From the outside, Taidy’s looks like any other hotel with eye catching aesthetics and a unique architecture.

It is until one steps inside that you discover a parking lot which employs technology to offer ample parking space.

The hotel located in Oginga Odinga road, in the Central Business District (CBD) is the first in Nakuru to have this feature.

According to the hotel manager Kelvin Ogola, the project which took one year to be completed, cost approximately Sh30 million.

Taidy's hotel in Nakuru city.

Photo credit: PURITY KINUTHIA/MTAA WANGU

Originally, the parking space could only accommodate two vehicles but now, 24 vehicles can now be parked there.

“This innovation was sparked out of the need for an affordable and secure parking space for the hotel’s clients, which is difficult to find in this fast growing town,” Mr Ogola noted.

The parking system enables the visitors to park their cars on multiple levels which appear like books carefully stacked one on top of the other.

“Once the client has disembarked at the receiving point, the car is automatically lifted to the designated parking space and placed on one of the levels depending on the size and weight of the car. Heavier vehicles are parked on the first four levels, while lighter ones occupy the remaining ones,” Mr Ogola added.

When the client wants to leave, the car is retrieved by the system and lowered to the ground floor, and then rotated to face the exit so that the client does not have to do it by themselves.

The security officer in charge of the hotel, Mr Michael Ochieng’ said that the exercise is aided by sensors which do most of the work. However, the parking can also be done manually from the control system.

The parking is free and only limited to in-house guests and clients visiting the hotel for hospitality and conference activities.

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