A sailing dhow of a different kind is being built in Kenya
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ‘FLIPFLOPI‘ DHOW IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN LAMU (Posted 28th January 2017) Lamu has for hundreds of years been a centre for building dhows, ancient sailing ships made entirely of wood but now is something entirely new planned, the building of a dhow made entirely of recycled plastic taken from the […]
News updates from Serena Hotels
Serena Hotels News Updates Serena Hotels January Newsletter SERENA HOTELS NEWSLETTER January 2017 Conferencing in Vibrant Places Serena Hotels, Safari Lodges, Camps and Resorts boast a portfolio of stunning venues across various vibrant African cities and amazing wilderness, beach and mountain vistas. Serena’s professional team will take care of every conference detail with state-of- the-art […]
Travel Industry Newsletter February 2017
News updates from The Voortrekker Monument TOUR OPERATOR’S NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017NOTIFICATIONS Dear Partners, The Voortrekker Monument team wishes you a prosperous New Year! May your endea TOUR OPERATOR’S NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017 Dear Partners, The Voortrekker Monument team wishes you a prosperous New Year! May your endeavours be successful during 2017. New Exhibition in the Voortrekker […]
Busoga Kingdom’s Tourism Attractions – Part 9 of 9
THE BUSOGA KINGDOM – ONE OF UGANDA’S TOURISM REGIONS (Posted 27th January 2017) Part Nine of Nine Source of the Nile: A sleeping economic resource Just by looking at the map of Busoga one will notice the unique geographical location of the region. Busoga is a giant island of sorts. It is bordered by water […]
Alain St. Ange gets added support from India in his quest to capture the UNWTO top job
ALAIN ST. ANGE TAKES THE MORAL HIGH GROUND IN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR UNWTO’S TOP JOB (Posted 26th January 2017) Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles immediate former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine is on a working visit to Delhi / India. He was invited to address the 36the Congress of the hugely influential NRI […]
RhiNews – January – Boere rhino mafia brothers arrested
Save the Rhino International News Updates Boere rhino mafia suspects arrested, news from Ol Jogi, and our Valentine’s Auction goes live! January At Rhino HQ we’re anxiously awaiting for South Africa to publish its annual poaching statistics. Will 2016 show another decline in Kruger National Park? Are poachers changing tactics and location again? Hopefully next […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM Tourists gradually return to Tunisia after the 2015 militant attacks Africa News Tourists are slowly returning to Tunisia ending a period of decline that followed the 2015 attacks, said the director of the Tunisian tourism office Abdellatif Hmam…. Read more>> Carlson Rezidor set to open four more hotels in KenyaConstruction Review Online Carlson Rezidor […]
The Busoga Kingdom’s Tourism Attractions – Part 8 of 9
THE BUSOGA KINGDOM – ONE OF UGANDA’S TOURISM REGIONS (Posted 26th January 2017) Part Eight of Nine River Nile in Jinja: Exploiting the gem A number of studies have been made about the possibility of exploiting the Source of the Nile to boost tourism. The most recent was sponsored by UNDP and produced in 2013. […]
Kenya government throws spanner into Emirates’ planned third flight
EMIRATES THIRD FLIGHT TO NAIROBI BLOCKED BY THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT? (Posted 26th January 2017) Struggling to return the country’s tourism industry to full strength has Kenya done an apparent U-turn on plans by Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, to launch a third daily flight to Nairobi, reported here just a week ago. https://atcnews.org/2017/01/19/emirates-announces-third-daily-flight-to-nairobi/ As elections […]
Jumia publishes their ‘Kenya Hospitality Report 2017’
