Whenever you visit Intercontinental Hotel Lagos, make effort to see the fifth floor. If you do, then you will discover why it is called the ‘Fifth Floor of Luxury Treat’ by guests who are used to its luxurious offerings.
Of course, from the Ambassadors Suites, currently most expensive in the hotel, the swimming pool overseeing Victoria Island landscape, the PSSP Café, the gym, the health club to the Intercontinental Spa, the luxury floor offers more than enough facilities and space for exclusive leisure.
However, the luxury floor is more luxurious with the opening of Ariya Terrace, a unique rooftop outdoor offering for lovers of quality unwinding. The new offering, formally Zen Garden, which opened coincidentally at the flag-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil at the hotel, is offering lovers of sports, exclusivity and quality relaxation, opportunity to watch live matches of the World Cup amidst refreshment, best of food/drink and music.
Ariya, which means excitement in Yoruba language, lives up the expectations of the guests as it boost of world-class facilities that ensure uninterrupted enjoyment in a prime location without watching your back.
Besides, the drink and food menu, music and performances, guests at Ariya Terrace enjoy refreshing sea breeze from the nearby Atlantic Ocean while the open space offers guests panoramic view of Victoria Island, the proposed Eko Atlantic City and far into the ocean.
At the opening on June 12, 2014 at the fifth floor of the 352-room five-star hotel, Julius Aghahowa, ex international footballer, led other sports enthusiasts and fun lovers to savour the offerings of Ariya Terrace. For Aghahowa, who did not miss been in Brazil because of the live matches on the large screen, the new product meets the expectation of guests who cherish a little outdoor, networking and will thrive even after World Cup due to its uniqueness.
“I am happy that Intercontinental Hotel is giving football viewing an important space in its products offering. I truly did not miss going to Brazil with the clarity of the live matches on the large screen, the refreshment, drinks and even smiles from the attendants”, Aghahowa said.
Although the Ariya Terrace opened during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the hotel management noted that the offering is beyond World Cup. After the World Cup, Ariya Terrace, according to the hotel’s senior staff, would function more with DJs’, live bands that would entertain guests amidst refreshing wine and food menu on daily basis. The hotel hopes to bring major events across the world and in Nigeria to its large screen for guests to enjoy.
Explaining the rationale behind the new offering, the hotel management also noted that it was part of its effort at diversifying the offerings at the hotel and also offering sports lover and its guests opportunity to watch the World Cup in a most relax and memorable way.
To enjoy the offerings at Ariya Terrace, all a guest need do is to order drinks, food or any offerings at the outfit. However, corporate and in-house guests stand chances of enjoying at the outfit at some discounts.
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