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TripAdvisor awards Kenya’s best hotels in 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards
PHOTO: Medina Palms (Facebook) TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice™ awards for Hotels earlier in January, with Medina Palms emerging as the...
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#Travel: Cape Town named one of World’s Best Food Cities
Travelers love to eat – that’s why every year, as part of their annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey, Condé Nast Traveler ask their readers to rank their favourite food cities around the world....
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#Travel: How powerful is your passport?
PHOTO: http://www.passportindex.org/ How “powerful” or desirable is your passport? This is the question that the folks at Arton Capital have set out to answer. Financial advisory firm Arton Capital...
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#Travel: South Africa, Kenya perform well in Responsible Tourism ranking
Responsible Travel, an online platform that connects consumers to the world’s best small holiday companies, has published the first league table of tourist boards – graded by purely their commitment...
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‘Perfect’ diamond sells for Sh2 billion in New York
A “perfect” 100-carat diamond originally mined in South Africa sold for $22.1 million (Sh2 billion) in New York on Tuesday in three minutes of bidding, Sotheby’s said. The auction house had valued the...
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#Travel: Mauritius makes it on TripAdvisor’s list of World’s Best Islands
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice™ awards for Islands earlier this year, with Mauritius emerging as the top honouree from Africa. From more...
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#Travel: Kenya’s Diani Beach named TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Beaches
Diani Beach along Kenya’s southern coast has been named one of the Top 25 Beaches in the World for TripAdvisor’s 2015 Travelers’ Choice™ awards. TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, announced...
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Top 7 Hotel Swimming Pool Views in East Africa
From magical dimensions to magnificent designs, swimming pools have advanced in time to more than just a cooling haven. The invention of cutting-edge infinity pools that seem to vanish into the...
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#Travel: How you pack determines what type of traveler you are
The next time you’re at an airport take a look around. The minimalists usually have a slightly superior swagger and the everyeventualityists look a bit worried. Of course there are many manifestations...
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How to brighten up your home this Rainy Season
By Monique Warner We all know what happens when the grey clouds roll in! Not only does it indicate rain, but also the dreary-looking days ahead. To help you counter those grey days, here are three...
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#Travel: Berlin Holocaust Memorial a top tourist draw 10 years on
#Travel: Getting lost in #Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, located in Mitte on a stretch of the former “death strip”, where the Wall once stood near the Brandenburg Gate, is Berlin’s stunning monument to...
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Five Hot Spots for Cruising and Sailing in East Africa
Cruising and sailing is one kind of novelty that I feel has not been fully exploited in East Africa’s tourism frontiers. And while the traditional and mainstream numbers such as safari, beach and...
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#Travel: Now you can experience death with this 4D simulator
Now you can experience death with this 4D simulator A new amusement park ride that simulates a crematorium has been bombarded with crowds wanting to experience the afterlife experience. The 4D Death...
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New York Picasso sale sets Sh17 billion auction record
A Picasso masterpiece fetched more than Sh17 billion ($179 million) in New York on Monday, smashing the world record for the most expensive art sold at auction in what was dubbed the “sale of the...
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‘Pigeon blood’ ruby sells for record Sh2.9 billion
A 25.59 carat “pigeon blood” ruby sold for a world record Sh2.9 billion ($30.33 million) at auction in Geneva while a rare pink diamond believed to have once belonged to Napoleon’s niece fetched $15.9...
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Six must visit breath taking falls in East Africa
Beside world renowned beaches, culture and wildlife, East Africa also has one unique feature that should be accorded more buzz on travelogues and tourist journals; it’s the tens of stunning waterfalls...
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New detergent keeps laundry smelling fresh for 10 days
“When do you think this towel was washed?” Irene Mwathi-Miheso, P&G Communications Manager asked. Before me, a bright white hand towel, super-fluffy, which smelled like the complimentary ones at...
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#Travel: Why you prefer savoury tomato juice on flights
Why does food always seem to taste different when you’re flying? Is it the airline’s unappetizing and bland food? Turns out, in a pressurized cabin at 30,000 feet, our perception of taste is affected....
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In love with the choco – Cadbury’s launch chocolate airways
Cadbury’s have launched an airline for chocoholics. The Saturdays star Una Foden will be the first passenger on board the new private Cadbury Jet, which is preparing to take off to five delicious...
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#Travel: Is subscription-based flying the new trend?
Is a all-you-can-fly membership the future of aviation? Surf Air thinks so. Surf Air, a new airline that operates on a monthly subscription, has launched in California and is looking to expand its...
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