To ensure quality and compliance with relevant other laws and regulations and promoting excellence in the hospitality sector, all new hotel, resort, and lodge projects in Kenya require to be licensed first, before commencing any construction, by a newly-inaugurated Hotel and Restaurant Authority.The authority will also embark on a nationwide exercise of grading and classification, using the East African Community regulatory regime now in place for all the five member states. Source: eTurboNews; find article here>>.