{"meta":{"endpoint":"https://eahospitalitypulse.com/api/v1/mice.json","description":"Confirmed conference, exhibition and major event calendar driving compression across East Africa.","source":"Organiser announcements and venue confirmations.","generated":"2026-09-17T13:42:51Z","publisher":"EA Hospitality Pulse","docs":"https://eahospitalitypulse.com/api.html","methodology":"https://eahospitalitypulse.com/methodology.html","licence":"Free for reasonable use with attribution to EA Hospitality Pulse and a link to https://eahospitalitypulse.com. Do not resell or repackage as a competing data product. See https://eahospitalitypulse.com/terms.html","version":"v1"},"data":{"updated":"17 September 2026 (evening — TWO EVENTS ADDED| BOTH LOGGED WITHOUT DELEGATE NUMBERS BECAUSE NONE IS PUBLISHED. FIRST| NAIROBI HAS THE 2029 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS. World Athletics announced on 15 September 2026| after a Council meeting in Budapest| that Nairobi beat London and Rome to host the 2029 edition — the first on African soil — centred on Moi International Sports Centre| Kasarani; Munich takes 2031. Competition dates are not yet set and no attendance figure has been published| so there is nothing to price and we estimate nothing. SECOND| AFCON 2027 IS NOW A CONTRACTING CONVERSATION| NOT A CALENDAR ENTRY. At IFTM Top Resa in Paris on 16 September 2026 French and European buyers were discussing AFCON-linked multi-country itineraries with Ugandan operators alongside gorilla permit allocations for Bwindi and Mgahinga (Embassy of Uganda in Paris| via UG Standard and SoftPower News). The tournament falls in June-July 2027 across Kenya| Uganda and Tanzania| at the front of the high season| and we have found NO published room-block| rate-cap or accommodation-allocation framework from CAF or any of the three host tourism boards — that absence is logged as ledger call P192. THE EVENING MICE SCAN otherwise produced no new dated confirmation: convention bureaux| KICC| Rwanda Convention Bureau| Kigali Convention Centre| JNICC Dar| Speke Resort Munyonyo| Kampala Serena| Diani/Mombasa venues| ICCA/UIA/AU/EAC calendars and IATA/AFRAA were checked. STANDING WATCH UNCHANGED: the 8 October Tatler Best of Africa date remains UNCONFIRMED against KTB or Tatler — do not block inventory against it. CONTRACTING POINT ADDED: IFTM Top Resa 2026 drew 32|000 tourism professionals| 1|650 companies and institutions and 177 destinations over 15-17 September (Tanzania Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation| via Daily News| 16 September 2026)| with Tanzania fielding 15 companies under the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism and Uganda eleven DMCs at Stand T072| up from five in 2025. Anything quoted there for 2027 or 2028 was quoted before Kenya’s 8% fuel VAT expires and EPRA’s freeze ends on 14 October| and before UWA’s reported US$1|800 habituation permit takes effect on 1 January 2027 — so any MICE or group rate carried out of Paris needs a tariff-variation clause.)","events":[{"event":"Tatler Best of Africa (inaugural)","city":"Nairobi","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"Reported for 8 October 2026 — DATE UNCONFIRMED","status":"Announced","delegates":null,"detail":"Kenya Tourism Board has signed a THREE-YEAR SUBVENTION AGREEMENT with Tatler Africa to bring the inaugural Tatler Best of Africa event to Kenya and to host the Tatler Africa office on the continent| framed inside a stated KSh 1 trillion tourism-GDP target (ATQ News| 9 September 2026). Several trade aggregators carry 8 October 2026 in Nairobi as the awards date| but we have NOT matched that date to a KTB or Tatler Group source| so it is logged as reported-not-confirmed. No delegate count published and none estimated.","soWhat":"An awards night is a one- or two-night top-end city compression event| not a congress — but the strategic point outweighs the room nights. A national tourism board is now subsidising the platform that will shape which African properties get international luxury shelf space for three years. Top-end Nairobi| Laikipia and coast properties should ask KTB directly how shortlisting and nomination work| this quarter| rather than waiting to be discovered. Do not block inventory against the 8 October date until it is confirmed by KTB or Tatler.","segment":"City, Bush, Beach","source":"ATQ News, 9 September 2026 (KTB–Tatler Africa subvention agreement); date