Written by Phillip Mwakio | From The Standard

One of the first Kenyan owned hotel management company, Icon Hotel Group Africa is set reap Somalia’s peace dividends by setting up a branch in the country.

Peace and normalcy has returned to the Horn of Africa State after Kenya and the African Union defeated the Alshabab.  Somalia had not known peace for more than two decades.

The latest move by Icon Hotel Group Africa comes amid heightened interest in Africa over the last decade that has seen infrastructure expanding steadily and the building and upgrading of hotels.

The hospitality industry in Africa has gotten a boost from various multinational hotel chains that have made commitments to expand their footprints on the African continent.

The hotel will also use the country as a spring-board to other regions in Eastern Africa.  The new firm will be providing high-end solutions to the hospitality industry.

In an interview with Standard on Saturday in Arusha recently, Icon Hotel Group founder and hotelier, Mr Fred Maina said Somalia is their next frontier.

“We shall start wholly by covering the larger East African Community (EAC) region before rolling out to the rest of Africa,’’ Maina who has 35 years experience as top manager in Kenya’s leading hotels said.

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