Since Asaba became the newly created capital of Delta State, the city has experienced large d u x of people, coupled with the natural fast growing nature of the town. Asaba, also house over 30% of the businessmen of Onitsha on
temporary permanent visit or stay. The town also, has branches of all the major bank in Nigeria, and numerous private ventures. It therefore, becomes ironical that it has no standard luxurious lodging facility. Moreso, with it's position in relation to the River Niger, it stands a great chance of establishing a Resort-Hotel type. This hotel will combine the best recreational facilities possible for a hotel, business facilities. accommodation, convention facilities, etc in a single complex.
This thesis work is in seven chapters. Chapters 1 - 3 deals with the
introduction, historical background, and case studies respectively. Chapters 4 - 6
examines the site studies, facilities prograrnming, and environmental services
respectively . While the concluding chapter, chapter seven, treats the facilities
programming and the design solution. This thesis gives an insight into Resort-Hotel design, the do's and don't, the limitations, the organization, and the solutions.