HotelNet was built on a simple belief: Africa's hospitality industry deserves a recruitment platform that understands the kitchen as well as it understands the boardroom. We connect hotels, professionals, and suppliers across all 47 Kenyan counties — faster, smarter, and built for the people behind the polish.
For decades, hospitality recruitment in Kenya has lived on word of mouth, crowded WhatsApp groups, and inboxes that never get answered. Talented chefs were stuck in the wrong kitchens. Boutique lodges struggled to find a single verified front-office hire. Suppliers chased payments across spreadsheets.
HotelNet started as a conversation between hoteliers and a small team of engineers who'd worked the line themselves. We knew the industry didn't need another generic job board — it needed a network. One that understood star ratings, departmental skill maps, M-Pesa payouts, and the rhythm of a hotel season in Diani versus a city property in Westlands.
To make hospitality recruitment and supplier management effortless for every African hotel — from a five-star resort on the coast to a family-run lodge in the rift valley. We give the industry a single trusted network where talent, opportunity, and verified vendors finally meet.
A continent where every hospitality role is filled in days — not months — and every supplier relationship is built on transparency, not chance. We envision HotelNet as the backbone of African hospitality operations by the end of the decade.
We hold our team — and our platform — to the same standards we'd expect from a well-run hotel. Detail, hospitality, and reliability above all else.
Every feature we ship starts with a real person — a chef, a manager, a supplier — and the small frustration we can quietly remove from their day.
Profiles, employment history, and vendor credentials are checked across the network. A handshake online should be worth as much as one in person.
M-Pesa, county-level supply, KRA-compliant invoicing — we're built for the way Kenya's hospitality industry actually works, not a copy-paste of Silicon Valley.
Great software, like great hospitality, is invisible when it works. We obsess over the details so our users never have to think about them.
We're hospitality professionals before we're technologists. Our roadmap is shaped by hoteliers, not investor decks.
From kitchen porters to general managers, every professional deserves a seat at the platform. Talent shouldn't depend on who you know.
We're not chasing quick wins. We're building the recruitment infrastructure African hospitality will lean on for the next twenty years.
No hidden fees, no surprise tiers. A single transparent plan for hotels, suppliers, and professionals — published, never negotiated in the dark.
"Hospitality has always been about people. We're just making it easier for the right ones to find each other."
Every milestone below was earned alongside the hotels, professionals, and suppliers who trusted us early. None of this happened in a vacuum.
HotelNet launched in Nairobi with a closed pilot of fifty properties — testing matching, verification, and supplier workflows on real bookings and real kitchens.
Diani, Malindi, Watamu, Naivasha, Nakuru — the platform spread across the country's largest hospitality corridors. M-Pesa supplier payouts went live.
Partnership with hospitality institutions across Kenya to place students into verified properties — a structured pipeline replacing ad-hoc placements.
The HotelNet network crosses 2,400 verified hospitality professionals and 320 active suppliers — and continues to grow with every county we touch.
Former GMs, F&B directors, supply chain operators, and engineers — united by an obsession with making this industry run better.
Fifteen years across luxury resort operations in East Africa. Former GM of two five-star properties on the Kenyan coast.
Started in the kitchen. Ran F&B at three major Nairobi properties. Now obsessed with how chefs find the right brigade.
A decade in hospitality procurement. Built supply chains across all 47 counties — and knows every honest produce trader in the country.
Engineer-turned-hotelier-turned-engineer. Built fintech rails for two African startups before landing in hospitality for good.
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