Lillian Gaitho’s latest thoughts on new travel trends
It is not that Lillian wasn’t productive over the past couple of days and the fault for not publishing her articles is entirely mine. Involved in the final planning stages and handling of my son’s wedding yesterday, notably on Africa Day when he married his Eritrean fiancee, kept me from spending as much time as […]
News updates from the East African Wild Life Society
Warning for travelers to Abu Dhabi – Introduction of Tourism Dirham Fees
Beware of the imminent introduction of a tourist fee of AED 15 per person per night spent in Abu Dhabi … seems they have fallen on hard times in the Gulf to resort to such extortionate measures! Be Social with us :-
More news from further down south, courtesy of Gill Staden’s ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’
Enjoy more news from Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond. https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/tlbw25may16-compressed.pdf An osprey fishing in spectacular super slow motion This is filmed in Scotland but osprey migrate to Africa between September to March. I have seen them in Lower Zambezi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03tmgvv Shoebill of Bangweulu: https://www.facebook.com/769539486429569/videos/1144472735602907/ BBC 2 Elephant Baby – to make you smile https://www.facebook.com/bbctwo/videos/899180583524444/ Inside this […]
UBER Kenya partners with Sidian Bank and Zohari leasing to boost fleet numbers
UBER LAUNCHES QUALITY VEHICLE INITIATIVE IN KENYA (Posted 25th Mu 2016) Boosting vehicle numbers as well as improving vehicle quality has seen UBER Kenya launch a new initiative which is now available for its contracted drivers. Together with Sidian Bank and Zohari Leasing will vehicles be made available for prices between 1 million Kenya shillings […]
Precision Air launches Pemba flights
PEMBA GETS AN INITIAL THREE WEEKLY FLIGHTS BY PRECISION AIR (Posted 25th May 2016) Precision Air has now launched the long expected flights from Dar es Salaam via the main Zanzibari island of Unguja to Pemba. The service will operate three times a week every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, using one of the airline’s ATR […]
Amadeus’ latest research shows unexpected results on travel patterns
LUXURY TRAVEL OUTPACES ALL ELSE SAYS AMADEUS MARKET STUDY (Posted 24th May 2016) A new Amadeus report looks at luxury travel trends until 2025 to help the travel industry better target and service its fastest-growing segment. The report was commissioned by Amadeus, a global travel technology provider, and developed with data from Tourism Economics and […]
First Dreamliner for Reunion’s Air Austral
REUNION’S HOME AIRLINE BECOMES FIRST FRENCH B787 OPERATOR (Posted 24th May 2016) Air Austral’s first Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner is now enroute from the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington State to Reunion Island and is expected to land in the morning at the Roland Garros International Airport of the capital St. Denis after a 10.500 miles […]
Kenya Airways publish preliminary results of forensic audit
KENYA AIRWAYS: ‘THOSE FOUND CULPABLE WILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES‘ (Posted 24th May 2016) As was recently reported here has the Board of Kenya Airways launched a forensic audit into business practises and operations, systems and internal controls, do identify weaknesses and single out those who in the past exploited such control shortfalls for illicit gains. […]
Tourism arrivals up by nearly 17 percent
KENYA’S ARRIVAL GROWTH CURVE IN Q1 IS STEADY AT NEARLY 17 PERCENT UP FROM LAST YEAR (Posted 24th May 2016) Tourism arrivals for Kenya, since November last year, have been rising again after several years of constant downturn. The Kenya Tourism Board is targeting an annual arrival number of over 1.5 million visitors for 2016, […]
Sanganai 2016 hangs in balance
ZTA CHIEF KARIKOGA KASEKE APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE FUNDS (Posted 24th May 2016) Zimbabwe’s much awaited annual international tourism fair, Sanganai Hlanganani, appears to encounter last minute challenges, as the CEO of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Mr. Karikoga Kaseke appealed publicly to his government to release the necessary funding for the event. Last year, […]
It is all systems go for the 2016 Magical Kenya Expo
The 2016 edition of MKTE, short for the Magical Kenya Tourism Expo, will be bigger and better attended than ever before, with some 170 hosted buyers confirmed for participation. Don’t miss this great chance to be part of the largest tourism trade show in East Africa, to exhibit or else to make trade contacts and […]
Akwaaba was so good for Dubai Tourism we decided to do a roadshow to Nigeria
More news updates from Nigeria and West Africa courtesy of Ikechi Uko – with many thanks for the right to re-broadcast! 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 […]
? Extended promo: less 25% in Economy Class. ?
