Mike Kamau: Manager running one of Kenya’s oldest resorts

WHEN global hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Corporation Limited, now known as IHG Hotels & Resorts, announced its exit from the Kenyan market in 2020, it spelt doom to hundreds of workers who dependent on employment at two of its hotels as a source of livelihood.

These were the InterContinental Nairobi and Mombasa Continental Resort, both 5-star hotels.