Akagera News from July – September 2016

Akagera National Park News Update Akagera News: July – September 2016 © VYSAKH R NAMBIAR Welcome to the third quarterly Newsletter for 2016. The park is at the peak of dry and dusty right now, we are all anxiously awaiting the rains which will bring a flush of new grass and transform the park from […]

The Africa Travel Awards will celebrate the best of the industry in Africa

ATQ News: Africa Travel Awards to celebrate the best of Travels in Africa 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 […]

More changes at KAA while new CEO is yet to report for duty

MORE BITE THE DUST AT KAA AS KANGUGO EXITS UNCEREMONIOUSLY ALONGSIDE SENIOR COLLEAGUES (Posted 27th September 2016) News emerging from Nairobi suggest that current Acting CEO Yatich Kangugo was relieved of his duties alongside Acting General Manager Marketing William Simba and one of the organization’s legal counsels for reasons not disclosed. Kangugo was reportedly served […]

RwandAir today takes delivery of East Africa’s first Airbus A330

RWANDAIR CLAIMS FIRST FOR EASTERN AFRICA’S AVIATION INDUSTRY (Posted 27th September 2016) In twenty four hours will the latest Airbus A330-200 have taken to the skies over Toulouse, enroute home to the Land of a Thousand Hills, as Rwanda is affectionately known among her friends around the world. Registered as 9XR-WN will this first of […]

Qatar Airways becomes world leader in meeting ICAO 2021 Flight Tracking Rules

GLOBAL LAUNCH OF FLIGHT TRACKING PUTS QATAR AIRWAYS THREE YEARS AHEAD OF DEADLINE (Posted 27th September 2016) Qatar Airways announced yesterday it will be the global launch customer of GlobalBeacon(sm), a technology solution by Aireon LLC and FlightAware, designed to provide up-to-the minute global tracking of all aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in […]

Opposition grows against new railway crossing the Nairobi National Park

KENYANS ARE NOW INCREASINGLY OPPOSING A RAIL LINE THROUGH THEIR NATIONAL PARK (Posted 27th September 2016) Kenyans were alerted last week about public consultations, hastily called for by Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) in connection with the environmental and social impact assessment (EIA) for phase two of the ill-conceived Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Within just one […]

Fastjet’s initial Embraers to be wetleased from ???

BULGARIA AIR TIPPED TO BE FASTJET’S LESSOR FOR THREE E190’S (Posted 26th September 2016) Speculation is now rife over the source of Fastjet’s upcoming fleet change after new CEO Nico Bezuidenhout had recently indicated that at least three Airbus A319 will be leaving their fleet on expiration of the lease and will be replaced by […]

Tanzanian government demands management changes at Air Tanzania

AIRLINE BOARD GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES (Posted 25th September 2016) Overshadowed by the high profile arrival of the first of two Bombardier Q400NG turboprop aircraft – the second one is expected within days now – has President John Magufuli appointed a new Chairman of the Board of Directors for the national airline […]

Kenya’s beach clean up clears 14 tons of plastics and other debris

KENYA’S BEACH CLEAN UP JUDGED A TOTAL SUCCESS (Posted 25th September 2016) An estimated 14,000 kilograms of plastic and other non-biodegradable waste was collected last Saturday along the Kenyan coastal strip in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste dumped into the ocean and to highlight the impact plastic is having locally and […]

The Safari Awards 2017 – Vote for your chance to win a safari for two

The Safari Awards 2017 – Vote for your chance to win a safari for two The 10th Safari Awards Prize Draw – Vote for your chance to win a safari! The 10th Safari Awards It’s that time of year again – voting for your favourite safari camp, lodge or safari operator in The Safari Awards, […]

Fandango Farewell party – Sunday 25 Sep – 2PM

FORTY THIEVES BEACH BAR announces: Fandango Farewell party – Sunday 25 Sep – 2PM I am sure many regulars, and irregulars like myself, will miss Fandango and their tunes when next heading to Diani again … Farewell and Gods Speed from me too to the both of them. Fandango Duo Farewell Party Sunday 25/9 Thank […]

3G Direct Pay rebrands as Direct Pay Online

NEW NAME BUT SAME FACES AND SAME SERVICE (Posted 24th September 2016) The DPO Group (www.directpay.online?), previously known as 3G Direct Pay, is the leading online payments processing solution in East Africa. It serves thousands of online merchants in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania including Zanzibar and Zambia, including leading travel and tourism-related businesses in the […]

World Tourism Day – Seychelles style …

SPECIAL TOURISM FORUM BRINGS LEADING EXPERTS TO THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 24th September 2016) The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) has invited eight prominent tourism personalities as panelists on a forum to be held next week as part of activities to mark this year’s Tourism Week. The forum will be held under the theme ‘Seychelles: The Bridge […]

