Ngamba gets the thumbs up from Rotary
Ngamba Island recognized with Vocational Service Award The Rotary Club of Entebbe has awarded Chimpanzee Trust with the ‘Vocational Service Award 2014- 2015’, as the best vocational service for its extraordinary projects in providing services to communities neighbouring Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary. This was during Rotary Club of Entebbe’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Since the establishment […]
Derek Houston’s latest Spotlight Workshops aim at Scandinavia
There is the saying about location, location and more locationbut equally is it true that one can add marketing, marketing and more marketing to it. The best location, without marketing, will not be known and good marketing can lift even a relatively poor location into the limelight. Derek, thorough as usual, gives potential attendees all […]
No 414 Wildlife Trade News: 26th May
The daily dose of bad news has returned … Please note: Today and tomorrow the news consists of current as well as recent news. in the spotlight today …………………… South African rhino named Hope after surviving horrific attack by poachers who left her with a 20-inch wound after hacking her horns off Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3096198/South-African-rhino-survives-horrific-attack-poachers.html#ixzz3bGWtBxa6 […]
IATA welcomes RwandAir into their ranks
RWANDAIR JOINS THE BIG LEAGUE AS IATA ADMITS THE AIRLINE AS A FULL MEMBER (Posted 27th May 2015) (IATA’s IOSA certificate for RwandAir) IATA’s Vice President for Africa, Mr. Raphael Kuuchi, flew to Kigali yesterday to officiate at the handover of the certificate for full IATA membership to RwandAir’s CEO John Mirenge, signifying another milestone […]
Kigali to Bujumbura flights due to resume tomorrow
RWANDAIR TO RESUME BUJUMBURA FLIGHTS AS OF TOMORROW 27TH OF MAY (Posted 26th May 2015) Rwanda’s national airline RwandAir has just confirmed that effective tomorrow 27th of May will flights to and from Bujumbura resume. Most airlines had suspended flights when the airport was closed as a result of the purported coup attempt but most […]
An unfulfilled dream …
CANADIAN MAN DIES ATTEMPTING TO FULFILL A LIFETIME DREAM OF SEEING THE GORILLAS (Posted 26th May 2015) (Bweza – the silverback of the gorilla group of the same name) A 75 year old Canadian man – his name known but respectfully withheld – reportedly collapsed and subsequently died yesterday while enroute to tracking Uganda’s prized […]
WTA moves to paradise island for the 2015 Africa award ceremony
WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS CEREMONY 2015 FOR AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS MOVES TO THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 26th May 2015) Africa’s Travel Oscar winners will this year be announced on the 20th of June at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort, together with the awards for the Indian Ocean islands. The Baie Lazare based resort, opened in […]
It is Vipingo via Ukunda at 173 USD return fare from Nairobi Wilson airport
SAFARILINK CONFIRMS ROUTING OF NEW VIPINGO SERVICE (Posted 25th May 2015) When the new service from Nairobi’s Wilson airport to the Kenya coast’s most fancied golf resort, Vipingo Ridge, was announced here two weeks ago, was the fare and the routing still under consideration by Safarilink. The airline has just confirmed that the flight will […]
Ferry company improves security with new scanners
LIKONI FERRY FINALLY LAUNCHES SCANNERS (Posted 25th May 2015) According to information received overnight from Mombasa has the Kenya Ferry Service company as of yesterday started using scanners which are for passengers boarding on foot and their bags or parcels they carry. While it may delay the boarding exercise, and there have already been such […]
Conservation remains a key component in Serena’s corporate philosophy
A BUTTERFLY RESORT ON SHANZU BEACH? SERENA IS THAT AND MUCH MORE! (Posted 24th May 2015) If I were to ask any of you ‘Which is the best butterfly resort on a Kenyan beach?’, almost all would probably scramble to their smartphones and tablets and frantically Google the topic and most perhaps still come up […]
Wasini Island – almost as set in another world
By Amina Ulrike Sabel Once Upon a Time – A day on Wasini Island I woke up at dawn; the sound of breaking sticks must have pulled me out of my dreams. l lifted my head just slightly from the pillow, peeping with sleepy eyes through the low, netted window – and there, in a […]
Mt. Kenya’s myths … is there a resident called ‘Ngai’ living up there?
Lillian Gaitho, in her Sunday contribution, is trying to get to the bottom, or perhaps more fittingly, to the peak of the myths surrounding Kenya’s highest mountain. In The High Dwellings of the God: Climbing Mt. Kenya Lying perhaps unjustly in the publicity shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro is Mt Kenya the second of Africa’s tallest […]
Fetafrik and Fashion – Mustafa Hassanali makes it happen in Victoria
FETAFRIK WITH A TWIST AS MUSTAFA HASSANALI BRINGS AFRICAN FASHION TO VICTORIA (Posted 23rd May 2015) Seychelles, politically, geographically and historically linked to Africa, every year celebrates FetAfrik, the festival marking Africa Day and celebrating the artistic, cultural and related achievements of artists the archipelago and from the African mainland. The exceptional beauty, diversity and […]
Reunion seen through your lense – and the winning photograph comes from …
‘A LOOK AT THE OCEAN’ – REUNION QUALITY TOURISM LAUNCHED PHOTO COMPETITION (Posted 24th May 2015) Fabulous prizes await the 20 selected winners of a photo competition which was just launched by Reunion’s Quality Tourism organization. They are keen to see your Reunion experience as YOU saw it through the lense of your camera, under […]
Mozambique’s airspace opens up for competition
LAM FINALLY GETS COMPETITION ON DOMESTIC ROUTES (Posted 23rd May 2015) Mozambique’s loss making national airline LAM, short for Linhas Aereas de Mocambique, will soon lose the monopoly it has enjoyed for a long time, after the regulatory authority MCAA announced earlier in the week that three new airlines have been licensed and are getting […]
Groundbreaking for new Ugandan SGR line expected in June
UGANDA SET FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (Posted 23rd May 2015) After the Ugandan parliament approved a 13 trillion Uganda Shillings loan, sourced from the Chinese government, will work on the new Standard Gauge Railway commence next month. The Minister for Works Hon. John Byabagambi at the same time also confirmed […]
Daily JKIA – Lamu flights scaled back to just three per week. Read on to find out why!
