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Manish Shah, Executive Chairman at Kingsway Group of Companies, provides an overview of the group’s activities in Kenya, highlighting their involvement in hospitality, special economic …
In this exclusive interview, Manish Shah discusses Kingsway Group of Companies’ diverse business ventures. Known for its hospitality operations such as the Village Market Mall and hotels, Kingsway also focuses on special economic zones to foster manufacturing and trade partnerships across Eastern and Central Africa. Shah highlights their innovative agro-processing initiative aimed at maximizing groundnut utilization and empowering local farmers, and outlines Kingsway’s strategic moves into electric vehicle manufacturing and fiber optics, emphasizing their commitment to sustainable growth and investment opportunities in Kenya and the region.
Paul Gardiner, Director of Mantis, Terra Nova and Bear Grylls Survival Academy, reflects on his environmental journey and articulates his vision for expanding ecotourism globally.
Shaileen Shah shares her assessment of the hospitality sector and the hotel industry in Kenya and Nairobi and presents Trademark Hotel, a 215-room urban business hotel inspired by the cultural and creative renaissance in Nairobi, reflecting the city’s industrious and innovative nature in its design. Trademark Hotel is a member of Design Hotels.
Maureene Danielle gives an overview of The Concord Hotel, a boutique establishment owned by Chatur Hospitality. The hotel opened its doors in April 2016 and is Nairobi’s newest five-star hotel.
“This is our flagship property; it is a 30 bedroom, purely boutique business and hotel. It has the Rue 80 rooftop which is incredibly busy and is creating a huge following,” says Anthony Shishler, MD of Fahrenheit Hospitality.
“For our positioning at the moment, we are looking at diversifying our portfolio into estate management, short let management, service department management, resource management as well as beach management,” says Anthony Shishler, MD of Fahrenheit Hospitality.
“My perception of what is happening in the industry is that it is growing incredibly fast. I think it is almost growing too fast for the infrastructure to handle. I think that the population is demanding better quality hotels and the industry is starting to facilitate that,” says Anthony Shishler, MD of Fahrenheit Hospitality.
“I think the hospitality culture is definitely growing in West Africa. Every day it is growing a little bit more, you see it with the big international hotels that have come in, you see it with groups like Fahrenheit Hospitality that want to come and make it their own and build a brand that is home-grown but that has all of the planning and strategic knowledge of hospitality that you would maybe get with international brands,” says Claudine Roth, GM of Loft Fahrenheit.
“I was not here when it first opened but it was welcomed to a good opening because there was already a culture of guests who like the new Maison Fahrenheit and of course their design and style are very similar,” says Claudine Roth, GM of Loft Fahrenheit.
