Tourism Promotion

A major sustainable milestone for Kenya’s tourism industry has recently been achieved, putting Serena Hotels at the forefront of Kenya’s most sought-after lodges and resorts which offer an eco-experience with the aid of solar photovoltaic. Four solar photovoltaic projects have been deployed for the Serena Hotels’ Lodges. Kilaguni Safari Lodge’s solar plant is recognised as Kenya’s largest off-grid solar tracker and off-grid lead-acid battery system. Serena Hotels received a Special Award in October 2018. In addition to a set record by Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, Serena Hotel's Amboseli Safari Lodge has recently commissioned the first Tesla battery bank in Kenya and the largest supplied battery system in East Africa.

All programmes of Serena Hotels are aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set out by the United Nation Development Programme. Serena Hotels and Mettle Solar OFGEN recently opened "Kenya’s first fully solar powered Lodge." Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, located in Tsavo West National Park, implemented a fully-fledged solar power plant to provide for its entire power requirements and enhance environmental sustainability. The newly-launched Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge solar power plant particularly aligns to "SDG 13 Climate Action", with the aim of fighting climate change and its effects to the environment.

Serena Hotels and Mettle Solar OFGEN have officially opened "Kenya’s First Fully Solar powered Lodge". Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge located in Tsavo West National Park implemented a fully-fledged solar power plant to provide for its entire power requirements and enhance environmental sustainability. Mr Mahmud Janmohamed, Managing Director of the Serena Hotels said the Serena Hotels continued to focus on innovative programmes that responded to the needs of the environment, economy and communities within which they operated.

On 20 November, the United Nations Development Programme in Pakistan and Serena Hotels signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic collaboration to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The MoU was signed by Country Director of UNDP Pakistan Ignacio Artaza and Serena Hotels Pakistan CEO Aziz Boolani. The partnership's purpose is to provide a framework of cooperation under the UNDP’s mission to support the achievement of the SDGs, helping build and share solutions towards sustainable tourism, biodiversity protection and wildlife conservation and under the Serena Hotel’s Corporate Social Responsibility.

Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge has scooped a global award at the Global Best Practise Awards 2018. The Serena Hotels and Resorts’ property bagged the Extraordinary Business Case and Corporate Social Responsibility award during the Global Best Practise Awards ceremony in Milan, Italy. Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge won the award for using eco-friendly practices in providing professional textile care through sustainable and energy efficient laundry services. The Global Best Practice Awards was started in year 2016 with the aim of recognising organisations that have shown ingenuity in business models that meet customer needs in a sustainable manner.