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Nairobi hotels record higher profits ahead of Obama trip and summit

Villa Rosa Kempinski, one of the hotels seeing increased bookings ahead of Obama visit. [PHOTO: Beverlyne Musili/STANDARD]

Nairobi-based hotels are registering what is considered the best month in years as Kenya prepares to host the sixth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) later this month.

Reports from industry players indicate city hotels received an avalanche of bookings for between one to two weeks as thousands of event organisers, delegates, security personnel and business leaders converge here. This is the biggest test yet to Nairobi’s capacity for conference tourism and it comes at a much needed time when Kenya’s tourism industry is struggling to climb out of a three year slump.

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