maka wrote:obiero wrote:Wait.. Could it really true that Eka Hotel is owned significantly by Naikuni and that he sometimes 'participates' in delay of international flights so as to direct affected travellers to the accomodation
False...Panari and Eka get first priority when it comes to delayed passengers because of proximity when its too crazy like some time 2 weeks ago,400+ passengers had to be taken to hotels...even the likes of Summerdale at Nairobi West got passengers...most of the delays are usually due to mechanical/technical issues,find it hard to see how TN would collude with the pilot's to do this...The ground services team is one of the most efficient arms of KQ furthermore the Manager in charge of Transfers and Karibu let's her team decide what hotels the passengers go to....anyway they are working on a computerized system that will weed out any favoritism when i comes to allocating hotel rooms to delayed passengers who are in need of this service...
That he would 'participate' in the delay of international flights to get business sounds ridiculous. Think about all the aspects involved in a flight..what would one need to do to create a delay throughout the system, and how many people would be involved? And what a difficult and risky way to get business?
That said, though, it is almost impossible to get a room in Eka and Ole Sereni during the week...from Sunday night to Thursday night. I don't think such large underhand activities are called for to fill the hotels. My take is that if TN owns a stake in any of the 2 hotels he just must have seen the business opportunity knowing the average accommodation requirements stemming from airport operations.
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