JAMBOJET REDUCES LAMU FLIGHTS TO THREE A WEEK (Posted 23rd May 2015) Only two months after launching daily flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Lamu on the 28th of March this year, which are then returning via Malindi to Nairobi, have news emerged that Jambojet, Kenya Airways’ inhouse LCC, has apparently reduced the […]
Which airline will double flights between Entebbe and Nairobi come 01st of June?
GOOD NEWS FOR UGANDAN TRAVELLERS AS RWANDAIR STEPS UP NAIROBI FLIGHTS (Posted 23rd May 2015) Uganda’s adopted home airline, RwandAir – the story of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority’s folly of eleven months ago when in an attempt to save themselves from being cited by ICAO they all but destroyed Ugandan aviation is of course […]
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust
The efficacy of trading rhino horn debunked May 21, 2015 | News24.com | Andreas Wilson-Späth |PLEASE REPUBLISH A group of local and international experts converged in Cape Town on Tuesday to discuss the legal and illegal trade in endangered wildlife. Jo Shaw, the manager of WWF-SA’s Rhino Programme, sketched an overview of the dire situation […]
No more delays please …
CONTRACTOR FOR MOMBASA BYPASS GETS READY TO START DIGGING (Posted 22nd May 2015) The Kenyan government yesterday finally launched the decades old project of a bypass from Mombasa to the South Coast, when the contractors were handed the site and put in a position to mobilized manpower and equipment to begin construction of the first […]
Zimbabwe next for Fastjet as recruitment starts
FASTJET ZIMBABWE ENTERS RECRUITMENT PHASE (Posted 22nd May 2015) Good news are in the pipeline for Zimbabweans looking for employment in the aviation industry after Fastjet has just launched a major recruitment drive as the airline is getting ready to go operational. After Fastjet (Z) received its Air Service Permit (ASP) in March 2015 is […]
How technology helps travelers to save money – Lillan Gaitho’s weekend contribution
Lillian Gaitho’s weekend contribution deals with the question how modern technologies can help travelers to make journeys, and their preparation, less stressful and less costly … Six Ways Technology can Help You Save on Travelling Costs Since the advent of mobile payments, online travel agencies and quirky applications that almost allow you to see into […]
This airline stays a travellers favourite by supporting local sports
BRUSSELS AIRLINES BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH SHIRT SPONSORSHIP OF KAVC (Posted 22nd May 2015) KAVC have just announced that Brussels Airlines has signed up with them to become their official shirt partner for the Men’s team in the 2015 Volleyball Season. The record league champions for now is the only volleyball club in Uganda with […]
Aviation training workshops in June …
May 2015 Can’t see this Email? View in browser Sofema Aviation Services Returns to Johannesburg – June 2015 Sofema Aviation Services is very pleased to be returning to Johannesburg to deliver another series of EASA Compliant “essentials” regulatory training courses. Special offer – please quote "Joburg Special offer" 3 delegates for the price of 2 […]
Want to see a volcanic eruption – here are the fares to get to Reunion
The present outbreak of the Piton de la Fournaise has raised keen interest in many parts of the world. Read on how to get to Reunion and get a glimpse of the fire spitting mountain …And if I were to compress the following into just three mentions I would say: Reunion is hot, the airfares […]
Free WiFi for those arriving and departing impressions from the paradise islands
TOURISTS NOW GET FREE WIFI AT MAHE’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Posted 21st May 2015) Seychelles’ leading telecommunications company Cable & Wireless has reportedly just signed an agreement with the Seychelles’ Civil Aviation Authority to provide free WiFi services for passengers at the archipelago’s main airports. Benefitting will arriving and departing passengers using the international terminal, allowing […]
Why is IATA coming to Kigali next week? Read on to find out.
RWANDAIR – THE AFRICAN AIRLINE TO WATCH (Posted 21st May 2015) Rwanda, the proverbial Phoenix risen from the ashes, is rightly seen as a prime example that Africa is not all about chaos and coups, dictators, disorganization and disease but living proof that principled and disciplined leadership can accomplish everything the so called developed countries […]
Seychelles’ Carnival still makes headlines and front pages across the world
Is this the secret of the Seychelles’ success to market the archipelago?Read on on to find out! Tourism promotion meets with success as Seychelles Carnival makes the cover page of May 2015 edition of European magazine Success is easy to take for granted, but the tireless efforts by the Team at the Seychelles Tourism Board […]
The travel habits of Kenyans – now all out in the open.
Lillian Gaitho has earned a firm place on my blog and week in week out finds topics which raise the interest of readers and add value for them. Here is her latest contribution, she is taking a good hard look at the travel habits of Kenyans, and an interesting read that makes! Kenyan Travel Habits: […]
Brazil and Seychelles enter new era of aviation cooperations
SEYCHELLES SIGNS BILATERAL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL (Posted 21st May 2015) The Seychelles Tourism Board has for a while now been eyeing the South American markets, among them Brazil, to tap into that country’s substantial outbound tourist pool. Presently about 1.000 Brazilians visit the archipelago every year, a figure STB seeks to increase substantially. […]
