Make a date with Arusha’s Safari Marathon on 08th September
ARUSHA’S SAFARI MARATHON TO BENEFIT TOURISM (Posted 31st August 2013) This year’s Safari Marathon will be the fourth edition of what has become an annual and well attended event. For many still remembering the Mt. Meru Marathon, now fading away in people’s recollection, the Safari Marathon has filled a huge gap left by the initial […]
Ethiopian leases 3 more B787’s while considering an additional order
ETHIOPIAN SET TO ORDER MORE DREAMLINERS (Posted 31st August 2013) Information was confirmed by a source in Addis Ababa that Ethiopian Airlines, presently already having 5 B787 Dreamliners’ on their fleet and 5 more in the delivery pipeline from an order placed years ago as Boeing’s African launch partner, has committed to lease a further […]
Zambia Tourism prepares to visit the Seychelles
ZAMBIA HEADING TO SEYCHELLES TO PUT LIVE INTO MOU (Posted 31st August 2013) The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding for closer cooperation in all matters concerning tourism, between Zambia and the Seychelles, will be filled with more life and concretized in coming weeks as a delegation from Lusaka is expected in Victoria for a bilateral […]
Nominations are out for Good Safari Guide Awards 2014
GOOD SAFARI GUIDE RELEASES LISTINGS OF FINALISTS FOR 2014 (Posted 31st August 2013) An extensive listing of nominees for the next round of the ‘Good Safari Guide’ awards is now out with lots of familiar names as well as new ones seeking to have their fame spread among those ever keen to find the best […]
St. Ange hits the ground running by meeting Caribbean counterparts
MINISTER ST. ANGE HITS THE GROUND RUNNING (Posted 31st August 2013) No sooner was Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism and Culture, Alain St. Ange, elected to the UNWTO Executive Committee, did he take advantage of the presence of tourism ministers from the Caribbean region, to discuss closer cooperation between their group, the Caribbean Tourism Organization and […]
Kigali launches new city transport system today
NEW TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR KIGALI LAUNCHES TODAY (Posted 30th August 2013) The City of Kigali will today launch their new public transport system. Three tender winning transport companies will operate their busses across four different ‘zones’ spread over the city while the central business district is the only area accessed by all bus companies. The […]
Seychelles News Briefs
SEYCHELLES NEWS BRIEFS (Posted 30th August 2013) The Seychelles’ first privately owned and operated FM radio station, Pure FM, will take this morning to the airwaves across the main island of Mahe, across Praslin, La Digue and some of the inner islands. Broadcasting on a 24 / 7 basis the new station will use frequencies […]
FastJet set to add Songwe as fourth Tanzanian mainland destination
FASTJET ANNOUNCES PLANS TO FLY TO SONGWE (Posted 30th August 2013) FastJet has earlier this week announced plans to fly, from November onwards, to Mbeya’s newly developed Songwe Airport (see previous articles on this subject), located some 25 kilometres outside the city. After Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Zanzibar will Songwe be the fifth […]
Passport free travel to become reality between Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya for citizens
PRESIDENTS AFFIRM NEW TRAVEL REGIME FOR JANUARY 2014 (Posted 30th August 2013) Host president Uhuru Kenyatta and his guests from Uganda and Rwanda, presidents Museveni and Kagame, at the just concluded Mombasa summit reaffirmed their decision to allow travel among the three countries for their citizens by using national ID cards from January next year, […]
More news from Porini Camps
Periodically I am re-posting articles or newsletters and when I get updates from Porini Camps it is always a given that I share it. Enjoy! Gamewatchers Safaris August 2013 Dear Dr. Wolfgang, Greetings Porini Enthusiast! Pictures speak louder than words! August is one of the best months to be in Kenya ( other than the […]
