1999
- The Sarova Stanley History is Commemorated
During the total refurbishment of The Sarova Stanley in
1999, Sarova also commemorated famous names from
the hotel's history
The Suites
The Windsor - this was previously the Penthouse
Suite on the eighth floor. It was named The Windsor
as a reminder of the attendance at the ball in
the hotel in 1928 of the Prince of Wales, (later
King Edward VIII) and the Duke of Gloucester.
THE STATE SUITES
On the 4th Floor
The Sarova Stanley/The Presidential
Suite - this is named for the famous explorer
Henry Morton Stanley,
after whom the hotel itself must have been named,
which has played host to President
Sam Nujoma.
The Karen Blixen
- During Karen Blixen's
years in Kenya (1914-1931)
which inspired some of her writings like 'Out
of Africa' and 'Shadows on the Grass',
she frequently lunched at the New Stanley.
The Lamu Suite
- named for the Swahili/Arabic
Island, this suite's décor is reminiscent
of the island's romantic ambience.
On the 2nd Floor
The Connaught Suite
- commemorates the first visit of a Royal
Family to Kenya in 1906, The Duke and Duchess
of Connaught and their daughter Pamela.
THE CONFERENCE
ROOMS
The first floor Author's
Suite is a conference room, which can be
divided into three soundproof sections.
These are named The Huxley
for Elspeth Huxley, The Patterson
for Col. J H Patterson and The Hemingway
for Ernest Hemingway.
The Baden-Powell
Named for the world's First Chief Scout, Lord
Baden-Powell, who spent his last years
in Kenya and is buried at Nyeri in the shadow
of Mount Kenya.
The Batian and
Lenana Named for
two of Mount Kenya's three
major peaks (which were named for legendary
Maasai chiefs)
The Markham Commemorates
Beryl Markham's name.
Most of her life was spent in Kenya was as a very
successful trainer of horses and as an author.
She was the author of the book 'West
with the Night'.
Baker Named after
Samuel Baker, the
intrepid explorer. In 1861,
with his wife Florence, he set out on his four-year
search for the source of the River Nile. He was
the first white man, and she the first white woman,
to sight the Murchison Fall s and Lake Albert
(Lake Mobutu Sese Seko) and to establish that
the Nile flowed through the lake on its way to
the Mediterranean Sea. The Pool Deck is on The Sarova Stanley's Fifth floor, but the genius architecture
of the hotel puts the restaurant on the rooftop
at the same time.
The Ballroom The
Churchill ballroom
is located on the first floor of The Sarova Stanley and
is named for Great Britain's most famous politician
and Prime Minister who, as Under-Secretary of
State for the Colonies, visited Kenya in 1907.
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