Tanzania’s environmental record under renewed scrutiny as RUBADA stands accused of lying
STIEGLER’S GORGE – THE PATTERN OF MISLEADING THE TANZANIAN PUBLIC CONTINUES (Posted 22nd October 2014) Environmentalists concerned over the destructive impact on the core tourism area of the Selous Game Reserve by plans to build a dam and hydroelectric power plant by the Rufiji (River) Basin Development Authority have taken issue with the latest attempts […]
The East Africa Wild Life Society 2012/2013 Biennial Report and the 2014 – 2019 Strategic Plan
And a news update from the East African Wild Life Society, a must read report containing their latest strategic 5 year plan Dear Members, Colleagues and Friends: I’m pleased to share with you two important publications: The EAWLS 2012/2013 Biennial Report and The EAWLS 2014 – 2019 Strategic Plan. The Biennial Report shares achievements from […]
Hospitality Day Celebration @ AKWAABA
For those going to Lagos to attend West Africa’s most important tourism trade show, here is a preview of some of the other value added activities planned by the organizers for hospitality and tourism professionals. Hospitality Day Celebration. Theme: Hotel Innovation: Being One Step Ahead @ AKWAABA. Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites Convention Center Mezzanine, […]
No 243 Wildlife Trade News 21st October 2014
News from Africa and around the world with the latest updates on wildlife crimes and environmental scandals … No 243 Wildlife Trade News 21st October 2014 in the spotlight today …………………… Palm oil – the new threat to the Amazon extract: By 2022, palm oil plantations for biofuel will cover 700,000 ha, which would make […]
AKWAABA – five days and counting
AN EBOLA FREE NIGERIA IS READY TO HOST THE AKWAABA AFRICAN TRAVEL MARKET (Posted 21st October 2014) Organizers of the annual AKWAABA African Travel Market, West Africa’s most important tourism trade show, will no doubt have had a combined breath of relief when Nigeria was yesterday declared Ebola free after the single location outbreak had […]
The Mother of all Ultra Races – where else but on Reunion island
THE ‘DIAGONALE DES FOUS’ ON REUNION ISLAND CONCLUSED THE 2014 ULTRA TRAIL TOUR (Posted 21st October 2014) In two days, from 23rd to 25th of October, will the annual Ultra Trail World Tour come to a conclusion when the final race of the season will take place on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. […]
East Africa Adopts Akwaaba As official Expo
Tourism News from Nigeria … ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide range of topics […]
The East African Wild Life Society, African Journal of Ecology and Royal African Foundation Scholarship
A special message from the Eat African Wild Life Society, of particular interest to students seeking a scholarship. Dear EAWLS Member/ Supporter/ Partners, Through a partnership with the Royal African Foundation and the African Journal of Ecology, the East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS) has established a scholarship programme at Masters Level. EAWLS invites students […]
Boeing, Kenya Airways Partner with Non-Profits to Deliver Medical Resources for Children in Kenya
Boeing and Kenya Airways partner with Non-Profits to Deliver Medical Resources for Children in Kenya News Release Issued: Oct 20, 2014 (1:00pm EDT) To view this release online and get more information about Boeing, visit: http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=129241 Boeing, Kenya Airways Partner with Non-Profits to Deliver Medical Resources for Children in Kenya First humanitarian delivery flight from […]
No 242 Wildlife Trade News 20th October 2014
The string of bad news about wildlife and environmental crimes just keeps growing longer and longer … another daily dose of bitter truths … in the spotlight today …………………… Rich Chinese are literally eating this exotic mammal into extinction (Myanmar) GlobalPost visits a border outpost where the world’s most trafficked mammal is on the menu. […]
Be among the first to fly the latest Airbus A350XWB model come January 2015
