Sarova hotels revamped its rewarding programme to offer more benefits to customers. This coincided with the boost the tourism sector has received after the lifting of travel advisories by the British government on the Coastal strip of Mombasa, Watamu, Kilifi and Ukunda and the resumption of direct flights by German leisure airline Condor and Lufthansa. The Sarova Zawadi card will now come in three variants; the Zawadi Ruby, Zawadi Emerald and Zawadi Diamond. According to Sarova Hotels Group marketing & Sales Director, Jimi Kariuki, the new cards offer better benefits as compared to competing cards in the market. “We have…
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The travel industry is vibrant and changes rapidly. It is seemingly the reason why more technology partners see gains in serving the big market. With online sales growing at a faster rate compared to revenues from offline sources (like what we get by visiting clients and talking to them on a one on one basis) the race to bolster productivity might not end soon. Seeing this gap, technology partner for the travel industry, Amadeus, has launched a business intelligence system exclusively for Sub Saharan Africa that aims at helping customers measure their business activity. Billed the “Productivity Tracker”, it provides…
By NBM writer T he devolved system of governance and development that Kenya constitutionally adopted has been rolling out for the last two years. It has recorded significant achievements in increased level of participation, social inclusion and accountability. In addition to governance accountability and proper planning questions, financial sufficiency and long-term sustainability remain a deep concern. County governments are far from consolidating prerequisite institutions, systems and processes necessary to effectively deliver their mandate. Further, at County level, there is serious problem of waste of public resources in duplicative governance and development processes between the two levels of government. Overall, county…
By Jared Juma and David Wanjala The recent visit by US President Barack Obama exposed so many things in us as Kenyans. Just on the eve of his arrival, a lot of beautification had been going on with Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero being criticized for his last minute rush to make the city look the way it should. It was on the eve of the visit when CNN (Cable News Network) ran a news flash to the effect that President Obama was heading to a hotbed of terror. That got Kenyans really mad! The overzealous Kenyans on Twitter (#KOT) mobilized…
JAMES MULIRO Kenya seems to be slowly sinking into the abyss of corruption, denting the country’s business environment and position as an attractive investment destination for investors. Such sentiments are expressed no better than a majority shareholder in the Sh250 billion Tatu City project, Mr Stephen Jenkings’. In an interview, Mr Jenkings said he has faced a series of frustrations on his mission to invest in Kenya, partly due to emergence of parties keen to defraud and frustrate him. Although he exudes a lot of positivity on his investment in the country and about the business climate in Kenya over…
David Wanjala Kenya is ready for take off into the middle class economy. In fact, we have been ready ever since President Kibaki’s second term in power. What, with the discovery of gold mines in commercially viable wells of crude oil and other natural resources? The only two obstacles standing in between that imminent leap are corruption and impunity, which feed into each other and have stalked the country’s economy like cancer since independence. In President Moi’s regime, Goldenberg scandal was the turning point in Kenya’s otherwise promising economy despite the loot and plunder of the independence government. It was…
By ELLY IMANYARA For the first time in three decades, the Kenyan national anthem was not played at an international athletics meet as the country’s team for the second IAAF World Relays in Bahamas returned home with two silver medals, a seventh overall finish and 15 points. Team sponsors, local integrated communication service giants Safaricom and Athletics Kenya (AK) managed to throw the squad of 27 a warm reception where the readily available excuse the squad failed to hit the heights due to the inexperience coursing through its ranks proved handy. Only a year before at the same T. Robinson…
By Kevin Motaroki An exposé done through an undercover investigation by NTV in February, which showed how an unqualified person enrolled at an institution buy, for a few thousand shillings, a diploma and transcripts for an Aeronautical Engineering bearing the college’s name without attending a single class, called into question the quality of certificates the college – and others – awards. But what was disturbing was the reaction of the college’s administrators. A senior official was quoted in the dailies as saying: “The exposé was malicious, driven by competitive environment and without following the basic tenets of responsible journalism… from…
By Jack Washington Pacquaio, 36, didn’t stay for the festivities after his grueling twelve round battle with Floyd Mayweather. Bruised, but not broken, he had another fight on the line. It wasn’t covered by HBO. It wasn’t worth the record-breaking $300 million the pay-per-view event generated. It was worth much more. Changing into a crisp blue blazer and gray slacks, he’s snuck out the back of MGM Grand Garden Arena by his assistant David Sisson and into what would have been an inconspicuous Ford sedan, were it not for the dozens of Ferraris and Lamborghinis from the Mayweather entourage cluttering…
By Peter Wanyonyi On July 14th this year, Microsoft will end all support for Windows Server 2003. After that date, there will be no more security updates for that Operating System (OS), and there will be no support from the company go_ing forward, unless there are very special circumstances – in which case very expensive support will be provided. This is a bigger issue than it seems: Windows Server, in its various editions, accounts for 73% of all server OS installations worldwide. The end of extended Microsoft support, therefore, is a very big deal – because much of this 73%…