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Nairobi is always our busiest travel trade expo – 388 travel trade representing 256 different travel agencies and DMCs attended the Spotlight TravelExpo in February 2026.
Why exhibit at Spotlight Nairobi?
- Gain direct access to KENYA’s active travel agents and tour operators
- Face-to-face meetings with decision-makers who are ready to contract and book
- Focused networking in a professional, efficient format
- Strong visibility within a growing outbound and regional travel market
- Kenyan travel trade are eager to expand their product offerings to Southern Africa destinations and beyond.
Some marketing facts about the Kenya market
- Soaring arrivals from Ghana and Kenya – boosted by reciprocal visa waivers – have turned a spotlight onto the under-recognised value offered to South Africa’s inbound industry by travellers from key African air markets – Southern & East African Tourism Update: Read more…
- Kenya is 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 Dollar millionaires in Africa with 5000 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.
- USD2000 is the average Income per person in Kenya
- Kenya is a prime market for South Africa with 58,000 Arrivals in 2025 plus thousands of expats resident in Kenya who visit South Africa on business and holidays.
- Kenya Airways now offers 21 flights a week to JNB and a daily flight to CPT. Kenya Airways 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 head-quartered in Nairobi represent a major business and leisure travel market opportunity with the added potential of significant conference business.
Spotlight TravelExpo Nairobi is supported by
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 promoting outbound travel from Kenya to their destinations
- Southern African inbound DMC’s promoting outbound travel from Kenya to their destinations
- Regional & international airlines
- Other tourism suppliers
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).
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, 02 September & Thursday, 03 September (6 hours per session)
Total expected attendance 350 – 400 (175 – 200 per day)
Programme
Tuesday, 01 September 2026
- 18h00 – 20h30: Networking cocktail party for Exhibitors & Directors of key travel agencies and Inbound Tour Operators
Wednesday, 02 September 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, 03 September 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
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 organisers.
- 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.
TravelExpo format
The TravelExpo will be a FREE-FLOW table-top format with approximately 40 tables.
TravelExpo cost (excluding VAT for South African companies)
- USD1,600 / ZAR30,400
Accommodation
Hyatt Regency Hotel Westlands (the TravelExpo venue) is offering exhibitors a special rate of:
- Single standard room B&B: USD160
- Double standard room B&B: USD190
- Deluxe king single room B&B: USD200
- Deluxe double room B&B: USD230
Reservations: reservations.nairobi.regency@hyatt.com
Airport Transfers: USD60 (one way)
Other hotel options: In Nairobi there are three- and four-star hotels with rates ranging from USD100 – USD150 (but please note that it takes a very long time in the rush-hour traffic to reach the hotel venue!)
Note: September is high season in Kenya so please book your accommodation ASAP!
Visas
South Africans do not require ETA Visas for Kenya. Most other nationalities require eVisas for Kenya. Yellow fever inoculation certificates are sometimes required.
TravelExpo cost (excluding VAT for South African companies)
- USD1,950/ZAR35,000
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 USD50/ZAR900 per person, per day will be charged for additional staff to cover catering costs
Costs exclude:
- Air travel to Nairobi
- Hotel accommodation
- Transfers
- Meals other than specified
Sponsorships & advertising opportunities
- See booking form for additional sponsorship and advertising options
BUT HURRY!!
Nairobi books out very quickly, and we can only accommodate 40 tables in the venue. September is also high-season in Kenya, so please send your booking form as soon as possible.
To ensure an even spread of exhibitors from all regions of Africa we also limit the number of exhibitors per country.
Book ALL THREE East Africa Spotlight TravelExpos and get a 10% discount on the total table cost
Book TWO East Africa Spotlight TravelExpos and get a 5% discount on the total table cost
Booking Form
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.