The Amber Tinapa hotel is situated within the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort district, 10km outside of Calabar, in the Cross River State, Nigeria. The hotel comprises of 243 rooms and delivers top class comfort and service to every guest.

A visit to Tinapa exposes its breath-taking architectural design, and includes a wholesale emporium, retail outlets, food court with take-away outlets, administrative centres, parking space for 3000 cars and coaches, wave pool, standing wave surfing, lazy river slide, water slides, picnic area, children’s pool and play area. The fisherman’s village compromises of the mud bar, a branded nightclub, and arts and crafts village, man-made lake.

These and more make Tinapa, a world-class edifice. All these facilities are supported by a robust 24/7 independent power supply system, first-class ICT infrastructure as well as top security.

Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke has said the multi-billion naira business/tourism resort otherwise called Tinapa will take off December.Speaking with journalists weekend, Imoke, who said N50 billion had so far been spent on the resort, added that the state would still spend another N5 to N10 billion before its take-off.

The governor said the take off followed the approval of the resort’s Procedural and Operational Guidelines by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week.

The Tinapa Free Zone & Resort has continued to receive visitors from far and wide. Virtually all notable Nigerians from all walks Of Life have at one time or the other, visited the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort either during its construction phase or after its official commissioning.

Manchester United took the honour in the just concluded Tinapa Soccer Fiesta as the defeat Portsmouth FC by 2 - 1. The match was played in Abuja, The Faderal Capital Tereotory.

Rio Ferdinand will return to Nigeria for a second time this summer when United play fellow Barclays Premier League side Portsmouth at the Abuja Stadium.