DHL flies Eastern Black female rhino to Tanzania
ELISKA RETURNS TO HER ROOTS (Posted 29th June 2016) DHL, the world’s leading international express delivery provider, has completed another landmark transportation project with the delivery of a female black rhino from its birthplace in the Czech Republic to its natural homeland in Tanzania. Three-year-old female Eliska was moved to a natural park in Tanzania […]
Tourist resort on Diani Beach burns to ashes
NEPTUNE RESORT IN DIANI BURNS TO THE GROUND (Posted 29th June 2016) Sad news come in from Kenya’s famous Diani beaches where yesterday the Neptune Resort burned down, flames consuming the Makuti covered roofs (Makuti is a roofing material made from palm tree leaves) in a matter of minutes while being spread and driven by […]
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Precision Air returns to the Comoros
COMOROS ONCE AGAIN LINKED BY AIR TO DAR ES SALAAM (Posted 29th June 2016) Tanzania’s only publicly quoted airline, Precision Air, will resume its operations to HAHAYA – Comoros effective from 16th of August 2016. The information came to light yesterday through a reliably source in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Precision Air suspended […]
UN Conference in Nairobi takes a look at wildlife conservation challenges
SPACE BASED TECHNOLOGY IS THE LATEST TOOL TO STEM THE POACHING CRISIS (Posted 29th June 2016) A five day United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Conference started on June 27th, 2016 at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi with a focus on the contribution of space-based technologies in wildlife management and biodiversity conservation. In […]
And Africa’s Transport Innovation Award 2016 goes to …
FASTJET RETAINS COVETED AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING (Posted 29th June 2016) The Transport Africa Awards set out to identify and reward leaders in transportation who demonstrate an unparalleled ability to succeed, offer a competitive advantage and set standards of excellence in the sector. The Transport Innovator Award specifically recognizes companies providing an innovative product, […]
First Airbus A350 XWB comes to Africa
ETHIOPIAN IS AIRBUS’ LAUNCH CUSTOMER FOR THE A350 (Posted 29th June 2016) Ethiopian Airlines yesterday took delivery of Africa’s first Airbus A350XWB, being launch customer for the continent. The aircraft will be deployed on the routes between Addis Ababa and Lagos and Addis Ababa and Dubai, clearly aimed to impress the Nigerian market to travel […]
RETOSA launches new online training programme at ZATEX 2016
RETOSA PRESENCE AT ZATEX 2016 SERVES DUAL PURPOSE (Posted 29th June 2016) RETOSA, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa, part of SADC, short for the Southern African Development Community, has been highly visible at the ongoing Zambia Travel Expo in Lusaka this week. The presence of RETOSA, besides showing solidarity and support to a […]
Stelios defeated as Colin Child remains Fastjet Chairman
CANTANKEROUS STELIOS PUT IN HIS PLACE AS MOTION TO UNSEAT FASTJET CHAIRMAN GETS THROWN OUT (Posted 29th June 2016) Stelios Haji-Ioannou, one of Fastjet’s shareholders with holdings in the 11 percent region, has proven to be as difficult a character to deal with for Fastjet’s management and board as he was previously for the EasyJet […]
Fastjet close to decision to add more routes in Zimbabwe
NEW ROUTES FOR FASTJET ZIMBABWE (Posted 28th June 2016) Information is making the round in Zimbabwe that Fastjet, presently serving Johannesburg out of Harare twice a day and Victoria Falls, three times a week from Harare and twice a week from Johannesburg, is eyeing Cape Town as a new destination. Also on the drawing board […]
Tee it up with Dale Hayes and SuperSport in Swaziland
28 June 0216 Tee it up with Dale Hayes and SuperSport in Swaziland at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate Nkonyeni Lodge & Golf Estate in Swaziland is situated on 1200 hectares of gorgeous bushveld overlooking the great Usuthu river and surrounded by Lubombo mountains. Nkonyeni offers Swaziland’s premier 18-hole championship golf course for all […]
UNWTO supports destination quality management
QUALITY MANAGEMENT THE KEY FOR REMAINING COMPETITIVE (Posted 28th June 2016) Quality management indicators and processes are key tools for the competitiveness of tourism destinations concluded the UNWTO Conference on Quality Management held last week in Bucharest, Romania. In that regard, participants to the conference called for an integrated approach to quality management as a […]
Complementary Registration for: The Global African Investment Summit 5-6 September 2016- Kigali, Rwanda
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to save 400 US Dollars in registration fees when you can catch a freebie by claiming free registration right away … YOUR INVITATION Claim your complimentary ticket to TGAIS – COMESA Rwanda before 11th July His Excellency Paul Kagame & COMESA invite you to attend The Global African Investment […]
Kigoma gets scheduled flights
AURIC AIR ANNOUNCES KIGOMA FLIGHTS (Posted 28th June 2016) Auric Air, one of Tanzania’s most successful private air operators, yesterday announced that the airline will commence scheduled flights from Mwanza to Kigoma, a lakeside town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, effective 09th of July. The route will be served initially three times a week […]
ZATEX 2016 opens its doors
ZAMBIA’S PREMIER TOURISM EXPO GOES UNDERWAY IN LUSAKA (Posted 28th June 2016) (Entrance of the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka) The mighty Victoria Falls, aka ‘Mosi oa Tunya | The Smoke That Thunders‘ is just one of the many attractions which feature prominently at ZATEX 2016, short for Zambia Tourism Expo. The second edition […]