via trade aggregators, unconfirmed","verified":false,"flagged":"watch"},{"event":"Africa MICE Summit 2026 (incl. Africa MICE Awards & MICE Investors Round Table)","city":"Mombasa","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"1–2 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"600+ attendees| 25+ speakers| 50+ exhibitors (organiser figures| africamicesummit.org)","detail":"NOTE THE MOVE. The 2025 edition ran 9–11 September in NAIROBI; the 2026 edition is 1–2 October in MOMBASA — anyone still holding the Nairobi September dates is holding last year’s diary. Theme: ‘Building Africa’s Business Events Ecosystem for Trade| Investment and Innovation’. Africa MICE Awards gala 2 October| 60+ categories. A MICE Investors & Stakeholders Round Table runs the same day| pitching convention-centre and exhibition-venue projects to investors and DFIs under an AfCFTA framing. Organised by Zuri Events. The 600+ figure is the organiser’s own attendance claim and covers the summit| not a verified registration count.","soWhat":"Two nights| Mombasa| in the same week Kenya’s autumn conference calendar opens — and Mombasa is the county carrying Kenya’s heaviest dengue and mpox burden (3|989 dengue cases Jan–May; 452 mpox cases). Coast properties should hold rate 30 Sep–2 Oct rather than discounting into the shoulder| AND have the daytime vector protocol visibly in place before a room full of Africa’s business-events buyers arrives. This is the single audience most likely to notice. Right-size the block: 600+ is an organiser figure across two days| much of it Mombasa-based trade| so treat it as a venue-cluster event until registrations are published.","segment":"City, Beach","source":"africamicesummit.org (organiser site, read 9 September 2026)","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Kenya Transport Summit & Expo 2026","city":"Nairobi (Kenyatta International Convention Centre)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"30 September – 2 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Policy-and-industry summit bringing together transport policymakers and sector stakeholders at KICC. No organiser delegate count published — we do not estimate one. Logged from the Central Bank of Kenya market perceptions survey coverage, which cited it as part of the Aug–Nov Nairobi conference calendar underpinning improved forward hotel bookings.","soWhat":"A three-day city-centre event on the Wed–Fri either side of the month end. KICC-cluster properties (CBD, Upper Hill) should hold corporate rate across 30 Sep–2 Oct rather than discounting into the shoulder. Right-size it: no delegate figure is published, so treat it as a CBD cluster event, not city-wide compression, until one is.","segment":"City","source":"Business Daily Africa, 25 Aug 2026 (CBK Market Perceptions Survey coverage)","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Africa Commerce and Industry Summit 2026","city":"Nairobi (Uhuru Gardens)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"14–16 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Hosted by the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of its 60th anniversary. Programme covers investor forums, private deal rooms, government-business sessions and sector tracks in energy, agriculture, technology and manufacturing. No delegate count published.","soWhat":"Deal-room formats bring small numbers of high-value, late-booking corporate guests rather than a delegate block. Hold rate on suites and executive floors mid-October and brief sales on the sector tracks; do not close out inventory on an event with no published headcount.","segment":"City","source":"Business Daily Africa, 25 Aug 2026","verified":true},{"event":"Kasneb International Conference for Professionals 2026","city":"Nairobi (The Edge Convention Centre)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"26–30 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"More than 500 physical delegates targeted (organiser target| per Business Daily)","detail":"Five-day professional-body congress at The Edge Convention Centre. The delegate figure is a stated target for PHYSICAL attendance| not a confirmed registration count — read it as an intention| and note that professional-body congresses typically run a large virtual tail that does not consume rooms.","soWhat":"The most room-relevant of Nairobi’s three autumn events: five nights| a stated physical-attendance target