QATAR AIRWAYS NAMES FRANKFURT AS FIRST AIRBUS A350XWB DESTINATION (Posted 21st October 2014) There will no doubt be a scramble of passengers to be on the first flight of Qatar Airways to Frankfurt, now that the airline has confirmed that they will begin commercial operations with the world’s latest state of the art passenger jet, […]
Uganda welcomes new RVR locomotives
UGANDA WELCOMES THREE NEW LOCOMOTIVES AT KAMPALA RAILWAY STATION (Posted 21ST October 2014) Uganda’s State Minister for Works, Hon. John Byabagambi, joined by other officials from his ministry, were at hand at the Kampala Railway Station yesterday morning to welcome the first three of overall 20 American built General Electric locomotives Rift Valley Railways. Invited […]
Uganda, not just one of Africa’s top adventure destinations but increasingly a place of good food and wine
IT IS ALL ABOUT GOOD FOOD AND GOOD WINE NEXT WEEK IN KAMPALA (Posted 20th October 2014) Kampala’s two leading hotels will be the place to be next week as some of South Africa’s biggest names in the wine business are in town. As already reported here will the Kampala Serena host the garden party […]
No 241 Wildlife Trade News 19th October 2014
Another dose of bitter truths about the scale of the global illegal wildlife trade and wildlife crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Light sentence in vulture case slammed (South Africa) http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/light-sentence-in-vulture-case-slammed-1.1767272#.VEPqzsmwQuc No 241 Wildlife Trade News 19th October 2014 Half-tonne of smuggled ivory seized in Saudi http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1202665 Ivory smuggling attempt foiled http://www.menafn.com/1093984129/Ivory-smuggling-attempt-foiled Kruger Park suspected […]
Which African airline operates the youngest fleet? Read on – it is Kenya Airways
LATEST AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES MAKE KENYA AIRWAYS’ FLEET THE YOUNGEST IN AFRICA (Posted 20th October 2014) Kenya Airways yesterday reached a new milestone when a brand new B737-8HX Sky Interior arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the late afternoon. This is the first delivery of an order for five such aircraft, the remaining four expected […]
No 240 Wildlife Trade News 18th October 2014
The daily dose of bitter truths about illegal wildlife trade, poaching and more from around the world … in the spotlight today …………………… Report Estimates Enormous Economic Value of Living Elephants http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/17/report-estimates-enormous-economic-value-of-living-elephants/ No 240 Wildlife Trade News 18th October 2014 Five suspected poachers arrested in Kruger http://citizen.co.za/259727/five-suspected-poachers-arrested-kruger/ Emergency appeal to combat militant elephant poaching in […]
First they poach Kenya’s game and now they destroy the reefs – Asian country suspected to be owner of the dredger
‘STOP KILLING OUR REEF AND DIVING GROUNDS’ SCREAM SOUTH COAST HOTELS AT PANAMA REGISTERED DREDGER (Posted 19th October 2014) Diani based hotels, resorts and ocean sport operators are up in arms when a Panama registered dredger, bearing the name of ‘Si Hang Cai Sha 1’ turned up at the reef off the award winning Diani […]
Lack of aircraft sees Air Tanzania suspend flights, AGAIN
AIR TANZANIA BLASTED FOR ‘LACK OF FORWARD PLANNING’ (Posted 19th October 2014) Reactions came in fast and furious after Air Tanzania on Friday announced the suspension of four domestic routes after one of the airline’s aircraft had to leave for heavy maintenance. Flights to Mwanza, alongside Mtwara and two other destinations were suspended until at […]
Half a ton of blood ivory seized in Riyadh on a Saudia flight
SAUDI AIRPORT SECURITY IN RIYADH CONFISCATE HALF A TON OF BLOOD IVORY (Posted 19th October 2014) News came in late yesterday that airport security in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, seized half a ton of blood ivory off a Saudia flight from an African country, which was to be shipped on to a destination in Asia. […]
Are private conservancies the saviour of wildlife tourism in Kenya?
