Seychelles Tourism Academy breaks new ground
STA BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH HISTORIC DEAL WITH HEBEI TOURISM COLLEGE (Posted 21st March 2014) 23 Chinese hospitality students from the Hebei Tourism Vocational College in Chengde are benefitting from the ongoing efforts by the Seychelles Tourism Academy to establish global partnerships, which give training opportunities not just to scores of Seychellois hospitality and tourism […]
ServiceMag set for Burundi launch
RWANDA’S ‘THE SERVICEMAG’ GOES TO BURUNDI AS FIRST STEP INTO THE REGION (Posted 21st March 2014) Come 25th of March will ‘The ServiceMag’ celebrate its fourth year in existence, during which it grew from strength to strength in launch market Rwanda, not something which can in this day and age be automatically assumed. 16 issues […]
Seychelles government aims to preserve more historical buildings
SEYCHELLES GOVERNMENT MOVES TO PROTECT HISTORIC BUILDINGS (Posted 20th March 2014) The Seychelles government, through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, is working on a new scheme aimed to benefit owners of historic buildings to preserve them as landmarks not just in Victoria but across the islands, including some of the plantation buildings. Tax benefits, […]
Air Tanzania adds Mbeya to network
AIR TANZANIA LAUNCHES MBEYA FLIGHTS (Posted 20th March 2014) Only days after presenting their Bombardier CRJ200 to the public has Air Tanzania now launched the promised flights to Mbeya, where they join Precision Air and FastJet, both of which have been service the domestic destination for several months now. Precision Air is using an ATR […]
It is ‘Lights Out’ when Earth Hour strikes on March 29th
SERENA HOTELS RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH HOUR 2014 (Posted 20th March 2014) This year’s Earth Hour will be globally observed once again with in particular hospitality groups making the most out of showing off their green credentials, but it is not all about candle lit dinners when the lights get turned off again on […]
FAA puts B787 issues to rest by publishing comprehensive report
KENYA AIRWAYS PREPARES FOR B787 ARRIVAL AS THE AIRCRAFT’S TEETHING PROBLEMS ARE FINALLY PUT TO REST (Posted 20th March 2014) Being taken as an aviation expert of sorts, I am often asked about just how safe the Boeing B787 Dreamliner is to fly with and the number of questions seems to be increasing the closer […]
Magazine shoot promises major promotional mileage for Reunion
FRANCE’S ‘BE’ MAGAZINE IN REUNION FOR PHOTO SHOOT (Posted 29th March 2014) One of France’s leading fashion and lifestyle magazines, Be, has chosen the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion for their photo-shoot which will feature in the July, August and September editions. The group arrived yesterday at the Roland Garros International Airport of the […]
CITES under siege for alleged complicity with China over wildlife trade
CITES ALL BUT BLAMED FOR COMPLICITY IN ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE WITH CHINA (Posted 20th March 2014) Karl Ammann, wildlife photographer, conservationist par excellence and well known for his investigative pursuit of the illegal ivory, rhino horn and wildlife trade, has in a hard hitting piece written for National Geographic exposed the alleged complicity between the […]
Leakey and Kahumbu demand immediate government response to poaching crisis
KENYA’S LEADING CONSERVATIONISTS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION ON POACHING CRISIS (Posted 19th March 2014) Dr. Richard Leakey and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, both acknowledged to be Kenya’s leading conservation campaigners, held a media briefing earlier today at the Nairobi Serena Hotel to rally support for immediate action to stem the rising tide of rhino and elephant killings […]
Jambojet gives away 60 free tickets over the next 12 days