Kenya Airways set to introduce nonstop services to Guangzhou
KENYA AIRWAYS GEARS UP FOR NON STOP FLIGHTS TO GUANGZHOU (Posted 29th August 2013) When Kenya Airways takes delivery of their next brand new B777-300ER, expected in late October this year, the airline will from 19th of November onwards commence three nonstop flights from Nairobi to Guangzhou in China. Presently does KQ fly daily to […]
Air Tanzania axes more staff
AIR TANZANIA AXES MORE STAFF (Posted 29th August 2013) Air Tanzania has according to a source in Dar es Salaam reduced their staff from previously over 300 to 128 in the latest phase of retrenchment of a hugely inflated staff body. Operating one single Bombardier Q300 aircraft the airline has been bleeding money, in part […]
Hybrid Solar Eclipse expected to bring lots of more visitors to Uganda
UGANDA IN THE CENTRE OF THE NEXT FULL SOLAR ECLIPSE (Posted 29th August 2013) (Picture source: Wikipedia) The November 03 total eclipse of the sun, a rare ‘hybrid eclipse’ will be best viewed from Uganda’s north east and tour operators are now gearing up, with less than 10 weeks to go, to make final arrangements […]
Swahili Beach gets TUI environmental recognition as ‘Champion of the Environment’
SWAHILI BEACH GETS TUI AWARD FOR USE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY (Posted 29th August 2013) The Diani Beach based Swahili Beach Hotel (www.swahilibeach.com) which last year received the accolade as Kenya’s Leading Beach Resort from the World Travel Awards, has just been recognized by the world’s largest tour operating conglomerate TUI as ‘Champion of the Environment’. […]
UNWTO General Assembly re-elects Dr. Taleb Rifai as Secretary General
DR. TALEB RIFAI RE-ELECTED AS UNWTO SECRETARY GENERAL (Posted 29th August 2013) The 20th UN World Tourism Organization’s General Assembly, which is ending today after being co-hosted by Victoria Falls and Livingstone, the twin towns across the Zambezi rivers, has yesterday re-elected Dr. Taleb Rifai for a second term of office for a further four […]
Second Infrastructure Summit in Mombasa exposes growing rift in EAC
MOMBASA INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT EXPOSES GROWING RIFT IN EAC (Posted 28th August 2013) A growing coalition of the willing is emerging in Eastern Africa, following a first Head of State Infrastructure Summit a few weeks ago in Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni hosted his counterparts from Kenya and Rwanda. During this summit key decisions were taken, […]
Meet Wild Dogs, aka Hunting or Painted Dogs, at Porini Rhino Camp, Ol Pejeta Conservancy
An article by Porini I just had to share and re-post: A chance meeting with wild dogs by Porini Camps on August 21, 2013 in Game Drives I made a mental note of what I wanted to see more than anything: wild dogs. We arrived at Porini Rhino Camp in Ol Pejeta, Kenya, and straight […]
Why attend World Routes in Las Vegas – if anyone needs a reminder
Routes is preparing for their annual event, this year taking place in Las Vegas, and just sent out this mailing which I thought might be worth sharing with my readers: This year World Routes, the 19th World Route Development Forum, takes place in Las Vegas, USA from 5 to 8 October. It will be the […]
Seychelles Tourism Minister addresses his ministerial colleagues at UNWTO assembly
MINISTER ST. ANGE ADDRESSES MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE AT UNWTO MEETING (Posted 27th August 2013) Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture has last weekend addressed the Ministerial Roundtable meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). Dr. Taleb Rifai, the Secretary General of the UNWTO chaired this Ministerial Roundtable meeting of […]
Ngamba Island’s Silver Birungi bags Disney’s Conservation Hero Award 2013
And here a re-post of information received from Ngamba Island, which this weekend will hold a fund raising dinner at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. CSWCT’S SILVER BIRUNGI NAMED DISNEY CONSERVATION HERO 2013 The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) has announced Silver James Birungi as a Disney Conservation Hero. He has been recognized for his passion […]