ONLINE TRAVEL LEADER TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT KENYA’S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (Posted 26th January 2017) For the second time, the Kenya Travel Hospitality Report by Jumia Travel sheds light on major travel trends in the country, looking at how the local sector compares with counterparts on the global map; it’s rapid development, impending barriers and […]
Seychelles’ Platte Island to get luxury hotel resort
PLATTE ISLAND CLEARED FOR 50 ROOM LUXURY RESORT (Posted 26th January 2017) The Seychelles archipelago, with some 115 islands, has long been a high profile tourism destination. With a moratorium in place halting the development of large scale resorts on the main islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue has the focus shifted there to […]
Carlson Rezidor sees East Africa as a major growth market
CARLSON REZIDOR SET TO LAUNCH MORE OF THEIR BRANDS IN EAST AFRICA (Posted 26th January 2017) The Belgium based global hotel group has clearly set its eyes on Africa, where growth opportunities exist in plenty. Besides, as previously reported here, new hotels in Kigali and Nairobi under the Park Inn brand, will before mid 2017 […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Port projects on display at Africa Ports Expansion 2017 African Review Join stakeholders from Transnet Port Terminals South Africa, Ghana Ports and Habours Authority, Kenya Ports Authority and Kenya’s Ministry of Transportation at Africa Ports Expansion 2017 from 20-21 March 2017 in Mombasa, Kenya… Read more>> TOURISM In 2016 58 Million People Traveled To […]
Mogadishu attack shows need to take security issues more seriously
ANOTHER CENTRAL MOGADISHU TERROR STRIKE EXPOSES SECURITY FAILURES (Posted 26th January 2017) Kenya’s insistence to add a layer of aviation security by forcing every plane from Mogadishu to Nairobi to land in the north eastern town of Wajir, where both aircraft and passengers must undergo an additional check before proceeding to the Kenyan capital, was […]
IATA and UNCTAD work hand in hand to boost standards
IATA, UNCTAD Collaborate to Boost Global Adoption of Cargo Messaging Standards (Posted 25th January 2017) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced that IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard has now been fully integrated into ASYCUDAWorld, the UNCTAD automated customs management system used by 90 countries worldwide […]
Busoga Kingdom’s tourism attractions – Part 7 of 9
(Part Seven of Nine) River Nile: Over 100m lives depend on it for their survival John Speke, the explorer from the Royal Geographical Society wrote: “the roar of the waters, the thousands of passenger fish, leaping at the falls with all their might, the Wasoga and Waganda fishermen coming out in boats and taking post […]
News from ‘Further Down South’ taken from the ‘Livingstone bi-Weekly’
MORE NEWS FROM GILL STADEN’S ‘THE LIVINGSTONE BI-WEEKLY‘ (Posted 25th January 2017) https://thelivingstoneweekly.wordpress.com/january-2017/ Inside: Plastic in the Maramba River Cremation or burial Kafue Rowing Centre Locust Alert Green Season at Mukambi Snared zebra in Luangwa Boating among the trees in Luangwa Cape Clawless Otter – Kasabushi Mana Pools is very wet Wildlife increases around Kariba […]
Ethiopian’s frequent flyer programme adds new top tier
SHEBA MILES PROGRAMME JUST GOT BETTER (Posted 25th January 2017) Ethiopian Airlines just announced that it will introduce a Platinum tier level in its frequent flyer loyalty program, ShebaMiles, as of January 2017. The Platinum tier level offers extra benefits to frequent flyers that accrue 75.000 status miles or 60 qualifying segments within one calendar […]
Gulfstream G280 on Display at Aviation Africa in Rwanda
Aviation Africa 2017 In Kigali To Feature the Gulfstream G280 NETWORK WITH AFRICA AVIATION AFRICA TO FEATURE GULFSTREAM G280 Working closely with host Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft will be displayed at Kigali Airport and shuttle buses will run from the exhibition centre just 5km away. Delegates and VIPs from across Africa, including senior […]
Valentine’s Day 2017 – Kempinski leads the regional pack again
KEMPINSKI LEADS REGIONAL MARKETING DRIVE AHEAD OF VALENTINE’S DAY (Posted 25th January 2017) The dents made into budgets by celebrating Christmas and the New Year festive season ‘in style‘, i.e. taking advantage of hotel and resort package deals, will probably need some more panel beating after the world’s ‘Love Day‘ has played out on the […]