JAMBOJET GIVES 5 TICKETS AWAY UNTIL THEIR LAUNCH ON APRIL 01ST (Posted 19th March 2014) Jambojet, Kenya’s latest addition to the aviation scene, has just announced a major competition for wannabe passengers who want to fly with them at a cost cheaper than some busfares. Every day will 5 lucky travelers who book with the […]
South Sudan creates new tourism and wildlife ministry
SOUTH SUDAN CREATES MINISTRY FOR TOURISM AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (Posted 19th March 2014) Information was received from Juba, South Sudan’s capital, that in a government reshuffle a new stand alone Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Conservation was created by presidential decree yesterday afternoon. While no ministerial appointments have been made as yet, a total of […]
Kenya introduces new measures to keep tabs on conservancies and game sanctuaries
KENYA GOVERNMENT DUE TO AUDIT PRIVATE CONSERVANCIES SECURITY (Posted 19th March 2014) The Kenya government has reportedly ordered the Kenya Wildlife Service to ‘audit’ security arrangements at the country’s private conservancies and sanctuaries, following the report of another Eastern Black rhino being poached earlier this week on one of them. While the response from conservationists […]
Ethiopian Airlines set for October return to the Seychelles
ETHIOPIAN SIGNALS RETURN TO THE SEYCHELLES JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER HALTING FLIGHTS (Posted 19th March 2014) After ending their flights from Addis Ababa to the Seychelles on the 01st of March – Ethiopian had only launched the service in January 2012 – did news emerge that the airline may be planning a return to the […]
Seychelles Tourism launches Facebook photo competition
MORE INITIATIVES AND INNOVATIONS BY SEYCHELLES TOURISM (Posted 18th March 2014) The Seychelles Tourism Board has launched their new app of the Seychelles Islands E-Travel Guide for iPad and Android powered tablets, according to information received from Mahe. The direct link to the Android version of the E-Travel Guide can be accessed by clicking on […]
More trouble brewing over the planned Lake Natron soda ash plant
‘STOP MESSING WITH LAKE NATRON’ LOCALS TELL TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT (Posted 18th March 2014) News about growing opposition to ongoing efforts by the Tanzanian government to, by hook or crook, start a soda ash extraction plant at Lake Natron, have emerged. From information received from Arusha it is clear that over the past year the National […]
IRT continues to work with DMC’s to bring leading travel agents to Reunion
REUNION TOURISM CONTINUES TO BRING TRAVEL AGENTS FOR FAM TRIPS TO THE ISLAND (Posted 18th March 2014) The Indian Ocean Vanilla Island founder member Reunion is continuing to make waves as a destination. Efforts are concentrating, among other activities like attending key tourism trade shows, with hosting important travel agents to come out to the […]
Air Tanzania presents their new Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft
AIR TANZANIA PRESENTS BOMBARDIER CRJ200 AT DAR ES SALAAM AIRPORT (Posted 18th March 2014) Air Tanzania has made good of announcements made earlier in the year of an impending fleet upgrade when the airline last weekend presented their newly leased Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet, registered as 5Y-WWA, to the public at their Dar es Salaam […]
10to4 Mountain Bike Challenge raises big money
FLY540 10TO4 MOUNTAIN BIKE CHALLENGE RAISES OVER 3 MILLION SHILLINGS (Posted 18th March 2014) The 2014 Mountain Bike Challenge, sponsored by Fly540, has raised over 3.2 million Kenya Shillings, the organizers, the Mount Kenya Trust, announced overnight in a media release in which they also thanked the Nairobi based airline for their support. Other sponsors […]
Are we going to start culling elephants again?
