Tourism News from Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean region Fifth Edition August 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Fifth edition August 2010   Uganda News CHOBE SAFARI LODGE RE-OPENING IMMINENT As reported previously here, the Madhvani Group’s Marasa hospitality subsidiary was busy since last year in reconstructing the former Chobe Safari Lodge, located above […]

Breaking News from Uganda’s oil sector

TULLOW OIL – BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Imagine a scenario, where a major oil company purchases the assets of another, pays close to 1.5 billion US Dollars for this purchase and only then finds out that their transaction has failed to gain the mandatory regulatory approvals. Impossible you may think but true […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region First Edition August 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome First edition August 2010   HOUSTON MARKETING’S WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON ‘SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN’ South Africa based Houston Marketing is once again arranging for a series of travel trade workshops in Southern […]