At least eight hotels in Nairobi County have been ranked five-star by the Tourism Regulatory Authority.
According
to results published in a gazette notice on November 18, town hotels in
Nairobi which were rated five-star were Villa Rosa Kempinski,
Hemingways Nairobi, Sankara Nairobi, Fairmont The Norfolk and The Sarova
Stanley.
Other hotels in Nairobi that got the
five-star rating were Radisson Blu Hotel, Dusit D2 and Tribe Hotel. Of
the more than 80 hotels classified by the agency, only 30 establishments
were awarded star ratings.
Hotels that got the
four-star rating were Crowne Plaza, Ole Sereni, House of Waine, Weston
Hotel and Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi. Others rated four-star were
Sarova Panafric, Fairview, Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club and The
Boma.
In the three-star category was The Clarion Hotel,
Ngong Hills Hotel, The Heron Portico, Panari Hotel, Marble Arch Hotel
and Mountain Breeze Hotel.
Establishments ranked
two-star were Central Park, Fahari Gardens, Eton, Boma Inn, Jacaranda
Nairobi, West Breeze and After 40 hotels.
In other
regions, Amboseli Sopa Lodge and Kibos Safari Camp in Kajiado County
were rated three-star along with Maanzoni Lodge in Machakos County.
Westwood
Hotel in Nyeri County was rated two-star and so were Ibis Hotel Nanyuki
in Laikipia County, Ibis Hotel Nyeri, Maxoil Hotel in Laikipia. Ibis
2000 Hotel Karatina in Nyeri County got a one-star rating.
Carnivore restaurant in Nairobi was rated four-star while Bollywood Bites in Mombasa was ranked three-star.
EXERCISE CONDUCTED FAIRLY
The
results were for the remaining six counties of Nairobi, Kiambu,
Machakos, Kitui, Makueni and Kajiado whose hotel classification was
completed last month.
On Sunday, the agency’s
director-general Kipkorir Lagat said the exercise was conducted fairly
and the assessors had been certified by the East African Community
secretariat.
Sarova Stanley general manager Paolo Marro
was delighted with the results, saying the establishment was ranked a
five-star due to its quality services. “The five-star rating is a
confirmation of our commitment to offering our guests the true African
experience,” he said.
In the previous results of hotel
classification which was conducted in 41 counties across the country by
the agency, only seven establishments had been rated five-star.
The agency had rated hotels from the regions of Nyanza, Western, North
and South Rift, Central and Upper Eastern and at the Coast.
Those
ranked five star establishments were Leopard Beach Resort and Swahili
Beach Resort from Kwale County and Medina Palms, Watamu, in Kilifi
County. Others were Mara Serena Safari Lodge and Olare Mara Kempinski
from Narok County, Segera Retreat Lodge in Laikipia County and Lake
Elmentaita Serena Camp in Nakuru County.
Mombasa County tourism hub did not feature in the list of five-star winners as its popular hotels were ranked four-star.
In
Kisumu County, the top rating was a three-star with establishments such
as Kisumu Hotel, Sovereign Hotel, The Vic Hotel and Imperial Hotel
rated three-star.
Of the 228 establishments which were
inspected by TRA certified assessors in the 41 counties, seven were
rated five-star, 31 as four-star while 42 were ranked three-star.
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