Global hospitality chain Hilton is set to open a new hotel in the country –Kwetu Nairobi, Curio Collection by Hilton— in February next year.
This comes after an announcement that it will indefinitely close its iconic Hilton Hotel in the city centre in December and send home an unspecified number of workers.
The upscale hotel will be located at the Peponi-Kitisuru Road junction and will have 102 rooms in five interconnected blocks overlooking Karura Forest.
“We’re opening in February 2023, but aren’t accepting reservations yet,” the hotel says on its website.
Guests at the hotel will enjoy contemporary African experience at its specialty restaurant with a seasonal concept menu and a rooftop bar for breathtaking forested landscape view.
After more than five decades of operation in the heart of Nairobi, the Hilton Hotel announced its closure in April.
The ritzy hotel, which has the government owning 40.57 percent of its operator, International Hotels Kenya Limited, announced that it will close on December 31 this year and lay off an unspecified number of employees.
While many luxury brands have scaled back operations or closed down entirely in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hilton stated that its closure is not entirely due to the pandemic.
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