https://eahospitalitypulse.com/ Daily market intelligence for East Africa's hospitality and travel trade — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda. Free to republish with attribution; see /republish.html. en-us Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0300 https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-08-01-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-08-01-morning.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0300 The cost side moved this weekend — and Uganda's bill landed hardest. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-31-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-31-morning.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Two upstream signals overnight, both about where East Africa's next room-nights come from: Rwanda quietly put a named boss over the city it's building around its new airport, and Zanzibar has fixed th https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-30-evening.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-30-evening.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Uganda is clean. The number that governs the American ban is not — and it just moved the wrong way. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-29-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-29-morning.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 We told you 27 August. Kampala said 28 July. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-28-evening.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-28-evening.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Washington left a door open for East Africa. It shuts on Friday, and nobody in this industry has walked through it. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-28-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-28-morning.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 The strike that was due to hit JKIA this morning isn't happening. That's a reprieve, not a settlement. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-27-midday.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-27-midday.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Friday's licence row has become a relocation. Laikipia's most reliable off-season bed base is now Tanzania's. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-27-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-27-morning.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 One story moved over the weekend, and it moved hard. We are publishing a single-shock edition rather than padding it. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/foresight-2026-07-26.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/foresight-2026-07-26.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 The week the region's best growth market and its worst health risk turned out to be the same country. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-26-midday.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-26-midday.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Nairobi's supply story just gained a second act — and this time the lender holds the keys. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-26-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-26-morning.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Ownership, not occupancy, is the story this weekend — a Swiss buyer is moving on the region's largest camp group while Zanzibar's demand curve quietly flattens. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/playbook-2026-07-25-entry-rules.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/playbook-2026-07-25-entry-rules.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 This stopped being an advisory story and became an entry-rules story. Advisories affect whether guests WANT to come. Entry rules affect whether they CAN. Check your bookings today. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/playbook-2026-07-25-uganda.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/playbook-2026-07-25-uganda.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Uganda's Ebola clock ends around 27 August. Most operators will plan the wrong recovery — here's the 72-hour playbook. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-evening.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-evening.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 The most consequential document in the Mara this season is not a migration forecast. It is a petition file in Nairobi. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-midday.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-midday.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Uganda owns the midday tape: an Ebola all-clear in sight, a bigger airline network, and a 2027 MICE win worth pricing now. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-morning.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-25-morning.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Airlift into the region keeps expanding faster than most rate strategies assume — Emirates now lands in Nairobi three times a day. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-evening-1.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-evening-1.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Kenya's numbers just called the bluff on its politics — and there's a lesson in it for every owner heading into the 2027 cycle. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-evening.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-evening.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 The US has moved Uganda to "do not travel". Tonight's wrap is about what advisory shocks do to booking curves — and what to do in the first 72 hours. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-midday-2.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-midday-2.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Kenya's coast is outrunning the political noise, and Uganda is weeks from an official Ebola all-clear. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-midday.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-midday.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Kenya's security optics take another knock; Zanzibar's branded-luxury supply race accelerates. https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-inaugural.html https://eahospitalitypulse.com/editions/pulse-2026-07-24-inaugural.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0300 Nairobi is about to absorb 1,500 new branded rooms this year — and the smartest operators are already repositioning. Here's what matters today.