Read the latest safety update from KTF
KENYA TOURISM FEDERATION ISSUES THEIR LATEST SAFETY UPDATE (Posted 25th June 2014) Start quote: KTF DESTINATION UPDATE 24TH JUNE 2014 Following the unfortunate events that took place in Mpeketoni in mainland Lamu, the Government has embarked on increasing security in the region. The affected communities have and continue to receive support from the Government, Kenyans […]
Lubumbashi’s Luano Airport to undergo runway maintenance
LUBUMBASHI RUNWAY WORKS SET TO IMPACT ON SCHEDULES OF AIRLINES (Posted 25th June 2014) Information received from Korongo Airlines, which is based in Lubumbashi / Congo DR, speaks of major runway works going underway from 01st July onwards. As the work is taking place along the middle section of the single runway of the Luano […]
New railway between Uganda and Rwanda takes next hurdle
UGANDA – RWANDA RAILWAY PLANS ADVANCE WITH APPOINTMENT OF CONSULTANTS (Posted 25th June 2014) As Kenya advances the new Standard Gauge Railway, in short named SGR, so have in parallel Rwanda and Uganda made their own progress to link the Kenyan section coming up to Tororo to Kampala and Kigali. It was established that the […]
More protests against Uganda government plans to impose VAT on tourism services
UGANDAN TOURISM FRATERNITY PROTESTS VAT PLANS (Posted 25th June 2014) As reported here the day following the budget reading in Uganda’s parliament earlier in the month, were immediate protests and objections raised by tourism stakeholders, but it took until yesterday before tourism trade associations formulated their response about the government’s plans to add 18 percent […]
Mbuvi Ngunze appointed to succeed Dr. Naikuni at the helm of KQ
KENYA AIRWAYS APPOINTS MBUVI NGUNZE TO SUCCEED DR. NAIKUNI IN DECEMBER (Posted 25th June 2014) Kenya Airways’ Chairman of the Board of Directors yesterday announced the appointment of Mr. Mbuvi Ngunze, presently Chief Operating Officer of the airline, as the successor of Dr. Titus Naikuni who is retiring at the end of November after serving […]
Reunion’s Air Austral returns to the Seychelles
AIR AUSTRAL RESUMES NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO SEYCHELLES (Posted 24TH May 2014) Air Austral, Reunion’s home airlines, yesterday evening resumed operations to the Seychelles with initially two flights per week, every Monday and Thursday from Reunion’s Roland Garros Interrnational Airport to Mahe and every Tuesday and Friday, in the early hours, back from Mahe to Reunion. […]
It is Swahili Night this Saturday at the Kampala Serena
KAMPALA SERENA ALL SET FOR SWAHILI FUSION NIGHT (Posted 24th June 2014) The culinary battle for supremacy is now on in earnest, as the Kampala Serena has come out of a lull of sorts with the launch of the Swahili Fusion Night which takes place this coming Saturday. The programme offers ‘A journey through the […]
Occupancy forecast for Kenya shows lower demand for at least two more years
PWC REPORT PROJECTS 2 YEARS OF LOWER OCCUPANCIES FOR KENYA (Posted 24th June 2014) A new report just released by financial consultancy and audit firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers titled ‘Hospitality Outlook 2014 – 2018’ paints a challenging picture for Kenya’s hospitality industry, as data contained in the report suggest at least two years of lower occupancies in […]
Climate Change conference opens on La Reunion
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE OPENS ON REUNION (Posted 24th June 2014) The International Climate and Energy Conference will be held in the island of Reunion between the 24th and the 26th of June 2014. Organized by the Regional Council of La Réunion, in collaboration with The Climate Group and R20 (Regions 20) congress under the theme […]
#WhyILoveKenya – Reflections by Aleema Noormohamed
This is one of the finest examples yet I have come across from Kenyans telling the world about their own reasons: #WhyILoveKenya Thanks for sharing your thoughts and photographs with the world Aleema! Why I love Kenya Posted by Porini Camps in Travel & Lifestyle Posted: June 23, 2014 The sun rises in a cloudless […]
