It is Uganda’s mountains which brings the Banff Mountain Film Festival to Kampala

THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO UGANDA (Posted 26th August 2014) The Banff Centre has announced the screening of some of the world’s best mountain films when they come to Uganda’s capital city of Kampala for two showings on 02nd and 09th of September. The event is generously sponsored by Turkish Airlines and local […]

Routes News issue 5 out now

Aviation buffs, here is the latest from Routes … airline talk from around the world … Routes News magazine Issue 5, Volume 10 Send to a friend Issue 5, 2014 online now! View from the Top: ACI’s Angela Gittens Interviewed: Ferrovial’s Jorge Gil & NOK Air’s CEO Patee Sarasin Destination: Discover Chicago In the spotlight: […]

Kenya and South Africa in fresh talks over mutual Visa requirements

KENYA DROPS VISA RULES FOR SOUTH AFRICAN (Posted 26th August 2014) Confirmation has been received from Nairobi that the Kenyan government has, for the time being, suspended the introduction of what has been described retaliatory Visa requirements for South African citizens. Forward bookings by South African tourists visiting the Kenya coast had in recent weeks […]

Are East Africa’s flamingos doomed for extinction?

TANZANIA UNDER RENEWED FIRE OVER LAKE NATRON SODA ASH PLANT (Posted 26th August 2014) Recent comments attributed to a senior official of the National Development Corporation have almost immediately raised the spectrum of further decampaigning of Tanzania in international tourism markets, as one of the country’s key resources, the Lake Natron flats where the entire […]

Another brand new B787-8 joins the Kenya Airways fleet

KENYA AIRWAYS PREPARES FOR THE ARRIVAL OF DREAMLINER NUMBER FOUR (Posted 26th August 2014) Dreamliner number four is now enroute to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where the latest B787-8 acquisition by Kenya’s national airline will join the three sister-ships already in service. Two more of these state of the art planes will join the […]

Ebola – now also in Congo DR

EBOLA OUTBREAK ADDS TO CONGO’S CHALLENGES (Posted 25th August 2014) Already facing challenges of near biblical proportions, from internal strife to crumbling and often entirely absent infrastructure, low literacy, corrupt regimes and often inexplicable hostility against Eastern neighbours Uganda and Rwanda has the country’s Equator Province now suffered a confirmed Ebola outbreak. An already overburdened […]

The upside of oil exploration in Kenya

OIL SEARCH BENEFITS HOSPITALITY AND AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS (Posted 25th August 2014) It is not all doom and gloom for Kenya’s otherwise beleaguered tourism and hospitality industry as quick-witted and fast thinking entrepreneurs continue to find niches into which they can expand, and expand profitably. A case in point is the northern Kenyan outpost of […]

Rwanda ups the ICT ante with imminent 4GLTE launch

RWANDA SET FOR 4G LAUNCH NEXT MONTH (Posted 25th August 2014) After a series of successful tests will the joint venture between the Rwandan government and Korea Telecom launch 4GLTE services from next month across the country. The joint venture will be the platform for other telecom companies in the country to sign up with […]

Mayotte gets new airport terminal but where are the tourists?

MAYOTTE’S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL GETS PRESIDENTIAL NOD OF APPROVAL (Posted 25th August 2014) Mayotte, France’s second region in the Indian Ocean, has been a founder member of the Vanilla Island Organization but is unlike Reunion, which has pulled out all stops to promote herself as a global tourism destination, lacked such a drive and is […]

Busoga Kingdom Chiefs elect new King

THE RETURN OF THE KING – UGANDA STYLE (Posted 25th August 2014) The Busoga Kingdom, located in the Eastern part of Uganda across the Nile River, has a new king. News broke yesterday that the Busoga Royal Chiefs council at last elected a new king. 10 out of the 11 traditional Busoga Chiefs were present […]

It is all about camels in Maralal next weekend

CAMEL RACES – MADE IN KENYA (Posted 24th August 2014) All eyes in Kenya’s tourism circles as well as from the local, regional and international media will next weekend again turn to Maralal / Samburu county, when the 23rd annual Camel Derby goes underway. Taking place this year between the 28th and the 31st of […]

Burundi tourism stakeholders unite to repaint the national tourism office

NATIONAL TOURISM OFFICE GETS NEW COAT OF PAINT (Posted 23rd August 2014) There will be a party of sorts at the Burundi National Tourism Office this weekend, when renovating the premises and giving them a new coat of paint is the main objective besides having the tourism industry and stakeholders come together and turn work […]

Kilifi Gold Triathlon expected to draw in participants and spectators

KENYA’S COAST AGAIN AT THE CENTRE OF A MAJOR SPORTING EVENT (Posted 23rd August 2014) The annual Kilifi Gold Triathlon this year will take place on the 06th of September and registration will be done at the Kilifi Plantation airstrip on the day between noon and 1.30 pm before the competition starts in earnest. The […]

