Blue Economy Conference to be held in Nairobi this week

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Blue Economy Conference will be held in Nairobi this week. The Kenyan diplomacy team has been working on this event for quite some time. Delegates from all over the world would be travelling to Kenya to discuss the economic and ecologic potential of the country’s rivers, lakes and seas.

The conference is just the latest of a number of international conferences, which have been held in Nairobi over the last years. Such conferences are important if Nairobi is to be placed on the map for international conference tourism. However, smaller conferences are also important like the big ones.

Over the last few years, Kenya has shown that it is able to attract and organize big international conferences. An impressive number of new hotels have been constructed in Nairobi, like The Hilton, Radisson Blu, Pullman, Best Western, and Mövenpick (a Swiss hotel chain). These are key assets when it comes to Nairobi’s future as a global congressional centre.

The Kenyatta International Conference Center has a great location, but needs some more renovation.

Also, Kigali has recently invested in a brand new convention centre, and has very clean roads. A new international airport is also under construction in Rwanda.

Last, but not the least, the United Nations offices in Nairobi is an important pillar when it comes to conference tourism. The UN is working on the renovation of its African headquarters in Nairobi.

Kenya has plenty of opportunity when it comes to conference tourism.

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