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Practical thinking for people who run travel.

A working library for travel managers, operations leads, executive assistants, HR/admin and procurement teams - short, useful pieces from Tulla Travel's Nairobi operations desk.

Featured · Group movement11 min read

Running a 40-person trade mission without the chaos

Manifests, rooming logic, transfer windows, batch visa staging, traveller comms and the one thing most organisers forget until 48 hours before departure.

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Benchmarking9 min read

Benchmarking your current TMC in one week

What to ask for, what to compare, and the metrics that actually matter when you run a travel management company RFP in Kenya and the wider region.

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Visas & docs8 min read

Visa windows across East & Central Africa in 2026

A working view of processing times, common delays, the EAC reality, and the workarounds that hold up when you are moving people across the region.

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Travel policy8 min read

Travel policy in 2026 - what's worth tightening

Class of service, advance-purchase windows, hotel caps, ground transport rules and the exceptions worth keeping in your corporate travel policy.

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Regional logistics9 min read

Moving teams across borders in East Africa

Permit realities, ground-transport sourcing, hub vs point-to-point routing and the sequencing that saves a working day on regional travel.

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Trade missions9 min read

Designing an exposure trip that actually delivers value

From farmer visits to factory floors - pacing, pairing, debrief discipline and post-trip reporting that turns a good trip into a useful one.

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Executive travel6 min read

Discreet handling for principals and their offices

What good looks like - from car-to-curb to confidential change management on executive, board-level and high-net-worth travel.

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Duty of care9 min read

Duty of care for field-heavy programmes

Risk briefings, traveller tracking, escalation trees and the protocols that protect both your people and your organisation.

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Traveller care7 min read

Travel insurance that actually works when you need it

Why most corporate travel insurance disappoints at the moment of claim - and how to specify cover that performs for organisations operating in Africa.

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Reporting7 min read

Cost visibility that finance actually uses

What to put in the monthly travel pack, what to leave out, and how to make spend decisions defensible at the audit committee.

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Programme design11 min read

Designing a corporate travel programme from scratch

Policy, suppliers, approvers, reporting cadence and SLAs - the structural choices that compound over the life of a programme.

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Travel management10 min read

What a travel management company actually does in Kenya

A plain-English guide for finance, HR, procurement and executive offices weighing whether to appoint a travel management company in Nairobi - and what to expect when one is run well.

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Procurement14 min read

How to choose a corporate travel management company in Kenya: a procurement guide

An evaluation framework for procurement, finance, administration, HR and executive offices appointing a TMC in Kenya - service levels, financial controls, reporting, ticketing, credit, traveller support, implementation and the RFP questions that separate providers.

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International business travel13 min read

Business travel to China from Kenya: a practical guide for companies and trade delegations

Planning business travel and trade delegations from Kenya to China - routing options, trade fair timing including the Canton Fair, hotel positioning, visa preparation, group movement, factory visits, local transport and traveller preparation.

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China business travel10 min read

Canton Fair from Kenya: a practical business traveller's planning guide

Phase selection, the planning window, visa staging, hotel positioning relative to the venue, registration timing, fair-day transport and what changes when you move twenty travellers instead of two.

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China business travel11 min read

How to plan a China sourcing trip from Kenya

Defining sourcing goals before the route, choosing between Guangzhou, Yiwu and Shenzhen, interpreter support, city sequencing and a realistic working-day plan.

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China business travel9 min read

Yiwu for Kenyan importers: planning a business sourcing visit

What the Yiwu International Trade City is actually like to work through, how many districts a buyer can cover in a day, hotel positioning, interpreters and how Yiwu combines with Guangzhou or Shanghai.

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China business travel10 min read

Shenzhen for African businesses: building an innovation and technology exposure mission

How to design a Shenzhen exposure mission with an agenda rather than an itinerary - host visits, electronics and manufacturing ecosystems, debrief time, and what separates a business mission from a study tour.

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China business travel10 min read

Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yiwu: how to structure a multi-city China business mission

Sequencing cities by working-day value, choosing rail over air, where to place the fair or market days, and how to keep a twenty-plus delegation together across four cities.

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