{"id":47102,"date":"2023-11-14T16:31:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=47102"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:27:55","slug":"gambia-hotel-reviewed-as-friendliest-in-the-world-by-tourists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-hotel-reviewed-as-friendliest-in-the-world-by-tourists-2","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Hotel Reviewed As Friendliest In The World By Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Gambia Hotel Reviewed As Friendliest In The World By Tourists<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As reviewed by the tourists in a recent survey published by Business Insider Africa (BIA), the Kombo Beach Hotel located in Kotu is been rated the world\u2019s friendliest hotel \u201cwith 52.74% of reviewers calling it \u2018friendly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent survey the BIA stated that \u201cthe Kombo Beach Hotel in Kotu is known for welcoming back repeat guests, and customer service is the key. On Tripadvisor, 52.7% of reviews for Kombo Beach Hotel in Kotu, The Gambia, mention the word \u201cfriendly\u201d \u2013 the most of any hotel in Africa and worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the guests stated \u201cThe Night Manager, Alpha is above and beyond helpful. He regularly asks all the guests if they are okay and makes us feel that nothing is a problem for him. A total asset to this hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust three miles of shoreline away is the Ocean Bay Hotel and Resort, with 49.9% \u201cfriendly\u201d reviews, the second most friendly of any hotel on the continent.<b> <\/b>Outside the Gambia, Africa\u2019s friendliest hotels are mostly a mix of sea, lake, and riverside reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the countries with the friendliest hotels are clustered in Europe, with four of the top five \u2014 including the UK\u2019s Belmore Court and Motel \u2014 on the \u2018old continent.\u2019 Africa\u2019s friendliest hotels are the second friendliest on average, after those of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>To determine the friendliest hotels for hospitality around the world, HawaiianIslands.com https:\/\/hawaiianislands.com\/blog\/friendliest-hotels-hospitality\/<\/p>\n<p>analyzed 12.6 million reviews of more than 14,000 4- and 5-star hotels around the world. Hotels were ranked based on the percentage of publicly available Tripadvisor reviews that contain the word \u201cfriendly.\u201d \u201cOnly hotels with at least 1,000 reviews were considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, another key finding from the survey is the friendliest hotel in the U.S. is The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown in Oregon (43.57%), North America\u2019s friendliest hotel is the Summit Lodge Boutique Hotel in Whistler, Canada (47.10%), Europe\u2019s friendliest hotel is 3HB Clube Humbria in Olhos de Agua, Portugal (52.11%) and the friendliest hotel in the UK is the Belmore Court and Motel in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland (50.47%). The story was first published on November 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Gambia Hotel Reviewed As Friendliest In The World By Tourists As reviewed by the tourists in a recent survey published by Business Insider Africa (BIA), the Kombo Beach Hotel located in Kotu is been rated the world\u2019s friendliest hotel \u201cwith 52.74% of reviewers calling it \u2018friendly.\u2019\u201d According to a recent survey the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,2366],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-47102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gambia Hotel Reviewed As Friendliest In The World By Tourists - 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