Europe’s leading tour operator comes knocking at the Coast

Condor Charter Flights Senior Contract Manager for the Long Haul Division Wolfgang Heinzman (left), is taken on a tour of Diani Reef Beach Resort's beach front by CEO Titus Kangangi on Sunday before he signed a one-year contract with the hotel management. [Photo: Gideon Maundu/Standard]

One of Europe’s leading tour operators, Thomas Cook, has began signing contracts with Coast beach resorts, signaling a rebound in the tourism industry.

The move comes less than a month after three major British tour operators announced their intentions to start booking Kenyan beach resorts beginning next month, many of which were suspended early last year due to terrorist fears in Coast.