How the Heron reinvented itself

How does a hotel erase a bad reputation when standing on grounds that once stood for something you don’t believe in? How do you turn this image around and build something on top of this old colourful lore? And how long can this reputation to be expunged given that the place was notorious and legendary in equal measures?

These are questions that Heron Portico Hotel along Milimani Road, in Nairobi might have asked themselves as they embarked on a long journey of re-invention.