Boats, trains and automobiles …

The Travel Africa Magazine this month talks about: Boats, trains and automobiles… Jambo! "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." African proverb Boats, trains and automobiles It’s 1993 and Mozambique has just been through a horrendous civil war. Travel Africa’s Phil Clisby, who is among the […]

Chimp News from Uganda

Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s News Bulletin Chimp Updates "Survivor" Afrika’s son. After the successful completion of the Chimpanzee Health Checks, almost all of the chimpanzees have been issued a clean bill of health. However a few laboratory results for some of the chimpanzees have the Vets a little concerned about health and as […]

Lillian Gaitho’s weekend thoughts focus on Voluntourism

Voluntourism: Seven Guides to Ensuring It’s Worth the Sacrifice Day in day out, the travel industry continues to evolve; birthing and nurturing good and evil, beautiful and ugly in equal measures. Among the growing trends was Lillian observing the increasing number of travelers who want to do some good, and leave a destination better than […]

WYSE global meeting ends on a high in Belgrade

WYSE Travel Confederation announces the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 WYSE Travel Confederation. Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 Leaders of the the youth, student and educational travel industry celebrated at the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016. The winners of the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 in partnership with Destination Canada and International Experience Canada, were […]

Seychelles set to ban plastic bags

NO MORE PLASTICS AS SEYCHELLES CABINET APPROVES NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES (Posted 24th September 2016) Information has emerged from Victoria, the Seychelles’ capital, that the cabinet earlier in the week approved a ban on the importation of plastic bags, plastic cutlery, plastic lunch boxes, plates, cups and similar items, effective January 2017. A complete ban […]

EU position on elephants a major cause of concern at CITES COP17

EUROPEAN UNION PUTS AFRICAN ELEPHANTS IN JEOPARDY (Posted 23rd September 2016)         The first act of the EU as a full member of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), may well jeopardise the future of African elephants. At the 17th Conference of the Parties […]

Support the ‘Help us to #KeepKenyaWild’ runners in the NYC Marathon 2016

Help us to #KeepKenyaWild Win a Safari for 2 to Kenya by supporting MWCT at the NYC Marathon! The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust is sending3 +1 MAASAI WARRIORSto New York City to run in the TCS 2016 Marathon. To help raise funds, we have partnered with our ecolodge, Campi ya Kanzi to offer YOU a […]

Taxi price wars get hotter again as Mondo Ride too drops tariffs

MONDO RIDE ENTERS PRICE WAR FOR APP BASED CAB HAILING SERVICES IN NAIROBI (Posted 23rd September 2016) Nairobi cab users are presently enjoying low fares as the giants on the market, led by UBER, Little Cabs backed by Safaricom, Taxify and others are now joined by Mondo Ride which has also lowered tariffs to counter […]

Moroni next for Ethiopian Airlines

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES READY TO LAUNCH FLIGHTS TO THE COMOROS (Posted 23rd September 2016) Flights from Addis Ababa to Moroni / Comoros are thought to be a major boost for trade and travel to and from these Indian Ocean islands, which are presently among the least connected among the Vanilla Island group. The initial three times […]

Qatar Airways launches intense marketing campaign for Seychelles flights

SEYCHELLES GETS PRIME TIME ATTENTION AS QATAR AIRWAYS LAUNCHES MARKETING CAMPAIGN (Posted 23rd September 2016) The ongoing TOP RESA, France’s highest profile tourism trade show held annually in Paris, has been the launch platform for Qatar Airways’ global marketing blitz to promote flights to the Seychelles. Come December will the world’s first five star airline […]

More flights and deals just for you ??

From: Jambojet: More flights and deals just for you ?? during the upcoming Festive Season Travel more for less with Jambojet More festive flights for the holidays Good news! Now you have even more reason to go out and do more this December with our increased flights to our destinations as listed below: Don’t wait […]

On the Eve of CITES 2016 – Will controversy or cooperation carry the day?

Members of Congress Urge US Delegation to Support Permanent Ban on the Ivory Trade on Eve of CITES Conference Fifty-four members from both houses of the US House of Representatives sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, urging the United States to vocally and strongly support the highest level of protections […]

Celebrate World Rhino Day with Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Ol Pejeta Conservancy invites you to celebrate World Rhino Day with them For some visitors on an Ol Pejeta safari, it’s easy to forget that black rhinos are in fact, an endangered species. This World Rhino Day, we reflect on our journey from just 4 black rhinos in 1989 to the 110 we host today. […]

Africa’s Aviation Conference 24 & 25 November, Livingstone

AviAssist Foundation: Program released – Africa’s Aviation Conference 24 & 25 November, Livingstone Program released & Early bird deadline extended Dear safety champion, We are delighted to share with you the release of the program for the 5th Safety in African Aviation (SiAA) Conference. SiAA 2016 will be held at the Protea Hotel in Livingstone, […]