting center works at two scales. For seminars and work meetings, eight air-conditioned rooms add up to 620 m². Aledjo is the largest, at 180 m² and 215 in theatre style. Gabite takes 110 and Midzao 100 in the same layout, while Woezon, Yessom'l and Noode, between 30 and 50 m², serve as committee or breakout rooms. Okaabo and Taldeou, 90 m² each, open into one room for 180, and joined to Aledjo they form a 360 m² space for 400 in theatre style.
For congresses, three halls change the scale. Agou covers 750 m² and seats 750; Defale and Atakora, 500 m² each, seat 500. Opened together, the three halls reach 1,750 m² and 1,800 seats in theatre style, or 1,000 at banquet tables.
Room hire includes air conditioning, a video projector, a screen, a flipchart with markers, notepads and bottled water. Tables of several sizes, podiums, lecterns, electric screens, a sound system and an adjustable dance floor are part of the standard kit, and the team can add extra sound, hostesses, photographers and entertainment on request.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings, birthdays and private celebrations, indoors or outside. The Jardin Pétanque, 1,250 m², takes 3,000 standing or 1,800 at tables. Jardin Flamboyant 1 and 2 each take 600 for a banquet, the Jardin B3 covers 2,100 m² for 1,000 seated, and the Terrasse Sika, 394 m², suits a cocktail for 800. Events by the pool are also possible, and the hotel suggests partners for decoration and entertainment.
Accommodation
Rooms come in five categories: standard rooms with a city view or a sea view, Privilège and Deluxe rooms, and junior suites. The site does not state the total number of bedrooms, so check the size of the room block early for a residential seminar.
Catering
Catering is handled by the hotel, with buffets, cocktails, welcome drinks and barbecue evenings among the formats it runs. The hotel has a restaurant and two bars, Bar Mono by the pool and Bar Le Sio.
History and setting
The grounds are the hotel's main asset for a group. An Olympic-size pool lined with coconut palms and native plants sits at the center of the park, with tennis courts, a gym, riding facilities, a fitness trail and water activities around it. A free afternoon in a seminar program can be spent without leaving the site.
Getting there
The hotel stands on Boulevard du Mono, on the seafront in Lomé. Lomé-Tokoin International Airport serves the city.