Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House igizwe n’inyubako zigezweho zubatse mu Murenge wa Nyange mu Karere ka Musanze, ku birenge by’Ikirunga cya Sabyinyo, aho uba unitegeye ibirunga bya Gahinga na Muhabura. Yafunguwe ku mugaragararo na Perezida Paul Kagame muri Kanama 2019.

LTI yashyize ahagaragara urutonde rwa hoteli 15 nziza kurusha izindi mu 2019, Singita Kwitonda Lodge iza ku mwanya wa gatatu.

Hoteli ya mbere ni iyitwa The Nautilus yo muri Maldives, ifite umwihariko w'inzu 26 zihariye ku bakiliya (Private Homes) n'ibindi bintu bitandukanye igenera abakiliya, igakurikirwa na Grantly Hall yo mu Ntara ya Yorkshire yo mu Bwongereza.

Singita yo mu Rwanda iza ku mwanya wa gatatu, ni inyubako nshya iherereye hafi ya Pariki y’Igihugu y’Ibirunga, ahantu hakururiye LTI cyane mu myaka ishize.

Kuri urwo rutonde hoteli 12 za mbere zashyizwe ku rutonde hagendewe ku buryo zakira abakiliya n'agaciro ziha abazigana.

Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House yubatswe ahantu hahoze igishanga cyari urwuri, ariko ubu hashibutse umushinga ukomeye w’ubukerarugendo ugizwe n’inzu umunani zubatswe mu buryo zirengera ibidukikije.

Zirimo zirindwi zagenewe umuntu umwe cyangwa uherekejwe kuko buri imwe ifite uburiri bumwe, uruganiriro rwagutse n’ibindi byangombwa nkenerwa, hakaba indi imwe yiswe Kataza House yo igizwe n’ibyumba bine byo kuraramo. Yubatswe n’ibikoresho byinshi byakorewe mu Rwanda, ibyinshi ni ibiboneka i Musanze birimo amakoro n’imigano.

Singita Kwitonda Lodge yashoweho miliyoni $25. Yahawe izina rya Kwitonda, yitiriwe ingagi y’ingabo yari izwiho ubwitonzi, yapfuye mu 2012 ifite imyaka 40, icyo gihe yabonetse itagihumeka nyuma y’iminsi yari ishize itakigaragara mu muryango wayo.

Uyu mushinga wa Singita ni umwe mu izatuma u Rwanda rwesa umuhigo wo kwinjiza miliyoni $800 avuye mu bukerarugendo mu 2024, avuye kuri miliyoni $438 rwasaruye mu 2017.

Singita ni izina risobanura ’ahantu h’ibitangaza’ mu rurimi rwa Shangaan rwo muri Afurika y’Epfo, ari naho iki kigo gikomoka. Cyatangiye ishoramari mu bukerarugendo mu 1993, gisanganwe izindi hotel zo mu bwoko bwa Lodge muri Tanzania (muri Grumeti Game Reserve na Lamai), muri Zimbabwe (Singita Pamushana Lodge) no muri Afurika y’Epfo (Singita Sweni Lodge na Singita Sabi Sand.)

– Urutonde rwa hoteli 15 za mbere ku Isi mu 2019

1. The Nautilus (Maldives)

2. Grantley Hall (Yorkshire)

3. Singita Kwitonda Lodge (Rwanda)

4. InterContinental (Maldives)

5. Rosewood (Hong Kong)

6. The Lodge at Blue Sky (Utah)

7. Mandarin Oriental Jumeira (Dubai)

8. St Regis (Venice)

9. Belmond Cadogan (London)

10. Hotel Château du Grand-Lucé (Loire Valley)

11. The Newt (Somerset, UK)

12. Stock Exchange (Manchester, UK)

13. Waldorf Astoria (Maldives)

14. Aman (Kyoto)

15. The Oberoi (Marrakech)

– Amwe mu mafoto yo gufungura ku mugaragaro Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House

Amafoto: Niyonzima Moses