Hotel Ratings: How five star hotels in Kenya miss out?

The Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel, the Radisson Blu Nairobi Hotel, the Sarova Stanley, Hemingways Nairobi and the Fairmont The Norfolk, among others, have according to information from the Kenyan Tourism Regulatory Authority just made the cut in the latest round of grading and classification exercises in Nairobi to be awarded the coveted five star rating.


A total of eight establishments in the city were deemed fit to put five stars on their front door while a number of others attained a four star rating, among them the Windsor Golf and Country Club in line with this correspondent’s own assessment, leaving room for improvement towards the highest classification in future reviews.