Kenya Tourism Board impresses #POATE2017 visitors

UGANDA GETS ADDED ATTENTION AS KENYA’S FOURTH LARGEST SOURCE MARKET (Posted 18th February 2017) The Kenya Tourism Board, represented by CEO Dr. Betty Radier and Ms. Fiona Ngesa, this afternoon hosted a full room of participants from the ongoing Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo, who had taken time out and walked the few hundred meters […]

East Africa Tourism Platform’s Carmen Nibigira thanks partners and members

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE (Posted 18th February 2017) (At the launch of the new webportal at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel on the sidelines of POATE2017 from left to right Mr. Steven Asiimwe, CEO Uganda Tourism Board, Dr. Betty Radier, CEO Kenya Tourism Board, H.E. […]

New aviation protectionism a threat to tourism growth

ARGUMENTS TO LIMIT GULF CARRIERS ACCESS TO NAIROBI IN PART BASED ON LIES (Posted 18th February 2017) ‘If Irungu [Irungu Nyakera, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Transport] is allowed to utter such nonsense without challenge, then I no longer know right from wrong. Repeating baseless and unproven allegations that Emirates, Gulf Air, Qatar Airways, […]

Chris Diaz announces his upcoming departure from Kenya Airways

KENYA AIRWAYS’S BRANDING CHAMPION LEAVES THE AIRLINE TO TAKE UP A NEW CHALLENGE (Posted 18th February 2017) Chris Diaz, Director of Marketing at Kenya Airways, has overnight confirmed that he will be leaving the airline in a month to take up a new position details of which can be found here when a formal announcement […]

Uganda launches Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo

POATE 2017 NOW UNDERWAY (Posted 18th February 2017) The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo is now underway in Kampala at the Sheraton Hotel gardens. The Uganda Tourism Board together with the Ministry of Tourism and a range of partners, among them the Uganda Wildlife Authority, organized the trade show to allow local tourism businesses meet […]

St. Ange – the man for the UNWTO top job

WHIRLWIND STOP HAS ST. ANGE PRESENT HIS UNWTO VISION TO THE EAST AFRICAN TOURISM TRADE (Posted 18th February 2017)   Alain St. Ange, one of the leading candidates for the position of Secretary General of the UNWTO – elections are held in May to determine the successor for Dr. Taleb Rifai who after two terms […]

East Africa Tourism Platform uses #POATE2017 to launch new web portal

LAUNCH OF JOINT REGIONAL PROMOTIONAL INITIATIVES (Posted 18th February 2017) The East Africa Tourism Platform, the private sector apex body for the five East African Community member states, yesterday launched their much awaited ‘Destination East Africa Portal‘. The new website aims to propagate new easier travel procedures across parts of the region, namely Uganda, Rwanda […]

Communication team set up to update on Laikipia

Some positive development in the Laikipia area of Kenya where the private and public sector now regularly meet to provide up to date information from the ground following a series of farm, ranch and conservancy invasions over the past months which led to the loss of some tourism facilities. Watch this space for added information […]