Important notice for Fastjet bookings
Remember, you read it here first … How to book Plan your trip Destinations FAQs Important changes to our booking system Dear fastjetters, If you’re in Tanzania or Kenya, we’ve updated your booking process. You now have 20 minutes to complete your booking across desktop and mobile devices to secure your flight. If you do […]
Aviation awards which matter …
Submit your nominations now for the airline industry’s premier awards event! The ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards program was established in 1974 to recognize excellence in the air transport industry. They are seen across the industry as the most coveted honor an airline or individual can receive as they are bestowed upon individuals and organizations […]
Book now and pay later – Brussels Airlines makes travel easier
Travelers from all African destinations, except Morocco and Ghana, can now take advantage of a new offer by Brussels Airlines. Booking a ticket online with immediate effect allows to opt for a later payment option to complete the transaction and get an e-ticket issued.Read on to find out more about it … Online version We […]
News from and about Volcanoes Safaris
UG Tel: +256 (0) 414 346 464/5 Mail: admin AboutVirungaKyamburaBwindiGahingaSupportContact Mwiko Primary School Education, education, education: the first step towards making this slogan true is to have adequate classrooms. Mwiko Primary School is situated near theVolcanoes Safaris’ Virunga Lodge in Rwanda. The Lodge has been working with the primary school since 2009, helping to fund […]
Standing by indigenous investors – Seychelles’ Tourism Minister St. Ange speaks out
Much has been said here over time about the Seychelles and few topics are as relevant as this one, the empowerment of indigenous Seychellois, keen to invest in the tourism industry since the economy broadly opened up under the present government of President James Alix Michel. What some saw as empty phrases and polititalk turned […]
IBTM World Barcelona 17-19 November 2015
Derek Houston of Houston Marketing has a few hints and pointers for those from our part of the world who are considering a presence at IBTM in Barcelona. Check out his advice and how to tag along, not just for this even but for his Spotlight Nordics workshops after the Barcelona event. Dear Tourism Colleagues, […]
News from Serena Hotels …
Conference Room at Mara Serena Safari Lodge July News Team Building Activity Conferencing and Team Building at Serena Sample Serena’s unique array of conferencing packages that ensure variety guest preferences are met including exclusive facilities and those that cater for small, medium sized and large groups and carter for different kinds meetings and conferencing needs […]
Kenya Airways offers alternative web access while main website is upgraded
KENYA AIRWAYS WEBSITE UNDERGOING UPGRADING (Posted 16th July 2015) Calls and messages from readers attempting to access the Kenya Airways regular website www.kenya-airways.com showed the need to provide some extra information over and above what the airline had already put into the public domain yesterday. The Pride of Africa’s main portal is temporarily not accessibly […]
High profile visits to Kenya expected to help promote safaris and beach vacations
MOMBASA ARRIVALS DOWN BY HALF FOR MAY BUT BETTER DAYS AHEAD (Posted 16th July 2015) Not since 2008, one of the worst performing years in Kenya’s more recent tourism history, have international arrivals in Mombasa been at such a low level for the month of May, according to the latest statistics seen. Only around 2.500 […]
Kenya Airways stands by the East African Classic Safari Rally 2015 as lead sponsor
EAST AFRICAN CLASSIC SAFARI RALLY 2015 GETS THUMBS UP BY KENYA AIRWAYS (Posted 15th July 2015) After retaining Sarova Hotels as one of this classic rallying events key sponsors has Kenya Airways yesterday also once again put pen to paper and committed to supporting the airline through a range of support measures, including ticket and […]
Uganda by bike – the Pearl of Africa is never short of surprises
UGANDA BY BIKE – OLD AND NEW TRAILS AWAIT (Posted 15th July 2015) That Uganda is a major African adventure destination is beyond doubt. Be it rafting on the upper Nile, hiking up Mt. Elgon, climbing the Rwenzoris, aka Mountains of the Moon, tracking gorillas or chimps, there is plenty going on across the country […]
ATA’s latest updates towards the 40th World Congress in Nairobi
July 2015 Welcome to ATA’s July Newsletter! ATA Passport to Africa, our monthly newsletter, features the latest member and Africa travel industry news. If you are an ATA member and would like to share your stories, please email us and find submission guidelines here. We look forward to hearing from you! Kenya Airways is Official […]
UNWTO takes aim at tourism’s under-representation in global financing
Despite its wide-reaching socio-economic impacts, tourism still receives limited attention as a tool for development.On the occasion of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July), UNWTO calls for higher support for tourism in international financing for development flows to maximize the sector´s contribution to sustainable development across the globe. […]
Mafia Island – no relations to THE Mafia
PUTTING MAFIA ISLAND ON THE MAP (Posted 14th July 2015) While Tanzania’s famous Northern circuit national parks, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Selous Game Reserve and of course Zanzibar, comprising of the islands of Unguja and Pemba, are well known abroad and need little explanation, has the more distant Mafia Island and its smaller neighbours always been […]
Visa cost and new rules the greatest obstacle to tourism growth after negative perception about security and elections
NEW VISA RULES FOR SOUTH AFRICAN STINK OF RETALIATION (Posted 13th July 2015) A country like Uganda, in urgent need to grow tourist arrival numbers, especially at a time when elections, with all the negative perception about elections in Africa, are on the cards, would ordinarily be expected to make entries easier, lower the cost […]
Fastjet – growing month after month
FASTJET’S JUNE FIGURES SHOW CONTINUED UPWARDS TREND (Posted 13th July 2015) Fastjet PLC just announced their June figures for the operation in Tanzania, which, as expected, again showed a significant improvement on most data except for the load factors. In June the loadfactor dropped by 10 percent from last year to 69 percent, largely due […]
Tanzania’s presidential front runner faces hard questions on his conservation record and policies
CONSERVATIONISTS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TANZANIA’S CCM CANDIDATES’ ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION CREDENTIALS (Posted 13th July 2015) Tanzania’s ruling party, the CCM, aka Chama Cha Mapinduzi, yesterday announced their candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in October this year. Mr. John Magufuli, Minister of Works in outgoing President Kikwete’s government, was chosen by the party hierarchy over […]
Ugandan national parks gain top recognition from TripAdvisor
UGANDAN NATIONAL PARKS GET INTERNTIONAL RECOGNITION (Posted 13th July 2015) Five of Uganda’s most popular national parks have this year received TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence 2015, some of them in fact for successive years. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the country’s primary habitat for the prized mountain gorillas, has after 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 […]
RwandAir – up up and away …
RWANDAIR’S FUTURE – INSPITE OF CHALLENGES – REMAINS BRIGHT (Posted 12th July 2015) When RwandAir took delivery two weeks ago of their eight aircraft, another Bombardier Q400NextGen turboprop in their regular two class configuration, it was a day of celebration but also one for reflection on where the airline is heading. Usually well informed sources […]
The Selous Game Reserve – to be or not to be?
