Serena Hotels is a
hospitality company
The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and drink service, event planning, theme parks, travel and tourism. It includes hotels, tourism agencies, restaurants and bars.
Sectors ...
which operates
up-scale hotels and resorts in
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
,
Southern Africa and
South Asia.
Serena comprises a collection of 36 luxury resorts, safari lodges, and hotels, which are located in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Mozambique) and Central and South Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan).
The Serena Hotels Group trades under the name Tourism Promotion Services (TPS Serena). The company is listed on the
Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), where it trades under the symbol TPS. The largest shareholder (45%) is the
Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development
Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development SA is a Swiss for-profit entity and international development finance institution which invests in countries of East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland ...
(AKFED), with a further 4% owned by the Aga Khan University Foundation. , the group has 25 properties in Africa, in the countries of
Kenya,
Mozambique,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
Tanzania, and
Uganda. The Group also maintains 11 properties in three Asian countries of
Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and
Tajikistan.
In September 2020, Serena Hotels opened a new property in Goma, the capital of
North Kivu province in eastern
DRC. The five-star Goma Serena Hotel is located at the lakefront of
Lake Kivu.
Among its prominent hotels, which was fatally
attacked.
Awards
World Travel Awards (WTA)
* 2008,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021: Pakistan’s Leading Hotel (
Islamabad Serena Hotel)
* 2014,2015,2016,2017,2019,2020,2021: Pakistan’s Leading Hotel Suite (Presidential Suite @ Islamabad Serena Hotel)
* 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021: Afghanistan’s Leading Hotel (
Kabul Serena Hotel)
* 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021: Tajikistan’s Leading Hotel (Dushanbe Serena Hotel)
* 2008,2009,2015,2016: Africa's Leading Green Hotel (
Nairobi Serena Hotel)
* 2005,2009,2015: Kenya's Leading Hotel (Nairobi Serena Hotel)
* 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2019,2020,2021: Rwanda's Leading Hotel (
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
Serena Hotel)
* 2017,2020,2021: Rwanda's Leading Hotel Suite (Presidential Suite @ Kigali Serena Hotel)
* 2016,2017: Zanzibar's Leading Hotel (Zanzibar Serena Hotel)
* 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021: Uganda's Leading Hotel (
Kampala Serena Hotel)
* 2014,2015,2018,2019: Uganda's Leading Hotel Suite (Presidential Suite @
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
Serena Resort & SPA)
* 2016,2017: Uganda's Leading Hotel Suite (Presidential Suite @ Lake Victoria Serena Resort)
* 2020,2021:
Uganda's Leading Hotel Suite (Royal Suite @ Kampala Serena Hotel)
* 2004,2005,2006,2015,2016,2017,2019,2020,2021: Mozambique's Leading Hotel (Polana Serena Hotel)
* 2014,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021: Mozambique's Leading Hotel Suite (Presidential Suite @ Polana Serena Hotel)
See also
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Aga Khan Development Network
References
External link
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1970s establishments in Kenya
Companies based in Nairobi
Companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Hotel chains
Hotels in Kenya
Hotels in Pakistan