Coastweek Newspaper Vol 34 No 45 (December 2-8,2011)

Abstract

Inside this issue: Serena hotels group enter dar es salaam: East Africa’s leading hotel chain, Tourism Promotion Services (TPS), Serena Hotels will officially include Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel to its City Hotel Portfolio after the Royal Palm Hotel, previously managed by Movenpick Hotels and Resorts, which will be rebranded to the Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel on 1st December 2011, Lamu port to becom east African gateway: The envisaged Lamu port to be constructed along Kenya’s Indian Ocean coastline will be the gateway for East Africa region, and especially for land locked South Sudan and Ethiopia, Coast achieves livestock disease free zone status: Kenya has successfully achieved livestock disease free zone status in the coastal region, enabling it to increase the amount of beef it is exporting to the Middle East and is now eying to renew its exports to the European Union.