above 500| and a professional audience that books accommodation rather than commuting. Hold rate across 26–30 Oct in the venue cluster and price a Sun-arrival package. Verify the registration count before allocating a block against the 500 figure.","segment":"City","source":"Business Daily Africa, 25 Aug 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Tusker Lite Mt Rwenzori Marathon 2026","city":"Kasese (Rwenzori foothills)","country":"Uganda","flag":"🇺🇬","dates":"22 August 2026","status":"Held","delegates":"Runners from ~45 countries (organiser/govt figure); no single headcount published","detail":"Government- and Uganda Tourism Board-backed scenic marathon (42km/35km/10km/5km) positioned as a tourism-and-investment showcase for the Rwenzori region. Organisers and government flagged an accommodation shortfall in Kasese, whose bed stock is thin for the race weekend.","soWhat":"A genuine short compression on a small town. Hold rate on remaining Kasese inventory and price overflow into Queen Elizabeth NP lodges and Fort Portal; sell the marathon as a QENP/Kazinga Channel extension, not a one-night stay.","segment":"City, Bush","source":"APO Group / ATTA / Africa24, mid-Aug 2026; Uganda Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife & Antiquities post-event statement, 25 Aug 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Miss Tourism East Africa 2026 — inaugural finals","city":"Kampala (Kampala Serena / Marriott)","country":"Uganda","flag":"🇺🇬","dates":"5–12 September 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"~24 contestants (7 countries + Zanzibar at ~3 each; no organiser headcount published)","detail":"First edition of the regional pageant, hosted at the Marriott in Kampala. Seven East African nations — Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC, Burundi and South Sudan — plus Zanzibar. Tanzania is sending six rather than the standard three, split three mainland and three Zanzibar.","soWhat":"LOGGED AS A NON-EVENT, DELIBERATELY. Roughly two dozen contestants plus chaperones, judges and crew is a single-property group booking, not city compression. Treat it as a house-count question for the host hotel. Kampala properties that lift BAR city-wide on this will hand a week of corporate share to the property next door. Recorded here so the claim can be checked rather than repeated.","segment":"City","source":"Daily News TZ / allAfrica, 17 Aug 2026","verified":true},{"event":"Africa Global PR Week (AGPRW) 2026","city":"Nairobi (Mövenpick Hotel & Residences)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"26–28 August 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"1,000+ expected IN PERSON AND ONLINE (organiser figure)","detail":"Kenya Tourism Board confirmed as Lead Destination Partner. KTB co-hosts a Destination Pavilion under the 'Magical Kenya' brand with curated pre- and post-event packages covering the Great Wildebeest Migration, Nairobi city tours and cultural circuits. Theme: 'Redefining Africa: Africa as a Brand'. Delegates drawn from 20+ African countries. KTB CEO June Chepkemei framed it as a MICE diversification play; AGPRW Chair is Mary Njoki.","soWhat":"READ THE DELEGATE NUMBER CAREFULLY. The organiser's 1,000+ covers in-person AND online attendance, and the event sits at a single Westlands venue — not a city-wide congress. Hold corporate rate on 26–28 Aug at properties in the Mövenpick's immediate cluster and price the pre/post safari extensions; do not blanket-close Nairobi inventory on a headline figure that includes virtual delegates. Announced 8 Jul 2026, so this is a diary item, not news.","segment":"City, Bush","source":"ATTA (8 Jul 2026) / Capital FM / africaprweek.com","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Kwita Izina 2026 — 21st gorilla naming ceremony","city":"Kinigi, Musanze District","country":"Rwanda","flag":"🇷🇼","dates":"4 September 2026 (Exhibition 28 Aug–8 Sep; Smart Green Village ground-breaking 27 Aug)","status":"Held","delegates":null,"detail":"HELD 4 Sep 2026: RDB confirmed 22 baby mountain gorillas were named at Kinigi (RDB release, 4 September 2026). Originally: 22 baby mountain gorillas to be named by international Namers from conservation, business, sport, entertainment and public service. Total named gorillas expected to reach 460. No official delegate count published — we do not estimate one.","soWhat":"A three-week tail of activity around Musanze from 27 Aug to 8 Sep, not