SEGERA OPENS NAIROBI OFFICE (Posted 19th October 2014) Conservancies, especially those with close links if not outright partnerships with the local communities, are of late seen as one of the saviours of wildlife based tourism and a recipe of future success in percolating tourism benefits directly to the community grassroots through added job opportunities and […]
Traveling the region made easier as nationals will be able to use their mobile money to pay for services
MORE BENEFITS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS OF ‘COALITION OF THE WILLING’ COUNTRIES (Posted 19th October 2014) While the benefits of fast tracked infrastructure projects are going to be felt in years to come, when the new highways, railways, ports, pipelines and refineries are ready are direct, more immediate benefits for the people of the region something […]
BREAKING NEWS Ol Pejeta Conservancy loses one of its northern white rhinos
Sad news from Ol Pejeta where one of the four Northern White Rhinos died, leaving just three remaining int he wild and six overall. This was NOT a poaching related but a natural death but it was poaching which has driven this subspecies to the brink of extinction. [BREAKING NEWS] Ol Pejeta Conservancy loses one […]
Demands for nonstop flights to Paris remain on the agenda as Abu Dhabi stopover shortened to just an hour
FRENCH AND SEYCHELLOIS TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS EXPRESS ‘DISAPPOINTMENT’ OVER LACK OF NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO PARIS (Posted 18th October 2014) While the news came in already yesterday from Paris, that Air Seychelles would after all not revert to nonstop flights between Mahe and Paris CDG, was time needed to get a broader input from stakeholders in both […]
Local language webpage for local passengers – it is all about reaching the market
FASTJET LAUNCHES NEW KISWAHILI WEBPAGE (Posted 18th October 2014) Fastjet has now launched a Kiswahili language page on their websites, clearly aimed at a growing number of passengers from Tanzania whose primary language is the East African Lingua Franca. (http://www.fastjet.com/tz/sw/) Covering three domestic destinations out of Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Mbeya, has the […]
RhiNEWS: South African poaching update, New Javan rhino photos, and 50% decline in global wildlife
The challenges of Rhino conservation – the latest news updates by Save the Rhino International Save the Rhino’s October RhiNEWS bringing you rhino updates from around the globe. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. OCTOBER 2014 As the South African rhino poaching toll continues to increase, rhino programmes are in […]
Mashujaa Weekend in Kenya – time to #TembeaKenya
Here is the second guest post from Lillian Gaitho, Head of PR at Jovago.com, where she shares her ideas where to go and what to do over the long weekend in Kenya – enjoy the read. Feedback to her can be channeled through my blog comments from where it will be passed on to her. […]
Uganda mourns the loss of two more park rangers killed by poachers
MORE RANGERS KILLED IN HOT SPOT MT. ELGON NATIONAL PARK (Posted 18th October 2014) Sad news were received yesterday when Uganda Wildlife Authority’s Executive Director Dr. Andrew Seguya confirmed that two more park rangers were killed over the past two days at the hot spot Mt. Elgon National Park, in the past repeatedly the scene […]
No 239 Wildlife Trade News 17th October 2014
The daily does of bitter truths about the ongoing wildlife trade and other illegal activities threatening the survival of species, species often crucial to the survival of the tourism industry in many African countries. in the spotlight today …………………… Malaysia’s blood ivory cover up continues It has never been independently audited. No one has ever […]
Marketing by silence – a novel concept when opening a new hotel
IMAGINE YOU OPEN A 5 STAR HOTEL AND FEW IF ANY KNOW ABOUT IT BUT YOURSELF (Posted 17th October 2014) It is not an entirely uncommon scenario that a new hotels comes up somewhere across the region and I miss the opening or rather miss about reporting about the opening. It is however less common […]
Promoting travel through wine or promoting wine through travel?
PROMOTING TOURISM BY PROMOTING GOOD WINE – SAA TAKES THE LEAD TO DO BOTH (Posted 17th October 2014) The upcoming 5th South African Wine Festival, sponsored by South African Airways, Sun International Hotels of South Africa, Wines of South Africa, Stanbic Bank and the Kampala Serena Hotel will next Friday again draw crowds into the […]
