Welcome back to The Check-In, your touchpoint for all things travel.
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A New Luxury Stay Lands in Kenya this Summer
Tribe Hotels Group has unveiled plans to open Tribe Beach House, its first-ever expansion to Kilifi on Kenya’s untouched coast in the summer of 2026. The hotel will be a 13-room retreat, set directly on the sand and will include rooftop decks, pools, a wellness center, and a yoga studio, all facing the Indian Ocean.
The hotel will lean into more unusual cultural programming, hosting workshops in Swahili poetry, African scent-making, and coral-safe pigment dyeing via its Kilifi Creative Studio. Additional experiences include moonlit dhow cruises, sunrise walks, and a chess club.
Behind the project is the Ehsani family, longtime figures in Nairobi’s cultural and dining scene, best known for Tribe Hotel and Hero Bar. This new opening may signal the start of the brand’s growth, with rumours of a Tribe Hotels property in the Maasai Mara anticipated for launch in 2027.
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Tumbling River Ranch Reopens After $8M Restoration
Tumbling River Ranch returns this month following a major renovation, just in time for its 80th anniversary. First opened in 1946, the guest ranch sits around an hour from Denver, surrounded by Pike National Forest and the Mount Evans Wilderness.
The ranch now offers 21 restored rooms and cabins, no two alike, alongside a new central lodge with live-fire cooking and river-facing gathering spaces. Accommodation ranges from one-bedroom studios to multi-bedroom cabins and the four-bedroom ranch house.
Guests of the ranch can enjoy year-round programming, including snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, fly fishing, rafting, and hiking, plus a riverside wellness area with hot tubs, sauna, and cold plunge.
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Claridge’s and Montblanc Launch ‘Love Letters from London’
Claridge’s has partnered with Montblanc to launch ‘Love Letters from London’, in celebration of Valentine’s week and to mark the debut of Montblanc’s Meisterstück Romeo & Juliet writing instruments. From February 10–13, British poet and artist Charlie Child will serve as Claridge’s first poet-in-residence, crafting bespoke love notes each afternoon in the hotel’s Art Deco lobby.
Guests and visitors will also be invited to write their own letters, which will be sent anywhere in the world free of charge via Claridge’s historic letter box, in use since 1856.