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR STIEGLERS GORGE? (Posted 12th July 2015) Information is trickling in from Tanzania that the Rufiji Basin Development Authority may be pulling out of the hugely controversial hydro-electric power plant project at Stiegler’s Gorge, which has, alongside many other environmental infringements and follies perpetrated in Tanzania, incensed the global conservation […]
Kenyan aviation is nearing the 100th anniversary of the first flight
A HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT – KENYAN AVIATORS SET TO CELEBRATE IN TAITA (Posted 11th July 2015) (A BE2C aircraft as used by allied forces in the East African WW1 theatre) On the 04th of October will it be 100 years since the first recorded flight in Kenya took to the skies and as often […]
Lillian’s weekend contribution
As Ramadan moves into its final week has Lillian selected an appropriate topic to feature five of East Africa’s oldest mosques,historical and architectural marvels which deserve highlighting. Enjoy the read! Five of the Oldest Mosques across East Africa Since Dr. Mark Horton led the Oxford Team in discovering the 1000 year old ruins of an […]
Harsher penalties sought in proposed amendments to Uganda’s Wildlife Act
UWA’S SEGUYA ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF WILDLIFE ACT TO DETER POACHING (Posted 11th July 2015) The Executive Director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Dr. Andrew Seguya, earlier in the week, when launching an IIED report on the impact of poaching in Uganda, announced that the current version of the Wildlife Act is being reviewed with the […]
Remember the Colobus Conservation in Diani? Here is another success story!
Heart warming tale of an infant baboon rescue Rescue of a ‘Red Baboon’ by Base Titanium Earlier this week Colobus Conservation was alerted to an infant baboon that had become stuck in the ‘slimes dam’ at the Base Titanium* mine site, but thanks to the quick thinking and action of the mine operating staff the […]
Travel from Rwanda to Uganda made easier as new One Stop Border at Mirama Hills handed over
TRADE AND TRAVEL BETWEEN RWANDA AND UGANDA BENEFITS FROM NEW BORDER POST (Posted 10th July 2015) The new Mirama Hills one stop border post between Rwanda and Uganda, one of now 13 in the East African region, was during the week handed over to the border, security and customs agencies from the two countries now […]
Seychelles lead Africa by example but will lessons be learned by mainland countries?
SEYCHELLES FIRST TRIMESTER GROWTH OUTPACES GLOBAL RISE IN TRAVEL (Posted 10th July 2015) UNWTO yesterday published their latest data covering the first trimester of 2015 and global arrivals were up by four percent over the same period a year ago. Growth for Africa however was negative and in average, combining North and sub-Saharan Africa, down […]
Only for the young and single …
Lillian chose a particularly intriguing topic as her second weekend feature, one which should be read, and followed, only by the young and single readers … And who knows, Lillian might be there herself to check it out and prepare her commentary for next week … After all she does say ‘See You There’ … […]
Lillian Gaitho’s weekend topics
Today a double pack from Lillian will ring in TGIF and the upcoming weekend. Enjoy her two features this Friday! 10 Best Apps and Websites to Help You Plan Your Next Trip How the days fly! Half the year is gone, and we are all gearing up to that season again; where everyone is either […]
Global travel up by 4 percent in first trimester of 2015
UNWTO has just released their latest statistics on global travel and the trend is upwards again. The first four months of 2015 show an increase compared to last year, which broke all previous records, by 4 percent. Read on to learn about the regional breakdown, where growth is the strongest and why Africa’s arrivals in […]
Amadeus’ latest news updates …
Understanding your booker: Travellers in search of simplicity Getting to know the mind-set and motivations of Simplicity Searchers will go a long way towards helping you provide this important consumer segment with the perfect holiday. This newly identified tribe is the one most likely to use travel agent services as we move toward 2030. Find […]