Global travel grows by 5 percent in first half of 2013
UNWTO MEETS IN ZAM / ZIM AS GLOBAL TRAVEL DATA POINT UPWARDS (Posted 27th August 2013) As the 20th General Assembly today moves from the town of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to the twin town of Livingstone in Zambia, separated by the mighty Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, news have emerged that global travel, […]
Career Institute graduates more than 300
CAREER INSTITUTE GRADUATES MORE THAN 300 (Posted 27th August 2013) The British Airways Uganda Country Manager Ms. Faith Chaitezvi was guest of honour last weekend when the Career Institute, one of Uganda’s leading private sector aviation and tourism training institutions, graduated over 300 students, awarding them a range of certificates and diplomas, including the coveted […]
Swissport Tanzania sees revenue growth of over 20 percent
SWISSPORT REVENUES RISE BY OVER 20 PERCENT IN FIRST HALF OF 2013 (Posted 27th August 2013) Aviation sources from Dar es Salaam confirmed a rise in pre-tax profits for Swissport for the first half of the calendar year 2013 by 17 percent with revenues in fact reporting a 22 percent rise compared to the same […]
Countdown is ticking towards October 06th for Kampala Fete
6 WEEKS AND COUNTING TO KAMPALA’S BIG CITY FETE (Posted 27th August 2013) Kampaleans are counting down the weeks now, with just 5 ½ weeks to go until the second Kampala City Festival will take place. Launched first a year ago in the run up to the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Independence from Britain in […]
Uganda’s tourism sector to celebrate World Tourism Day in Fort Portal
WORLD TOURISM DAY 2013 IS HEADING TO FORT PORTAL FOR NATIONAL CELEBRATION (Posted 26th August 2013) Uganda will this year hold the annual World Tourism Day celebrations on the 27th of September in the upcountry town of Fort Portal, itself a tourism destination. Seat of the Toro Kingdom, Fort Portal is located on the foot […]
Seychelles’ St. Ange gets elected to UNWTO Executive Committee
SEYCHELLES MAKE IT TO UNWTO EXECUTIVE AS ST. ANGE ELECTED AS FULL MEMBER (Posted 26th August 2013) Information was just confirmed that the Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism and Culture, Alain St. Ange, was elected at the 20th General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization to a seat on the body’s Executive Council. The African […]
Tanzania safari and beach packages face higher cost through levy
HOTELIERS UP IN ARMS OVER YET MORE ADDED COST THROUGH TOURISM LEVY (Posted 26th August 2013) Tourism seems to become an easy punch bag in the region, apart from Rwanda that is, with governments heaping VAT on upcountry accommodation in Uganda, raising safari package cost by 18 percent for room and board in lodges, with […]
UWA’s public face Lillian Nsubuga RIP
IN MEMORIAM OF UWA’S LILLIAN NSUBUGA (Posted 26th August 2013) Uganda’s conservation, PR and journalist fraternity received shock news yesterday that Lillian Nsubuga, Public Relations Manager and official spokesperson at the Uganda Wildlife Authority, died on Sunday morning at Mulago Hospital after a short illness. I met Lillian for the first time in what must […]
Gulf Air appoints new Ethiopia country manager
GULF AIR APPOINTS NEW ETHIOPIA COUNTRY MANAGER (Posted 26th August 2013) Mr. Salah Al Sawosh was appointed last week as Gulf Air’s new country manager for Ethiopia, coming from his previous posting in Mumbai where he was airport manager for the past few years. Gulf Air started flights to Addis Ababa in January 2011 and […]
Laikipia Wildlife Forum director killed in raid on home
CONSERVATIONIST MURDER IN LAIKIPIA TRIGGERS MAN HUNT (Posted 26th August 2013) The Director of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum, Eastern Unit, Mr. David Parkinson OBE, was in the early hours of Sunday night killed under unclear circumstances in his farm home after an attack by at least 5 armed robbers. His wife managed to escape after […]