TAZARA halts cross border passenger traffic

NO MORE CROSS BORDER PASSENGER TRAFFIC ON TAZARA (Posted 23rd August 2014) News are emerging from Dar es Salaam that the management of TAZARA Railway, the Chinese built railways system linking Tanzania’s main port city with Zambia, will halt cross border passenger operations in a few days time. Effective next week will the passenger trains […]

Light aircraft crash in Western Uganda

LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH – PLANE DESTROYED, PASSENGERS CHEAT DEATH (Posted 23rd August 2014) A pilot and at least three passengers in an American registered single engine light aircraft miraculously escaped with what has been described minor injuries after their plane developed mechanical problems after takeoff from an airstrip near Fort Portal in Western Uganda. The […]

11 young Rwandans graduate as helicopter pilots

11 GRADUATE AS PILOTS FROM AKAGERA AVIATION FLYING SCHOOL (Posted 22nd August 2014) 11 Rwandans have graduated from their course to fly helicopters earlier this week after completing their certification from the Akagera Aviation Flying School which is based at the international airport in Kigali. Launched in 2004 can the airline now look back at […]

Lack of money brings Bukoba airport works to a halt

BUKOBA AIRPORT EXPANSION WORK STALLS DUE TO DELAYED COMPENSATION (Posted 22nd August 2014) Tanzania’s Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Dr. Charles Tizeba during a recent visit to Bukoba, the capital of the Kagera District, explained that further expansion and modernization work at the airport depended on first compensating a number of people but that the […]

The more the merrier? Only time will tell which airline will stay afloat.

KENYA’S AIRSPACE GETS CROWDED AS ANOTHER LCC COMMENCES FLIGHTS (Posted 22nd August 2014) SouthEast Airlines, an apparent affiliate to African Express Airways, is set to launch flights between Nairobi and Mombasa this Friday, entering an already crowded market where the new kid on the block competes with national airline Kenya Airways, low cost carrier Jambojet, […]

UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL

The Uganda Community Tourism Association announces change of email contacts – please take notice in order to stay in touch with the Pearls Of Uganda UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Partners, Greetings fromUganda Community Tourism Association (UCOTA). We wish to inform you that starting September […]

UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL

The Uganda Community Tourism Association announces change of email contacts – please take notice in order to stay in touch with the Pearls Of Uganda UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Partners, Greetings fromUganda Community Tourism Association (UCOTA). We wish to inform you that starting September […]

UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL

The Uganda Community Tourism Association announces change of email contacts – please take notice in order to stay in touch with the Pearls Of Uganda UCOTA’S CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Partners, Greetings fromUganda Community Tourism Association (UCOTA). We wish to inform you that starting September […]

Information deficit addressed by workshop

E-MARKETING SEMINAR PAYS OFF FOR PARTICIPANTS (Posted 22nd August 2014) The e-Marketing Workshop last Friday, supported by the Uganda Hotel Owners’ Association and attended by a full capacity 50 participants, has, according to one attendee ‘hit the nail on the head’ by offering relevant content and improving knowledge on the use of the new media […]

Elephants face extinction

The latest updates from the Conservation Action Trust Elephants face extinction Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za Elephants Face Extinction if Ivory Trade Not Banned International Business Times | 08 August, 2014 | Hannah Osborne | In order to save elephants from extinction, all ivory markets across the world must close and any government stockpiles destroyed, the […]

Reunion remains active in German market to increase visitor numbers

5 CITIES – FOUR WORKSHOPS A DAY – REUNION TOURISM ON THE ROLL (Posted 21st August 2014) Vanilla Islands founder member Reunion continues the market offensive in Germany and partnered with leading long haul touroperator Meier’s Weltreisen. Dortmund, Dresden, Cologne, Frankfurt and Nuremberg’s tourism trade was targeted and over 300 participants from travel agencies attended […]

RIP Harmon Chellen

HEAD OF MAURITIUS HOTEL SCHOOL FOUND DEAD (Posted 21st August 2014) Only a day after participating in an event at the Seychelles Tourism Academy as Guest of Honour are reports emerging from the Seychelles’ main island of Mahe that Mr. Harmon Chellen was found dead near the resort where he was staying. Mr. Chellen had […]

Inaugural Turkish Airlines flight lands in Asmara

ASMARA WELCOMES INAUGURAL TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHT (Posted 20th August 2014) Turkish Airlines yesterday launched flights from Istanbul to Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. This is Turkish’s 33rd destination in Africa as the airline continues its rollout to more countries on the continent in line with expansion plans announced last year. Initially will Turkish serve […]

JKIA’s new Terminal 1A gets busier as more flights are moved there

KENYA AIRWAYS EXPANDS OPERATIONS FROM THE NEW TERMINAL 1A (Posted 20th August 2014) Kenya Airways yesterday announced that following successful trial runs with a limited number of flights processed from the new Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, additional flights to African destinations and the daily flight to Dehli will be shifted there from […]

No. 49 Cheese & Wine Wednesday Wine Tasting

Connoisseurs should be looking forward to this … More tasting sessions by No. 49 Cheese & Wine <wines> Latest news from No. 49 Cheese & Wine unsubscribe from this list Subscribe to our newsletter View this email in your browser With a stock of over 210 wines we have a wine for every occasion, form […]