More news from the Conservation Action Trust Subject: Are we going to start culling elephants again? New posts from the Conservation Action Trust. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za Are we going to cull elephants again? Are we going to start culling elephants again? Cape Times […]
KQ suspends Blantyre flights due to runway closure for repairs
KENYA AIRWAYS SUSPENDS BLANTRYE FLIGHTS DUE TO EMERGENCY RUNWAY REPAIRS (Posted 18th March 2014) Kenya Airways announced yesterday that they were forced to suspend flights between today and the 29th of March to Blantyre / Malawi as a result of emergency repairs on the runway of Chileka Airport. Passengers booked to Blantyre during this period […]
British Airways announces more flights to Entebbe and larger aircraft for Nairobi
BRITISH AIRWAYS UPS CAPACITY ON REMAINING EAST AFRICA ROUTES (Posted 17th March 2014) After withdrawing from the route between London and Dar es Salaam last year to the bewilderment of Tanzanian travelers as well as international travelers to East Africa’s largest country, has British Airways now announced that capacity to the remaining two destinations in […]
Papal visit to Uganda falls victim to ‘scheduling problems’
UGANDANS PERPLEXED BY CANCELLATION OF PAPAL VISIT DUE TO ‘SCHEDULING PROBLEMS’ (Posted 17th March 2014) The visit of Pope Francis to Uganda for the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Uganda’s Martyrs was taken for granted, more so considering the past visits of previous Popes to The Pearl of Africa, and so it came as […]
RwandAir prepares for IOSA audit
RWANDAIR’S MARCH TOWARDS IOSA CERTIFICATION WELL ON COURSE (Posted 17th March 2014) Rwanda’s national airline RwandAir appears well on course to accomplish their IOSA Certification later this year, then bringing to a successful conclusion a process which started in mid 2012 and has since then advanced considerably. A firm of aviation consultants from Germany, Aviation […]
Look out for the ‘Seychelles Declaration’ between UNWTO and the AU
UNWTO AND AFRICAN UNION GETTING READY TO SIGN THE ‘SEYCHELLES DECLARATION’ ON CREATING AN ‘AFRICA TOURISM BRAND’ (Posted 16th March 2014) Meetings in the Seychelles once again proved very conducive to come up with future looking agreements, as previously seen when African Union or UNWTO meetings took place on the archipelago. Today it was learned […]
Another rhino killed in Kenya
KENYA LOSES ANOTHER EASTERN BLACK RHINO (Posted 16th March 2014) (Animal rights activist and Director of Wildlife Direct, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, on Ol Pejeta yesterday) ‘Shoot to kill them’ was the almost unanimous response of what poachers deserve when pictures emerged yesterday afternoon of an emotional Dr. Paula Kahumbu next to the body of the […]
Anita Kongson introduced as new Emirates’ manager in Kenya
EMIRATES APPOINTS NEW COUNTRY MANAGER FOR KENYA (Posted 16th March 2014) Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, has confirmed the appointment of Ms. Anita Kongson as their new country manager for Kenya. Having previously served as Emirates’ sales manager in Switzerland does Anita enter the Kenyan scene hot on the heels of the airline starting flights […]
High Court ruling restores night travel for Kenyan busses
NIGHT TRAVEL BAN FOR BUSES SMASHED BY COURT RULING (Posted 15th March 2014) It was learned overnight that the High Court in Nairobi has thrown out an ill considered, though perhaps well meant directive by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport Michael Kamau, to stop busses from travelling at night following a spate of accidents over […]
Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya team up to make a formidable new tourism block
TEAM – TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE (Posted 15th March 2014) The ‘Coalition of the Willing’ yesterday announced in Kigali that joint marketing initiatives to promote tourism will mark their future cooperation. Like seen at the just concluded ITB, where Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya exhibited from one common stand, the same will now take place at […]
Tanzania launches yet another major railway plan as deal is signed with Burundi
TANZANIA AND BURUNDI SIGN SEPARATE RAILWAY DEAL (Posted 15th March 2014) The so called ‘Coalition of the Willing’ will be watching with hawks’ eyes from the sidelines as Tanzania and Burundi yesterday reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which a direct rail link will be constructed to connect Tanzania’s central rail line to Bujumbura. […]
Higher taxes likely to make Uganda a lot more expensive for tourists
FRESH TAX ASSAULT ON TOURISM IN THE MAKING (Posted 15th March 2014) Tourism sources were swift to condemn revived plans to slap the sector with an 18 percent VAT for upcountry accommodation, saying that ‘together with another planned tax rise on fuel this will make Uganda’s tourism products a lot more expensive at a time […]