a single night. Volcanoes-area lodges should hold rate across the exhibition window rather than just the 4 Sep ceremony date, and Kigali city hotels should expect inbound/outbound transit either side. Note the date: this is early September, NOT late August — it does not overlap AfPIF or the WTA gala.","segment":"Bush, City","source":"RDB / Taarifa Rwanda (11 Aug 2026) / ATTA (12 Aug 2026)","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"15th African Peering & Interconnection Forum (AfPIF 2026)","city":"Kigali (Kigali Marriott Hotel)","country":"Rwanda","flag":"🇷🇼","dates":"18–20 August 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"300–500 (historic range, per af-ix.org)","detail":"The African IXP Association (AFIX) holds the 15th annual peering and interconnection forum at the Kigali Marriott, with RICTA. One node in Rwanda's RDB MICE revenue target of US$156m for 2026. Kigali has ranked Africa's No.2 meetings city for five consecutive years behind Cape Town (2024 ICCA rankings).","soWhat":"A 300–500 delegate tech forum fills the Kigali Marriott and its immediate neighbours for three midweek nights (18–20 Aug) — hold corporate rate that week rather than discounting. Right-size it: this fills a cluster of business hotels, not the whole city.","segment":"City","source":"af-ix.org / tech.africa, Jul 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"The Hotel Expo Kenya 2026","city":"Nairobi (KICC)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"19–21 August 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Trade expo for hoteliers, restaurateurs and hospitality professionals at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre — technology, F&B, procurement and design. The 2025 edition drew 100+ exhibitors (organiser figure); no verified 2026 delegate count published.","soWhat":"A three-day city-centre trade event lands mid-August, ahead of the September–October peak. Nairobi city hotels near KICC should expect a short exhibitor-and-buyer midweek bump (19–21 Aug) — hold corporate rate through those nights rather than discounting into the shoulder.","segment":"City","source":"hotelexpo.africa / realtorkenya.com / cantonfair.net, verified Aug 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"World Travel Awards — Africa Gala Ceremony 2026","city":"Zanzibar (Diamonds Bijoux resort)","country":"Zanzibar","flag":"🇹🇿","dates":"28 August 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"First of two WTA events in Tanzania in 2026 — the Grand Final Gala follows in December. Winners announced across hotels, airlines, tour operators and destinations.","soWhat":"A single-night gala doesn't fill a city, but it fills THIS resort and its neighbours for the surrounding week — expect a short, sharp compression on Zanzibar's north/east coast in the last week of August. If you're not hosting delegates directly, this is still the week to hold rate rather than discount.","segment":"Beach","source":"World Travel Awards / Breaking Travel News","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Magical Kenya Travel Expo (MKTE) 2026 — 16th edition","city":"Nairobi (Uhuru Gardens)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"6–8 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":"10,000+ (record edition, per Kenya Tourism Board)","detail":"Three-day trade expo: 400+ exhibitors, 250+ vetted international buyers, delegates from 40 countries. Largest edition since MKTE's inception.","soWhat":"This is the single largest room-night compression event on this tracker. A record 10,000-plus delegate turnout means Nairobi city hotels should be closing out standard rate well ahead of October — and lodges within striking distance of Nairobi should expect a pre/post-expo safari extension bump.","segment":"City","source":"The Star / HapaKenya, late July 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Swahili International Tourism Expo (S!TE) 2026","city":"Dar es Salaam (Mlimani City)","country":"Tanzania","flag":"🇹🇿","dates":"23–25 October 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Tanzania's official tourism trade platform — buyers, exhibitors, sponsors, investors and destination partners, organised by the Tanzania Tourism Board.","soWhat":"Lands just over two weeks after MKTE Nairobi — the same October buyer and media circuit is likely working both. If you sell into both Kenya and Tanzania, plan a single October trade push covering both