There are already many businesses that have joined the initiative of the tourism and business guide "Malindi in the pocket", and others are doing so these days: Baby Marrow Restaurant, DTB, Wild Side Boutique, Billionaire, Olimpia Club, La Malindina, Ocean Beach Resort, The Lawford, Cozy Point, Maria Boutique, Leopard Point Luxury Resort, Mariposa, Dream of Africa, Alfajiri Dhow, Skorpio Hotel, Nyumba Ya Mbuyu Boutique Hotel, Malindi Sea Fishing Club, Bar Bar, Kilili Baharini, 7to7 Supermarket, Multigrocer, Elias Jewelry, Rosada, Miradi Studio Boutique, Karibuni Farm, Kudu Safaris, Vekaria Autocare, Caffè Borbone, MPL Cheese, Shruti Printer, Shabbir Variety House, Fly540, The Victoria Restaurant, Stella Boutique, ShambaZuri, White Moon, Stardust Disco, Vintage, Woburn Residence, Pizza O, Faliera Hotel, Marine Holiday House, White Elephant, Karen Blixen, Fermento, Malik Safari, Osiligi, Ndoto Boutique Hotel.
The idea of the guide, which will be released before next August, coinciding with the new season of local tourism and the return of international tourism, is to be a promotional vehicle for the revival of the town.
"Malindi in the pocket" will be a sort of "yellow pages", along the lines of the successful edition that has been distributed for some years in Watamu, called "Passport Watamu". To give a vision of a Malindi with a range of services as an all-inclusive destination where you can not only take a vacation, but also think about investing.
The guide, in A5 format, will mainly contain advertisements of all the most important activities, not only touristic (and not only Italian, indeed there is already a good participation of local activities), but also a folding map of Malindi with the location of the main structures and references.
It will be a useful tool that will become indispensable, edition after edition, to know all the main services offered by the destination and thus give a positive and proactive vision for those who not only come to stay, but want to buy a property, open a business or move there. The guide will be printed initially in 5000 copies, distributed free of charge at the airport of Malindi and in the main supermarkets, as well as in the offices of the sponsors. It will be valid throughout the season until the next edition in July 2023. In case of exhaustion of copies, others will be printed at no additional cost to advertisers.
Many activities, about thirty for now, have already joined the initiative, booking a page, half a page or a third of a page, giving us the opportunity to start the project with the promotion company Madmax Ltd. Others will confirm shortly and we invite anyone who has a business, of any kind (the guide is all-inclusive, advertisers vary from luxury resorts to stores selling chickens and eggs...) to join and acquire a space. It would be essential to have a large number of businesses to showcase the multitude of services and possibilities that Malindi can offer nowadays.
The costs are very affordable: Kes. 20,000 for one page, Kes. 12,000 for half a page, Kes. 7,500 for a third of a page. To get in touch with us, you can call Tel. 0717067198 or send an email to madmaxkenya@gmail.com