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Kenya: Hospitality Industry Gasps for Breath Under Current Lockdown
Nation, 13 April 2021
Kenya has time and again proven to be a resilient economy. Last year, we witnessed locust invasions, heavy rains, floods followed by an absence of rains in agrarian lands. Read more »
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Kenya: Over 4, 000 Workers Face the Axe as Coast Hotels Close
Nation, 10 April 2021
More than 4, 000 employees in the hospitality industry will be declared redundant as Coast hotels plan to close for at least three months. Read more »
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Kenya: Employment Levels in the Hotel Sector Continue to Rise in January - CBK
Capital FM, 8 February 2021
Employment levels in the hotel sector continued to rise in January with the recovery reflecting the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and increased compliance with health protocols. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya's Hospitality Sector Growth to Remain Neutral in 2021-Study
Capital FM, 25 January 2021
Kenya's hospitality sector growth is projected to remain neutral in 2021, a new data shows. Read more »
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Kenya: Hotel, Tourism Sectors in the Woods as Covid-19 Bites
Nation, 20 January 2021
Driving into the Sankara Nairobi, one easily notices that the main entrance is locked, even though the five-star hotel re-opened way back in September. Read more »
Kenya's Hospitality Industry Suffocates Under Lockdown
With lockdowns across the globe, flight and travel restrictions, tourism came to a halt for the most part of 2020 and started making a tentative recovery in the last quarter of the year. During the month of March 2020, with the lockdown and travel restrictions in place, the hospitality sector saw this as a harbinger for harder times. International travellers and locals who had booked holidays and accommodation for the Easter season in April 2021 need refunds and hotels or lodges faced cancellations. Most hotels across Kenya faced a similar situation and partially closing down, letting go of staff. With the reopening of borders and the resumption of international travel in August 2020, there was temporary relief to the tourism sector, writes Ritesh Barot for The Nation.
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