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Nairobi is always our busiest travel trade expo – our May 2025 Expo attracted 342 trade from 261 Kenyan companies.
As Nairobi is such an important outbound market we have decided to hold two Spotlight TravelExpos in 2026. The first in February and the next one in early September.
The February 2026 TravelExpo will be held at the Prideinn Azure Hotel Nairobi, we have again decided to use just one venue instead of moving from one hotel to the next and battling the Nairobi traffic.
We are again expecting 35 – 40 exhibitors from all corners of Africa.
This Spotlight TravelExpo will be a Spotlight on Everywhere – outbound overseas travel, regional tourism within Africa & domestic tourism in Kenya.
Spotlight TravelExpo Nairobi is supported by
Why exhibit at Spotlight Nairobi?
- Kenya is probably the third largest Outbound market in Sub-sahara Africa (after Nigeria & South Africa).
- Kenya is a gateway to East Africa with over 135 million people, and for the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) market with over 450 million people.
- Nairobi is ranked fifth in terms of numbers of USD millionaires in Africa with over 5,000 individuals worth at least one million dollars (report published by New World Wealth/Henley & Partners)
- There are a further 3,500 high-net-worth Kenyans in other cities in Kenya.
- The average income per person In Kenya is USD2,000
- Kenya is a prime market for South Africa with 55,000 arrivals in 2024
- Kenya Airways now offers 21 flights a week to JNB and a daily flight to CPT, and also offers flights to many Southern African cities including Lusaka, Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Harare and Maputo
- Airlink offers daily flights to Nairobi
- Kenyans no longer require visas to visit South Africa
- The expatriate and diplomatic communities, and the United Nations agencies headquartered in Nairobi represent a major business and leisure travel market opportunity with the added potential of significant conference business.
- Other important Kenyan outbound market segments include shopping, medical tourism, sports groups and buyers attending trade exhibitions
Who Should Exhibit:
- Kenyan, Zanzibar & Indian Ocean resorts
- African hotel groups interested in tapping the Kenya business travel market
- East African safari lodges
- Nairobi-based hotels seeking group & conference business from Nairobi travel agents and DMC’s
- Tourism boards and inbound DMC’s promoting outbound travel from Kenya to their destinations
- Regional & international airlines
- Other tourism suppliers
Expected attendance:
Due to the high number of attendees at our Nairobi TravelExpos we will be holding TWO full-day sessions in Nairobi on Wednesday, 04 February & Thursday, 05 February (6 hour per session)
Total expected attendance 250 – 300
(two different groups of 100 – 150 each day)
Who Will Attend the TravelExpos:
- Kenyan corporate and leisure travel agents
- Outbound tour operators
- East African regional tour operators
- Conference organisers
- Corporate travel planners from major corporate accounts
- Government departments, NGO’s and UN agencies (Nairobi is the Africa HQ for the UNO).
TravelExpo format
The TravelExpo will be a FREE-FLOW table-top format with approximately 40 tables.
How will TravelExpo attendance be promoted?
- The Spotlight TravelExpo will be extensively advertised to the travel trade in Kenya by e-mail broadcasts.
- We will also encourage travel agents to invite their corporate accounts to attend the TravelExpo with them.
- Our hotel and airline partners will distribute invitations to their key corporate accounts and conference organizers.
- We have appointed a well-known Nairobi-based events company to distribute the invitations, handle the registrations and to chase up the replies.
- Both the Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) and KATO (Kenya Association of Tour Operators) support Spotlight and send out invites to their members.
Programme
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
07h30: Exhibitors to set-up tables- 08h30: Trade registration
- 09h00 – 12h00: TravelExpo session
- 12h00: Prize draw
- 12h30 – 13h30: Finger lunch for attendees and exhibitors
- 13h30 – 16h30: TravelExpo session
- 16h30: End of TravelExpo session
Thursday, 05 February 2026
- 08h30: Trade registration
- 09h00 – 12h00: TravelExpo session
- 12h00: Prize draw
- 12h30 – 13h30: Finger lunch for attendees and exhibitors
- 13h30 – 16h30: TravelExpo session
- 16h30: End of TravelExpo session
TravelExpo cost (excluding VAT for South African companies)
- USD1,600 / ZAR30,400
Cost includes:
- All TravelExpo expenses & promotional costs
- Two morning coffee breaks, and two finger lunches
- 50-word description and logo in official catalogue distributed to all attendees
- Full contact address list of all attendees will be sent to exhibitors after the TravelExpo
- A maximum of two staff per table. An additional cost of USD40 / ZAR720 per person will be charged for additional staff to cover catering costs
Sponsorship opportunities
- Full-page advert in the exhibitor directory: USD175 / ZAR3,150
- Coffee & tea during registration plus video screened during TravelExpo: USD500 / ZAR9,000 per day
- Gold Sponsor: Banner in lunch venue etc and video screened both days: USD1,500 / ZAR28,500
- Soft drinks during one lunch: USD350 / ZAR6,500
- Soft drinks during both lunches: USD700 / ZAR13,000
- Logo printed on 400 visitor badges: USD200/ZAR3,600
BUT HURRY!!
We are likely to be fully-booked very quickly, so please send your booking form as soon as possible. The venue can only accommodate a maximum of 40 Tables!
To ensure an even spread of exhibitors from all regions of Africa we will have to limit the number of exhibitors per country.
Accommodation
Prideinn Azure Hotel Nairobi (Expo venue) & Prideinn Luxury Boutique Hotel Westlands (15min away)
- Standard room: USD80 per room, per night B&B
- Superior room: USD100 per room, per night B&B (recommended – limited number of rooms available)
- Deluxe rooms and suites available – rates to be advised
Contact: Dorris Tinega
Email: doris.tinega@prideinn.co.ke CC reservations@prideinnazure.com
Airport transfers are available for USD40 one way
Visas
South Africans do not require ETA Visas for Kenya. Most other nationalities require eVisas for Kenya. Yellow fever inoculation certificates are sometimes required.
Booking Form: Spotlight TravelExpo: Nairobi 2026
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND COSTS ARE PROVISIONAL
Payment can be made either in EUR, USD or ZAR to Houston Travel Marketing Services in South Africa.
PLEASE NOTE: All quoted costs are excluding South African VAT – payable by South African registered companies only.
Rand / Dollar / EURO Exchange Rates: Houston Travel Marketing Services reserves the right to increase the Rand and US Dollar cost of the TravelExpo’s due to fluctuations in the exchange rates.