dates rather than two separate campaigns.","segment":"City","source":"Tanzania Tourism Board (site.tanzaniatourism.go.tz)","verified":true},{"event":"World Travel Awards — Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2026","city":"Tanzania (venue not yet published)","country":"Tanzania","flag":"🇹🇿","dates":"12 December 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Climax of WTA's Grand Tour 2026, marking Tanzania's second WTA event of the year after the August Africa Gala in Zanzibar.","soWhat":"Exact venue not yet confirmed — mainland Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar are both plausible given the August precedent. Confirm before quoting December group rates in either city; this note will update the moment a venue is named.","segment":"City, Beach","source":"World Travel Awards (worldtravelawards.com/event/africa-2026)","verified":false,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa 2027","city":"Kampala (Speke Resort Convention Centre)","country":"Uganda","flag":"🇺🇬","dates":"2–3 February 2027","status":"Bid won — first time in Uganda","delegates":"450+ expected (based on FHS Nairobi 2026 attendance)","detail":"Africa's leading hospitality investment and leadership forum moves to Uganda for the first time, after Nairobi hosted the 2026 edition (31 Mar–1 Apr, 450+ senior industry leaders, at the Radisson Blu Nairobi Upper Hill).","soWhat":"Uganda's first time hosting FHS is a direct signal the region's investor and developer circuit is testing Kampala as a serious destination — read together with the Hilton and Marriott Kampala openings, this is exactly the kind of event that turns a one-off signing into a sustained pipeline. Kampala city hotels have six months to get corporate and long-stay rate structures ready for a February investor influx.","segment":"City","source":"Breaking Travel News / ChimpReports / New Vision (UG)","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"ICCA Congress 2027 — 66th edition","city":"Kigali Convention Centre","country":"Rwanda","flag":"🇷🇼","dates":"24–27 October 2027","status":"Bid won — first Africa host in 20 years","delegates":"2,000+","detail":"The International Congress and Convention Association's global congress returns to Africa for the first time in two decades. Brings together association representatives and industry leaders on growth strategy, capacity building and Africa's role in global business events.","soWhat":"A 14-month lead time and a confirmed 2,000+ delegate congress at Rwanda's flagship convention venue is about as clean a forward booking signal as this region produces. Kigali hotels and DMCs should be building October 2027 into 2026/27 rate planning now, not waiting for the pre-event rush — this is exactly the kind of confirmed compression a ledger entry is for.","segment":"City","source":"Tourism Update / VoyagesAfriq, Feb 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) Kigali 2026","city":"Kigali Convention Centre","country":"Rwanda","flag":"🇷🇼","dates":"18–20 November 2026 (main days 18–19)","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"The largest bi-annual gathering of Africa's fintech ecosystem — regulators, policymakers, financial-industry executives, fintech founders, investors and startups — returns to the Kigali Convention Centre. Founded 2017; format runs keynotes, workshops, an awards ceremony, exhibition and startup pitch. No official delegate count published for the Kigali edition.","soWhat":"A two-day continental fintech congress at KCC in mid-November is a genuine city-compression event for Kigali, drawing a pan-African regulator-and-investor crowd into the low-season shoulder. It also lands in the SAME week Uganda Airlines launches its daily Entebbe–Kigali service (18 Nov) — twin demand signals on the same dates. Kigali city hotels should hold corporate rate across 17–20 Nov rather than discounting into November.","segment":"City","source":"africafintechsummit.com / Africa Business Communities, verified Aug 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"Kwita Izina 2026 — 21st gorilla naming ceremony","city":"Kinigi, Musanze (Volcanoes NP)","country":"Rwanda","flag":"🇷🇼","dates":"4 September 2026","status":"Confirmed","delegates":null,"detail":"Rwanda's annual gorilla-naming ceremony, organised by the Rwanda Development Board at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi. Draws heads of state, conservationists, celebrities