Breaking News – Kenya’s air fare wars escalate yet more

AIR FAR WAR ESCALATES YET MORE Overnight were news received from Nairobi, that Kenya Airways has done a ‘double’ on Fly 540 and other airlines like Jetlink, when they once again used their seemingly deep pockets and lowered fares on the domestic routes to both Mombasa and Kisumu. In one fell swoop did KQ, now […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Fourth edition January 2011

  TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Fourth edition January 2011 Uganda News MOBILE OPERATORS NOW TARGET INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS The move last year to an almost uniform tariff of 3 Uganda Shillings per second for calls […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Third edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Third edition January 2011 Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Third edition January 2011 Uganda News BRUSSELS AIRLINES CARRIES MORE TRAFFIC IN 2010 Inspite of the problems in 2010 with the Icelandic ash cloud and the severe […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Second edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Second edition January 2011   Uganda News   TWO MORE GORILLA BABIES BORN BEFORE YEAR END   The Uganda Wildlife Authority just released details about the birth of two more […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, First edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition January 2011   Uganda News ENTEBBE ROAD UPGRADE CONSTRUCTION START PROMISED FOR MID 2011    It was learned during the last week that the Uganda National Road Authority […]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. […]