New Victoria Falls International Airport set for more traffic
MORE ‘VFA‘ AIRLINE CONNECTIONS SET TO BOOST ZIMBABWE TOURISM (Posted 25th January 2017) Rainbow, a new Zimbabwe registered airline, will as of Wednesday this week launch operations. A leased – from COMAir in South Africa – single class Bombardier CRJ200 will commence flights between Harare and Victoria Falls, initially serving the route three times a […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Ethiopia’s rail line to Djibouti slated to start service in February Africa Times The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) says that a new rail line between Addis Ababa and Djibouti should be ready to start service in February…. Read more>> TOURISM In Focus: African Hotel Market Update Hospitality.net The evolution of the hotel market across […]
James Hogan to leave Etihad before the end of the year
MAJOR CHANGES COMING UP AT ETIHAD AS HOGAN BOWS OUT AFTER A DECADE AT THE HELM (Posted 24th January 2017) James Hogan, currently President and CEO of the Etihad Airways Aviation Group will step down alongside the company’s CFO James Rigney. Both reportedly will join an investment group. The reports from Abu Dhabi come hot […]
This magazine is about all things Kreol …
Kreol Magazine’s First edition of 2017 Welcome to 2017! Happy New Year and a big thank you to all our readers, contributors and sponsors! In this issue we celebrate two Creoles who have played important but very different roles in their respective nation’s development. France-Albert Renee (p18), the father of the independent Seychelles, who ensured […]
Struggling TAZARA hit by strike
PASSENGER SERVICES SUSPENDED ON TAZARA’S ZAMBIAN TRACKS (Posted 24th January 2017) Reports are coming in that TAZARA, the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority, has suspended passenger trains from the border between Tanzania and Zambia to the endstation of the railway in Kapiri Moshi. This follows an unannounced and unsanctioned wildcat strike by workers despite TAZARA management’s […]
Busoga Kingdom’s tourism attractions – Part 6 of 9
(Part Six of Nine) Busoga Kingdom: From Presidents to Kyabazingas Did you know that Busoga was initially administered by the colonialists through Presidents? The first President of Busoga was Sir William Grant who was Busoga’s President between 1894 and 1906. The second President was Semei Kakungulu who was Busoga’s President from 1906 – 1913. The […]
Alain St. Ange – Hospitality 21 Magazine’s favourite
‘THE PERFECT MAN’ FOR THE UNWTO TOP JOB (Posted 24th January 2017) It’s not often that I have the chance to interact with someone who speaks so passionately about travel, tourism, and the people behind the ‘business of it.’ But, from the moment Alain St. Ange began to answer my interview questions, it was more […]
Raids on Kampala Shisha joints prompt concern from tourism sector
‘WE NEED CLARITY ON ANTI SMOKING LAWS TO KEEP TOURISTS SAFE‘ SAY TOURISM OPERATORS (Posted 24th January 2017) Tourism stakeholders, wishing for understandable reasons to remain anonymous, have demanded that the Ugandan government provide clarity on the application of the anti smoking laws which are in effect since late 2015. The calls were apparently triggered […]
Kenya Airports make U-turn on JKIA expansion
FIRST THEY DON’T AND NOW THEY DO – KENYA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY MAKES U-TURN ON AIRPORT EXPANSION (Posted 24th January 2017) Information is emerging from aviation circles in Nairobi that the Kenya Airports Authority is negotiating for a 290 million US Dollar loan from the World Bank / IFC to finance an expansion of facilities at […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure gap in Africa ‘is not just about funding’ Creamer Media’s Engineering News “Lack of funding is often cited as the biggest reason behind Africa’s infrastructure gap. However, African governments, European and Eastern investors as well as multilateral sources … Read more>> Morocco to get Africa’s first high-speed train CNN Marketplace Africa The French-made […]
