The Director, Mavericks House of Hospitality, Kenya, Diana Amayi, has been named among the Africa Travel 100 Women Award recipients, a prestigious honour celebrating outstanding women driving growth and innovation in the continent’s travel and tourism sector.
As Director of Mavericks House of Hospitality in Diani, she oversees and manages 7 diverse properties while consulting for others, helping them unlock their full potential in sales, operations, and guest experience.
She is an accomplished hotelier with almost 20 years of experience in hospitality sales, operations, and customer engagement across leading resorts in Kenya’s coast. Her journey includes spearheading sales at 5-star resorts, driving record-breaking group bookings and conferences, and building strong relationships with local, regional, and international markets to ensure long term success.
She is currently in the SKAL Kenya Coast committee overseeing media & publicity and also in the committee for Kenya Association of Women in Tourism – Kwale chapter in MICE Committee.
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Key collaborations have offered me the privileges like:
▪ Being a pioneer beneficiary of the East African Tourism Platform in partnership with the Kenya Tourism Fund in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
▪ She was an early member of the ‘Destination Diani’ initiative—a collective of industry professionals that identified strategic partners and organized regional tourism activities that placed Diani firmly on the map regionally.
▪ Exhibiting at Kenya Tourism Board’s #YouDeserveAHoliday countrywide campaign among others.
▪ Hosted a senior industry player and regional marketing and development expert from Nigeria on a famtrip across Mombasa and Diani exploring opportunities for a large-scale famtrip for Nigerian trade partners.
Beyond titles and recognition, I firmly believe that lasting impact in hospitality comes from building genuine relationships, fostering collaboration, and contributing to the industry’s growth—quietly but meaningfully.