Juba airport operations halted
LACK OF FUEL OR BROKEN GENERATORS – EITHER WAY JUBA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS FORCED TO HALT OPERATIONS (Posted 27th June 2016) The lack of electricity at Juba’s international airport, either caused by diesel running out or else the generators broken down, had severe consequences when operations at the airport ground to a halt. A regular […]
Kenya’s main LCC plans to spread wings into the region
JAMBOJET – SOON FLYING TO AN AIRPORT NEAR YOU IN EAST AFRICA (Posted 27th June 2016) Jambojet, Kenya Airways’ low cost subsidiary, has been flying on domesti routes for some time now but was last year also given the designation to fly into the Eastern African region. Out of Nairobi does the airline serve the […]
ARIK, ASKY, AERO and others to discuss Aviation in West Africa at Accra Weizo
Another edition of ATQ News, courtesy of Ikechi Uko … 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 […]
Reunion’s MASCARUN another success for the island’s tourism industry
MASCARUN CHALLENGE A SUCCESS AGAIN (Posted 26th June 2016) 24 professionals from the European tourism markets on 20th of June came to the island of Reunion to attend the annual Rally Mascarun. Aboard their hire car, the four members of each team went every day into the field after getting briefed by the key actors […]
RwandAir brings ‘Umuganda’ to Kampala
COMMUNITY SERVICE – BROUGHT TO KAMPALA BY RWANDAIR (Posted 26th June 2016) The Kampala suburb of Nakawa was the place where RwandAir, in conjunction with the Kampala Capital City Authority, launched their unique community service programme from back home, called ‘Umuganda‘. In Rwanda, every last Saturday of the month, do all citizens participate for half […]
Is latest aircraft debris find from MH370?
THE MH370 MYSTERY DEEPENS AS NEW DEBRIS IS FOUND ON THE TANZANIAN ISLAND OF PEMBA (Posted 26th June 2016) When Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared was the global aviation industry left baffled for the lack of finding the wreckage, in fact for the lack of direction the flight might have taken in its final hours […]
Kenya Airport Authority gets new chair
KIMAIYO SACKED FROM KAA (Posted 26th June 2016) Bad fortunes continue to haunt the once almost almighty Mr. David Kimaiyo, when his appointment as Chairman of the Kenya Airport Authority was revoked by President Uhuru Kenyatta, in other words, when he was handed another sacking. Kimaiyo’s notoriety rose swiftly after he was made Kenya’s top […]
South Sudan tourism authorities vow to crack down on unlicensed operators
LACK OF OPERATING PERMITS WILL COME TO HAUNT BRIEFCASE SAFARI OPERATORS (Posted 24th June 2016) An attempted smear campaign against the presently one and only fully licenced safari operator in South Sudan, Bahr el Jebel Safaris, will have less than desired outcomes by the perpetrators it was learned overnight. Local sources were swift to point […]
General Electric to invest half a billion Rand in South Africa, for Africa
HUGE INNOVATION CENTRE IN THE MAKING – BY GENERAL ELECTRIC FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT (Posted 24th June 2016) As Britain’s investments in Africa suddenly appear in doubt, after the country – following the majority vote last night to leave the European Union – enters a period of political and economic uncertainty which is naturally hostile […]
New national airline for Uganda?
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TELLS HIS NEW CABINET THAT A NEW AIRLINE IS NEEDED (Posted 24th June 2016) President Museveni, when addressing the first cabinet meeting of his new government, reportedly told them that ‘because our brothers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa let us down‘ the formation of a national airline was now a priority. When […]
More charter flights return to Mombasa
CONDOR THE FIRST EUROPEAN LEISURE AIRLINE TO RAMP UP FLIGHTS TO MOMBASA (Posted 24th June 2016) Germany’s leading leisure airline Condor, now part of the Thomas Cook Group, has resumed a second weekly flight to Mombasa. The Munich to Mombasa flight operates nonstop and terminates in the Kenyan port city while the weekly Frankfurt to […]
Kenya Airways – Brighter days ahead
HARD DECISION YIELD RESULTS AS KENYA AIRWAYS’ FUTURE NOW LOOKS BRIGHT AGAIN (Posted 23rd June 2016) Latest indications coming from Embakasi, Kenya Airways’ corporate headquarters, are such that for all intent and purpose the financial corner has now been turned. This follows several cash generating asset sales and leasing out of aircraft. Among them are […]
Major rebranding of African e-Commerce platforms underway
AFRICA INTERNET GROUP REBRANDS KEY SERVICE ELEMENTS UNDER ONE SINGLE NAME (Posted 23rd June 2016) Ever heard of Jovago.Com, Africa’s arguably largest hotel booking platform? Ever heard of Hello Food, a meal delivery service working hand in hand with – in my case – Kampala’s leading restaurants to deliver quality meals directly to the table […]
Where would you fit a tracking collar on a giraffe? Look closely to find out…
More news from Travel Africa Magazine … Jambo! Thank you so much to all of you who voted for your favourite cover choice for the next edition of Travel Africa! After much heated debate here in the office, and a generous leaning by our readers towards one option in particular, we’ve finally made a decision… […]
News and images from the Kenyan bush
Courtesy of Jake Grieves – Cook and Porini Camps / Gamewatcher Safaris, here are some thrilling pictures and articles, highlighting some of Kenya’s best locations … An update from Porini Safari Camps Here in Kenya the rainy season has come to an end and life is returning to the plains. Animals great and small are […]