Seychelles’ Tourism Minister Alain St. Ange looks at the future of tourism
KITTY POPE CATCHES UP WITH SEYCHELLES’ TOURISM MINISTER ALAIN ST. ANGE (Posted 24th June 2014) There are few tourism ministers in Africa I know who have mastered their portfolio like Alain St. Ange has. Kenya’s Najib Balala was often cited as an example of a politician who knew what he was talking about and what […]
Fastjet set for flights to Zimbabwe
FASTJET ANNOUNCES HARARE FLIGHTS (Posted 23rd June 2014) Fastjet today announced the launch of their third international destination after Johannesburg and Lusaka, the latter operated by Fastjet and flown in codeshare with Zambia’s ProFlight. From 05th of August will East Africa’s first real LCC operate every Tuesday and Saturday to Harare / Zimbabwe at a […]
Kenya cancels planned training of KWS rangers by British army units
NOW KENYA ACCUSED OF KNEEJERK REACTION AS KWS-BRITISH ARMY TRAINING SHELVED (Posted 23rd June 2014) The recent offer by the British government to have troops based in Kenya for field training – a cooperation which goes back for decades – provide specialized courses for KWS rangers, was welcomed at the time by Kenya’s conservation fraternity […]
Belgian victory makes handover party a night to remember in Kampala
BRUSSELS AIRLINES’ NEW MANAGER BECOMES AN INSTANT MASCOT FOR BELGIANS IN UGANDA (Posted 23rd June 2014) The formal introduction of Mr. Sebastian Spijkers as Brussels Airlines’ new country manager in Uganda coincided with the Belgian national football team’s second match against Russia last night and will certainly remain in the memory of the Brussels Airlines’ […]
Mauritius turns to English beauty queen to promote Mauritius
MAURITIUS TOURISM TO BANK ON ENGLISH BEAUTY QUEEN TO CAPTURE TOURISTS? (Posted 22nd June 2014) (Karl Mootoosamy, CEO of MTPA, seen here parading with the English beauty queen) Sections of Mauritius’s tourism stakeholders expressed their shock and dismay to this correspondent when they learned that the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority has chosen Miss England to […]
The Tourism Legacy of Minister Alain St.Ange published by Kitty J. Pope – African Diaspora Tourism
The story of Seychelles’ Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St. Ange – ably told by Kitty Pope The Tourism Legacy of Minister Alain St.Ange by Kitty J. Pope – African Diaspora Tourism Alain St.Ange: The Leader of Leaders Who Created the Carnival of Carnivals An in-depth look at the one-of-a kind African Tourism Minister’s personality, […]
True or false – Twitter comments upset Kenya
IS ZIMBABWE BREAKING RANKS WITH KENYA? (Posted 22nd June 2014) Kenyan government officials and tourism industry representatives are said to be in a pensive mood over twitter comments allegedly made on Zimbabwe’s ruling party twitter handle. Kenya is reportedly seeking an official clarification from Zimbabwe, should the account be found to belong to ZANU PF […]
Much needed boost for Nairobi hotels as UNEP assembly heads to Kenya
UNEP ASSEMBLY HEADING TO NAIROBI (Posted 21st June 2014) Kenya’s beleaguered hospitality industry expects a shot in the arm next week when the United Nation’s Nairobi based UNEP Assembly will bring an estimated 1.200 visitors to the country. This is good news following last month’s decision by the Africa Hotel Investment Forum to desert Nairobi […]
Nairobi’s Southern Bypass goes ahead as the national park is set to give up land
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK TO LOSE LAND FOR NEW BYPASS HIGHWAY (Posted 22nd June 2014) The process of degazetting sections of the Nairobi National Park has, according to information received from Kenya’s capital, started in earnest to make land available for the completion of the Southern Bypass Highway, which will create another ring road around the […]
Air Tanzania carries a mountain of legacy debts
AIR TANZANIA IN 133 BILLION DEBT TRAP (Posted 21st June 2014) Accumulated legacy and current debts of at least 133 billion Tanzania Shillings are a detrimental factor for the development of the airline was parliament in Dodoma, Tanzania’s political capital told during the week by the Deputy Transport Minister, when he answered questions raised about […]
