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Tourism
Resorts in the East African nation cut their prices to entice domestic tourists. It's paying off.
George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri, Reuters | 18 hours ago
Throughout the pandemic, people started to realize that we’ve loved our planet nearly to death — quite literally. Will we be able to heal our relationship with Mother Nature as the industry attempts to redefine sustainable travel?
Reem Abdellatif, Skift | 10 months ago
Airlines
The airline's current partnership clearly isn't working. Air France-KLM seems receptive to changing the existing terms, giving Kenya Airways the opportunity to seek out deals with other carriers.
Bella Genga, Bloomberg | 2 years ago
Kenya has felt little long-term impact from the terrorist attacks that shook the city’s dusitD2 Nairobi hotel in January. That’s good news for the city’s hoteliers and the country’s all-important tourism industry. Are travelers simply becoming immune to the threat of terror?
Richard Holmes, Skift | 2 years ago
Kenya Airways has made progress on a financial turnaround after a prolonged political crisis in its domestic market, rising competition from rival state-owned airlines on the continent, and a costly restructuring. The airline isn't in the clear yet, but things look promising.
Bella Genga, Bloomberg | 3 years ago
After this week’s terror attacks in a Nairobi hotel complex, a question mark hangs over the continued growth of Kenya’s lucrative tourism industry. But tourists have been here before, and as long as there are no follow-up attacks, mass cancellations seem unlikely.
Richard Holmes, Skift | 3 years ago
This seems very optimistic. The terms would have to be pretty sweet to entice Ryanair and EasyJet to begin flights and it would probably bring about the demise of Kenya Airways.
Christine Wanjala, Bloomberg | 3 years ago
Great news for Kenya, as well as its neighbors.
Christine Wanjala, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Kenya also has an opportunity to reshape how it tells its story to the rest of the world. As of now, the message is too dependent on 1980s notions of the continent rather than the modern, fast-moving realities of modern Kenyan life.
Paul Richardson, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Hotels
Several African economies like Nigeria and Mozambique are among the fastest growing in the world but that is hardly related to its potential for increased tourist arrivals, as Carlson Rezidor's CEO argues. Given recent terror attacks in Europe and Asia and backlash from last year's Ebola outbreak, the mostly unknown continent is sadly being lumped into the danger category even if many of its destinations are safe and ready for tourists.
Eric Ombok, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
