Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

TOURISM Two very different responses to Uber – Kenya and South Africa The Conversation Uber is currently the dominant ride-sharing app used in Africa. It has rapidly grown its African footprint and now has operations in eight countries; …. Read more>> Kenya’s Immigration Department To Issue e-Passports From April 2017 iAfrikan The new e-passports are […]

The Latest News from Zambia Tourism

Zambia Tourism News Updates Everything you need to know about Tourism in Zambia! Explore The Real Africa We have all the latest news from Zambia that you need to hear about! Remember that if you have any articles or news stories that you think we need to hear about on Zambia Tourism, please submit. Barking […]

More questions than answers as Kruger park continues shooting buffalo

  More questions than answers as Kruger park continues shooting buffalo 13 March 2017 | Times LIVE | Adam Cruise | Free to publish credit CAT Confused explanations at a public meeting in Skukuza on Saturday are concerning stakeholders as the Kruger National Park forges ahead with its program of shooting buffalo as part of […]

Ndege News from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport

Airkenya Express’ latest Ndege News March 2017 – May 2017 HOME GM’S MESSAGE FEATURES NEWS UPDATES Hi Wolfgang, Through the Pearly Sands to Mnemba The drive from Nungwi to the point where we will cross over to Mnemba island takes place on market day. It’s not yet noon, the sun is already….. In the Brier […]

Seven candidates to vie for the UNWTO top job

NOMINATIONS FOR THE UNWTO TOP JOB CLOSE WITH SIX CANDIDATES IN THE RUNNING BESIDES SEYCHELLES’ ALAIN ST. ANGE (Posted 15th March 2017) The highest global tourism office is the post of Secretary General of the United Nations World tourism Organisation, in short UNWTO and for the coming May elections seven countries have put forward their […]

Oman Air confirms the launch of Nairobi flights from end March

OMAN AIR SET TO LAUNCH MUSCAT – NAIROBI FLIGHTS (Posted 15th March 2017) Come 27th of March, less than two weeks from today, will Oman Air launch a four times a week service from Muscat to Nairobi, using a Boeing B737-800NG on the route. The flights will leave Muscat every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday […]

Seychelles affirms moratorium for large resorts

18 PRE-APPROVED LARGE RESORT PROJECTS TO GO AHEAD AS MORATORIUM IS RE-AFFIRMED (Posted 15th March 2017) Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine Mr. Maurice Loustau-Lalanne has confirmed that a moratorium on the planning and construction of larger scale resorts across the archipelago will remain in place while 18 projects already approved will […]

The latest Tourism Tattler, brought to you courtesy of Desmond Langkilde

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 03 – MARCH 2017 As our March front cover clearly shows, this edition focusses on B2B travel trade shows in South Africa. We investigate the, as yet, unanswered question: Does the tourism industry benefit from B2B trade shows, and if so, is the presence of two major travel trade shows sustainable? (see pages […]

India remains in focus for Reunion Tourism

FIRST FAM TRIP FROM INDIA SHOWS TRAVEL AGENTS THE ATTRACTIONS OF REUNION ISLAND (Posted 15th March 2017) The Island of La Réunion Tourisme (IRT) hosted the first Indian eductour of the year 2017. The tour operator Akqua Sun’s agents, which has been selling Reunion to Indian tourista since 2013, enjoyed this discovery trip to get […]