Camara and Goddard are the last names of two strong women who raised the founder of Camara-Goddard Hotels, Fatou Jabbie. One was her mother, a kind and carefree Gambian widow and mother to seven children; the other a practical and supportive mentor who enabled Fatou’s education, ultimately pushing her to become the first person in her family to graduate high school, college and pursue higher education.

Camara-Goddard Hotels is part of a vision to give back to the African continent and foster sustainable development imperatives from every sector to create organic change and opportunity for Africans. From using the most advanced building certifications, such as LEED and EDGE, to ensure minimal environmental impact, to partnering with local government and organizations to hire and train locally, the vision for what the next level of sustainable hospitality can look like starts with two luxury hotels in the Gambia.