Nairobi's Hemmingways has been rated the fifth most popular hotel in
Africa among the world's globe trotting super-rich who visit the
continent on business and/or leisure. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Nairobi’s Hemmingways hotel is the fifth best hotel in Africa
and the most frequented by the world’s multi-millionaires in East
Africa, reveals new survey.
A market survey by South
African based neworldwealth.com said the world's super-rich preferred
the Karen-based 45-room facility for its serenity and location.
TOP HOTELS
Morocco
dominated the top five rated hotels with Marrakech's La Mamounia the
most popular in Africa and Royal Mansour also in the same city being
third.
Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater Lodge beat Kenya's Hemmingways to second place.
Even
though South Africa dominated the top ten list with four hotels, its
top most hotel the 12 Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town was the fourth
popular among the world's millionaires visiting the continent.
CONNECTING HUB
The
last twelve months saw 32,000 multi-millionaires visiting different
cities in Africa, with Nairobi receiving a large chunk of investors
while others made a stopover on their way to other African cities
proving Nairobi’s growing status as a connecting hub.
Multi-millionaires
visiting Kenya said they came for business in Nairobi while others came
as tourists and ended up at the Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Nairobi’s
future looks bright, said the report, especially the hospitality
industry as investments in gas, oil and infrastructure are a crowd
puller for investors and other professionals tasked with implementation
of the multi-billion projects.
TOP TEN HOTELS
Other
hotels in the top ten category include Zambia’s Royal Livingstone,
Egypt’s Four Seasons in Sharm El Sheikh, and South Africa’s Oyster Box,
Umhlanga, Lost City and Sun City, and North West and Cape Grace.
Newworldwealth.com
provides consultancy and information services for luxury goods
companies, private banks, family offices, real estate professionals,
asset managers, and high net worth individuals.
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