Enjoy the Savoir Vivre in the air from Entebbe to Brussels at a huge rebate … Go Fly! Did you miss our last promotion? Do not worry! You can still enjoy -25%! Online version Dear passenger, Did you miss our last promotion? Do not worry! You can book by 4 June and still enjoy a […]
Ngorongoro District seeks to extort more revenue from safari lodges
LEVY DISPUTE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO TOURISM OPERATIONS IN NGORONGORO (Posted 23rd May 2016) Another battle is brewing between hoteliers and lower arms of government, this time triggered by the insistence of the Ngorongoro District Council that lodges inside and outside the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority area should pay them a combined levy worth […]
Hotel classification regime on course to start next year
SEYCHELLES DEVELOPS CRITERIA FOR HOTEL RATINGS (Posted 23rd May 2016) The Seychelles, with support from UNWTO, is now in the final stage of developing criteria to be used when ranking and rating hotels and resorts across the archipelago. Dialogue with the private sector has been ongoing over this plan and come 2017 will the Ministry […]
The Vanilla islands – a bridge between Asia / Pacific and Africa
MINISTER ST. ANGE OF SEYCHELLES ATTENDS THE PATA AGM IN GUAM (Posted 23rd May 2016) Tourism Ministers alongside professionals from the industry from Asia and the Pacific Region have for the last couple of days been meeting through their PATA Organisation in the U.S. Island of Guam. It was Mario Hardy, the Chief Executive Officer […]
Low interest loans aimed to help bring Mombasa’s resorts into the 21st century
KENYA GOVERNMENT TO OFFER CHEAP LOANS TO COAST HOSPITALITY SECTOR (Posted 22nd May 2016) The Kenya coast hospitality industry will be given a financial break when new dedicated loan arrangements become available with lending at preferential interest rates. Commercial loans, presently standing just under 20 percent, are too expensive for coastal resorts to take out […]
Jet fuel supplies run short
JET A1 BECOMES SCARCE AS SUPPLIES SAID TO LAST JUST A FEW MORE DAYS (Posted 21st May 2016) Supplies of JET A1 aviation fuel are said to be running critically low n Tanzania after a batch delivered more recently was found to carry some contamination, detected by quality control personnel. The entire consignment now needs […]
A book launch of a different kind
VILLAGE WOMEN CELEBRATE THE GIFT OF LIFE ALONGSIDE DAR ES SALAAM’S WHO IS WHO (Posted 21st May 2016) (Maryvonne Pool with Maua, the woman whose plight for water triggered it all off) Water in Africa, especially rural Africa, remains the gift of life and the absence of clean, potable water often spells doom when it […]
China hosts first World Conference on Tourism for Development
UNWTO HOLDS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE’S INAUGURAL EVENT IN CHINA (Posted 21st May 2016) The role of tourism in fighting poverty and building peace were the key focus of the First World Conference on Tourism for Development. Opening the conference, Premier Li Keqiang underlined the role of tourism in lifting people out of poverty and the […]
One in a hundred: another Sumatran rhino calf is born
It’s a GIRL! It is a joyous time for rhinos. Ratu has given birth to a beautiful baby girl, weighing 20 kg! Although this is just one new calf, with Sumatran rhino numbers so low – there are fewer than 100 left on the planet – this represents a real boost to Sumatran rhino populations. […]
KILIFAIR ante portas
Less than two weeks to go now for the second edition of the KILIFair in Moshi.
Uganda’s Byamukama gets elected as EATP President
EAST AFRICAN TOURISM PLATFORM ELECTS BONIFACE BYAMUKAMA AS NEW PRESIDENT (Posted 20th May 2016) The annual general meeting of the East African Tourism Platform, the regional tourism private sector apex body to which all East African Community member states belong, earlier today elected Uganda’s Boniface Byamukama as its new President. The meeting took place at […]
Kenya Airport Authority ‘goes green’
THOUSANDS OF NEW TREES TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT AT KENYAN AIRPORTS (Posted 20th May 2016) Staff of the Kenya Airport Authority yesterday planted over 200 tree seedlings at a select site of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi together with other organizations working at the airport. The activity was co-underwritten by the Vision 2030 Secretariat. […]
Updates from the Conservation Action Trust
South Africa Conviction Rate ‘Pitiful’ for Rhino Crimes? 13 May 2016 | Annamiticus | Melanie Verwoerd | FREE TO PUBLISH CREDIT CAT When it comes to statistics, the devil is always in the detail – or in the spin, when it come to politics. The fight against rhino poaching is no exception. On the 8th […]
Rwanda moves to 7th position in Africa for MICE business
RWANDA SETS SIGHTS ON GREATER MICE SHARE IN AFRICA (Posted 19th May 2016) Rwanda, the Land of a Thousand Hills, has in 2015 outpaced many rivals in Africa as the country emerged a surprise 7th in the continental rankings for Africa by ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association. Considering that this was accomplished with […]
Kampala’s flagship hotel turns 10 as expansion goes underway
KAMPALA SERENA CELEBRATES 1O YEARS (Posted 19th May 2016) The saying that time flies once again proved right when the Kampala Serena Hotel last evening celebrated their 10th anniversary after completing the reconstruction of what in the old days was the Nile Hotel International. Due to contractual obligations to host several key conferences for the […]
News update from the Northern Rangelands Trust.
The latest news from NRT, the umbrella body which brings together a large number of conservancies in Northern Kenya. WILD FRONTIERS Welcome to the all new Wild Frontiers Your April NRT e-news is a little late this month, because we’ve been working to give you an all-new Wild Frontiers experience. The bold new look and […]
To rail or to bail, that is now the question
KENYA AT CROSS ROADS ABOUT SGR EXTENSION TO UGANDAN BORDER (Posted 18th May 2016) It is now patently clear, following comments made by Kenya’s Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, that the development of the Standard Gauge Railway, in short SGR, between Nairobi and the Ugandan border stands on knife’s edge. The battle lines are drawn […]