and diplomats; the flagship event of Rwanda's premium gorilla-tourism calendar. RDB formally unveiled the 21st-edition plans on 11 Aug 2026: 22 baby gorillas to be named.","soWhat":"A fixed early-September compression on premium Volcanoes-area lodges and on Kigali city stock (delegates route through Kigali). Gorilla-trekking and exclusive-use inventory around Musanze should hold rate through the first week of September rather than discounting into the shoulder; Kigali city hotels should expect a pre/post-ceremony bump.","segment":"Bush, City","source":"Rwanda Development Board / Taarifa, 11 Aug 2026 / kwitaizina.rw","verified":true,"flagged":"action"},{"event":"World Athletics Championships 2029","city":"Nairobi (Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani)","country":"Kenya","flag":"🇰🇪","dates":"2029 — exact dates not yet set","status":"Bid won — first World Athletics Championships on African soil","delegates":null,"detail":"World Athletics announced on 15 September 2026, after a Council meeting in Budapest, that Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships — the first time the sport's flagship global event goes to Africa. Nairobi beat London and Rome for 2029; Munich was awarded 2031. The bid is centred on Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. President Sebastian Coe called the Nairobi bid a compelling proposition. NO delegate, athlete, official or spectator figure has been published and none is estimated here; competition dates are not yet fixed.","soWhat":"A three-year runway on the largest single city-wide compression event Nairobi has ever been awarded. Nothing to price yet — but two things start now. First, any 2027-29 refinancing or refurbishment case for Nairobi city stock should be built with this in it, and the Fed's 16 September move to 3.75-4.00% means that case gets tested at a higher cost of capital than it would have three months ago. Second, Nairobi now has three dated major-event anchors in five years — AFCON co-hosting in June-July 2027 and this in 2029 — which is the argument for a convention-and-events rate strategy rather than an opportunistic one.","segment":"City","source":"World Athletics press release / Daily Nation / The Star / ESPN, 15 September 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"watch"},{"event":"Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027 — co-hosted","city":"Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (host cities per CAF)","country":"Kenya / Uganda / Tanzania","flag":"🇰🇪🇺🇬🇹🇿","dates":"June–July 2027","status":"Confirmed — hosts and window; no published accommodation framework","delegates":null,"detail":"Uganda co-hosts AFCON 2027 with Kenya and Tanzania in June and July 2027. Logged here on 17 September 2026 because French and European buyers were already discussing AFCON-linked multi-country itineraries with Ugandan operators at IFTM Top Resa in Paris on 16 September 2026 (Embassy of Uganda in Paris, via UG Standard and SoftPower News). NO delegate, fan or room-night figure has been published by CAF or by any of the three host tourism boards, and none is estimated here. As at this entry, we have found NO published room-block, rate-cap or accommodation-allocation framework for any host city.","soWhat":"The tournament lands at the front of the July–September high season in three countries at once, and the buyer conversation has started eight months before any host-side accommodation framework exists. Decide your own block-versus-transient split before a tour operator decides it for you, and do not contract 2027 group business on the assumption that a rate cap will not arrive. Also relevant to the bush product: an AFCON itinerary sold in Paris is a city-plus-safari itinerary, which is why gorilla permit allocation came up in the same meetings.","segment":"City, Bush","source":"Embassy of Uganda in Paris, via UG Standard and SoftPower News, 16 September 2026","verified":true,"flagged":"watch"}],"caveat":"Coverage favours large, publicly announced trade and business-events gatherings picked up by tourism boards, convention bureaux and trade press — it under-represents smaller academic, medical and association congresses that book a single hotel rather than a citywide block. A missing event here is not evidence one isn't happening; check directly with KICC, Rwanda Convention Bureau, JNICC (Dar) or your local convention bureau for anything sector-specific."}}