A leading company in hotel management, Zademos Limited, recently honoured the Chief Medical Director of the Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital (LUTECH), Professor Oladele Sijuwola and the Senior Special Adviser to the Oyo State governor, Mr Olusola Oyedeji, for their contributions to the growth of the society and the promotion of the hospitality industry.

The Chief Executive Officer of Zademos and managing consultant of Bamfort Hotels Limited, Mr Amos Folorunso, described the honourees as individuals, who had made working towards the growth of the society and Nigerian hospitality industry their hobbies.

“We celebrate Professor Sijuwola and Mr Oyedeji, so as to encourage them to put in more efforts at being good ambassadors of our dear country and intensify their efforts at moving the development of hospitality industry in the country from the realm of rhetoric to reality,” Folorunso added.

The honourees lauded the efforts of Zademos Limited at improving on the state of hospitality industry in the country.

“Zademos is a pride to Nigeria’s hospitality industry. It as propelled a lot of development and added value to the industry. All the company needs is government and individuals’ support, as this will make our hospitality industry match up with what is optainable in advance countries,” Oyedeji said.

Commenting on Bamfort Hotels Limited, Sango Ota, Ogun State, which Zademos manages, Folorunso said: “Many lodgers and hospitality stakeholders lauded the repackaging of Bamfort Hotels and it first-class services, but I can assure them that what they experienced last year would be incomparable to what the hotels has in stuck for this year.

“We have concluded plans on how to make Bamfort Hotels the pride of hospitality industry in Nigeria and give our deluge of customers the best for their hard earned money.

“Hence, Bamfort Hotels religiously make keeping the world standard tenets of running a hospitality outfit its hallmark; while we have updated our fixtures and fittings; upgraded and well-trainned our staffers, making them more vibrant and beefing up our security network, among others.”

Folorunso charged government at all levels to do more in terms of infrastructure development and security networking. This, according to him, would ensure the anticipated rapid growth in the tourism and hospitality industries in the country.