Bangkok listed hotel starts hiring for luxury Nairobi unit
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Bangkok-based hotel and resort chain will operate the dusitD2 Nairobi located at 14 Riverside in the upmarket Lavington estate.
The 100-bed dusitD2 hotel that will have conference facilities, gym and spa will increase Nairobi’s bed capacity that has witnessed increased demand for accommodation due to its status as the regional hub for many multinationals.
The hotel Tuesday started recruiting staff like chefs, bartenders, accountants, house keepers and security officers.
Thailand-listed Dusit International plans to open a luxury hotel in Nairobi in June this year, targeting business and leisure travellers.
The Bangkok-based hotel and resort chain will operate the dusitD2 Nairobi located at 14 Riverside in the upmarket Lavington estate.
It was scheduled to be open by the end of last year but construction delays have forced the developers to push back its opening by about six months.
“The hotel will open towards the end of the second quarter of the year. There were delays in construction,” said Ami Sanghrajka, a director at Cape Hotels in an interview with Business Daily.
The hotel Tuesday started recruiting staff like chefs, bartenders, accountants, house keepers and security officers.
The 100-bed dusitD2 hotel that will have conference facilities, gym and spa will increase Nairobi’s bed capacity that has witnessed increased demand for accommodation due to its status as the regional hub for many multinationals.
Tented camp
Dusit International becomes the latest global hotel chain to set shop in Kenya.
Another Bangkok investor, the Chirathivat family — Thailand’s second richest family with a net worth of $12.3 billion — announced in September last year plans to set up a hotel in Nairobi under the Centara Hotels & Resorts brand.
US-based hotel chain Best Western in December opened in Mombasa, its second unit in Kenya after the Best Western Premier in Nairobi last June.
British investor Sir Richard Branson in October formally unveiled Mahali Mzuri, a luxurious tented camp in the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Villa Rosa Kempinski, the 200-roomed multi-billion shilling property opened its doors in Kenya in September.
Hemingways in May opened a Sh1.5 billion 45-suite boutique hotel in the upmarket Karen, targeting business travellers.
Other global hotel companies planning to start operations in Kenya include Radisson Blu and Park Inn by American chain Radisson Hotel.
Dubai-based Emaar Hospitality has inked a management contract to operate a resort in Maasai Mara dubbed Enkereri Mara by The Address Maasai Mara.