Reunion – relentless marketing shows results
REUNION’S RELENTLESS MARKETING DRIVE CONTINUES (Posted 21st June 2014) Reunion Island, a founder member of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization, has been voted as France’s third most spectacular region, after Brittany and the island of Corsica, fueling new interest by travelers from the French mainland to the island to explore its range of attractions, […]
UNESCO acts on concerns over Selous conservation
SELOUS GAME RESERVE NOW LISTED AS ‘ENDANGERED WORLD HERITAGE SITE’ (Posted 21st June 2014) ‘There is a prize to pay for everything you do in life and Tanzania is now paying for what our government allows to happen in the Selous’ said a regular conservation source from Dar es Salaam when discussing UNESCO’s move to […]
Two Big New Developments
Added information on the just reported EACJ ruling about the Serengeti Highway SERENGETI WATCH SPECIAL REPORT Serengeti Watch is a project of the Earth Island Institute, Check our rating on Charity Navigator. click to view the report :: Good news for the Serengeti – Two milestones achieved. We’ll keep going… Court decision bars paved road […]
East African Court of Justice rules again Tanzanian government in Serengeti Highway case
SERENGETI HIGHWAY RULING PREVENTS TANZANIA FROM BUILDING ‘BITUMEN ROAD’ (Posted 21st June 2014) The East African Court of Justice yesterday delivered a long awaited ruling on the case brought against the Tanzanian government by ANAW and others, seeking to restrain them permanently from building a highway across the Serengeti migration routes of the great herds […]
Kenya Airways’ second Dreamliner enroute to Nairobi
KENYA AIRWAYS RECEIVES THEIR SECOND B787-8 DREAMLINER (Posted 21st June 2014) Later today will Kenya Airways welcome their second Dreamliner in Nairobi, after taking formal delivery yesterday in Charleston / South Carolina, Boeing’s second B787 assembly plant, and then flying the new bird straight home to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in a 15 hour nonstop […]
Emirates expands A380 routes
EMIRATES ANNOUNCES MORE A380 SERVICES TO THE US (Posted 20th June 2014) Travelers from East Africa to the United States, using Emirates out of Entebbe, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, can now look forward to fly to yet more US destinations on the magnificent Airbus A380. Already serving New York and Los Angeles with the […]
Reunion’s tourism office staff take to the mountains trails
LOCAL TOURISM OFFICE STAFF GO HIKING IN REUNION’S MOUNTAINS (Posted 20th June 2014) Besides fam trips for travel agents from Reunion’s main tourism source markets do staff of the tourism offices across the island also have the opportunity to learn more about the various attractions and earlier this week had a group of 12 the […]
Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to get new terminal line up
JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL SET FOR MAJOR RE-NAMING OF TERMINALS (Posted 20th June 2014) From the end of June will the Kenya Airport Authority launch the renaming of the various terminals now in use or to be put into use in coming weeks and months, doing away with the familiar ‘Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3’ […]
Air Uganda goes on record, UCAA remains silent
AIR UGANDA ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT TO TELL THE FACTS AS UCAA REMAINS SHTUMM (Posted 20th June 2014) After breaking the story yesterday of the grounding of international flights by Ugandan registered airlines following the panic suspension of AOC’s by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has Air Uganda also come out with a statement by CEO […]
Lewa Conservancy founder Delia Craig RIP
CO-FOUNDER OF THE LEWA DOWNS CONSERVANCY PASSES AWAY (Posted 19th June 2014) Sad news reached from Lewa Downs, one of Kenya’s first conservancies, that co-founder Delia Craig has passed away just a few days after her 90th birthday. Delia (1924 – 2014 and her late husband David (1924 – 2009) founded the conservancy on the […]
