Exclusive sneak peak: Villa Rosa Kempinski opens in August

Kempinski Hotels and Simba Hospitality first announced their partnership almost a year ago, in June 2012, which would see Europe’s oldest luxury hotelier enter the Kenyan market, operating the tented luxury camp, Olare Mara Kempinski Masai Mara, and the 200-room five-star city hotel, Villa Rosa Kempinski. Nearing completion, Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi is set to open in August 2013, and Capital…

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The Jameson Select Reserve launches in Kenya

French distillery masters Pernod-Ricard’s latest whiskey gem, The Jameson Select Reserve, was launched Tuesday night at a glamorous event at Club Venom, Nairobi, Kenya. The invite only event featured… More

Harry Potter book fetches $227,000 at London auction

A 1997 first edition of "Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone" annotated by J.K. Rowling sold for £150,000 ($227,000, 176,000 euros) at a London auction Tuesday, a new record for a printed book… More

Lunch-hour dance parties widely popular, spreading to 55 cities

(Photo: DJ Brandon Lee, Instagram) Bored, lacking in creativity and stuck behind a desk of work? Lunch hour dance parties are freeing office workers from their desks for a 60-minute dance in the middle… More

Hemingways Nairobi opens, Chef Barry Tonks and his steaks wins hearts

Hemingways Collection, has recently opened its new city boutique hotel that features 43 junior suites and 2 presidential suites, adding to its Kenyan collection of properties to three: Hemingway’s Watamu,… More

Hemingways Nairobi opens, Chef Barry Tonks and his steaks wins hearts

Hemingways Collection, has recently opened its new city boutique hotel that features 43 junior suites and 2 presidential suites, adding to its Kenyan…... More

Nairobi’s largest burger: Did Susan Wong manage to conquer?

Nairobi's largest burger, a mammoth of a food monster, stared at me blankly: a foot-tall premium beef burger with 1.5 kg of beef patties, all of Brew…... More

Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking,…... More

Restaurant review: Xi’an Chinese Restaurant

Chinese cuisine: the food of ancient imperial courts, and since the 19th century, its delicious and savoury appeal has popularized the school of cooking…... More

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