The latest News from Zambia Tourism
Zambia Tourism 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. The best […]
Visiting the Mountains of the Moon without climbing them is a splendid option
STRESS AND STRAIN FREE VISIT TO THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS – AT EQUATOR SNOW LODGE (Posted 15th April 2017) As my travels continue, two weeks ago to the Rwenzori Mountains, last weekend to Nairobi and this weekend to South Africa, are there always travel stories to tell and birthday celebrations combined with Easter celebrations or not, […]
No change in direction for RwandAir as new management settles in
RWANDAIR CONTINUES GROWTH PATH UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT (Posted 15th April 2017) After launching the airline’s last two destinations to Harare and Mumbai in the final days of John Mirenge’s stewardship of Rwanda’s national airline is now London in the cross hairs of RwandAir. The new management team is settling into their daily routine it is […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Tanzania: Work Starts On Sh2.7 Trillion Standard Gauge Rail Project TheCitizen President John Magufuli yesterday launched a Sh2.7 trillion project to construct a standard gauge railway (SGR) project between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro… Read more>> TOURISM Kenya Ranks Third As Tourist Destination in Sub-Sahara Africa Daily Nation Kenya is now the third highest […]
Chobe Safari Lodge gets new General Manager
JAMES RATTOS NAMED NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF CHOBE SAFARI LODGE (Posted 15th April 2017) Ranked as the best lodge above the Nile Falls in Murchison Falls National Park, and definitely not because it is the only lodge in that part of the park, has Chobe Safari Lodge since its reopening in 2010 once again become […]
Sushi anyone? Fresh Sushi that is …
DENIS ISLAND SAID TO SERVE THE FRESHEST SUSHI IN THE WORLD (Posted 14th April 2017) For most hotels – even the ones on far-flung islands – acquiring the best sushi-grade tuna usually involves purchase orders and invoices. At Denis Private Island, it means getting in a boat. Sitting on the northern edge of the Seychelles […]
Nairobi Now Destination Updates
Nairobi Now – What to do in Nairobi over the Easter weekend and beyond NairobiNow has been nominated in this year’s BAKE (Bloggers Association of Kenya) Awards under the ‘Best Entertainment Blog’ category. Take some time off and vote for us here. http://vote.bakeawards.co.ke/ Easiest way of finding us is, 13. E. However, … Nairobi Now […]
Lillian Gaitho’s thoughts ahead of the long Easter Weekend
Happy Easter to everyone from yours truly and guest writer Lillian Gaitho! Flying this Easter, and in future? Read these Six Annoying Habits to Avoid If you are planning to fly this Easter holiday, it goes without saying that you should expect at least some basic in flight comfort. Long gone are the days when […]
Brussels Airport News April 2017
Brussels Airport’s latest news updates … Especially for passengers of Brussels Airlines flying from Entebbe, Kigali and Bujumbura … New Destinations 26/03 re-launch Atlanta (Delta Air Lines) 30/03 Mumbai (Brussels Airlines) 31/03 Yerevan (Brussels Airlines) 01/04 Funchal (Brussels Airlines) 10/04 Larnaca (Cobalt Air) 28/04 Araxos (TUI fly) 28/04 Tivat (TUI fly) 29/04 Volos (TUI fly) […]
Vanilla Islands join hands with Turkish Airlines to promote the destination in Eastern Europe
ROADSHOW IN EASTERN EUROPE A SUCCESS FOR THE VANILLA ISLANDS GROUP (Posted 13th April 2017) Turkish Airlines and the Vanilla Islands organised a roadshow in Eastern Europe in order to develop sales for flights leaving from the region. From 03rd to 06th of April a delegation composed of around twenty tourism professionals from Mauritius, Seychelles, […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS GE, Boeing Partner to Promote Aviation Training in Africa Footprint to Africa General Electric and The Boeing Company – General Electric (GE), Boeing and Kenya Airways have jointly initiated capacity building in aviation training schools in the East Africa region….Read more>> INFRASTRUCTURE Nigeria’s main international airport reopens next week after […]
Chinese tourists spend 12 percent more money abroad in 2016
CHINESE OUTBOUND SPENDING GOES UP BY 12 PERCENT ACCORDING TO UNWTO (Posted 13th April 2017) 2016 results on expenditure from major outbound markets reflect increasing demand for international tourism across the world, as reported in the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. With a 12% increase in spending, China continued to lead international outbound tourism, followed […]
SABENA, SN Brussels and then Brussels Airlines – excellence in the skies over Uganda
15TH FLIGHT ANNIVERSARY OF RECONNECTING BRUSSELS WITH ENTEBBE (Posted 13th April 2017) It was this aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, registered as OO-SFO, which on the 26th of April 2002 took off from Zaventem to relaunch long haul flights to Africa after the demise of good old SABENA a year earlier. The aircraft, originally owned by […]
ATQ news reports: Office of the Airport Authority catches fire amidst Staff Audit in Nigeria
More ATQ News from Nigeria and beyond Chinese Initiatives to help Industrialise Africa, may see more Rails, Roads and Airports Gay and Lesbian group want to influence choice of Tourism Election of SG Cameroon war against Anglophones continues as activist speaks from prison CNN’S Richard Quest to anchor Indaba ministerial platform Deportees from Libya “Our […]
Etihad Uganda launches 8th edition of ‘Boss out of town’
ETIHAD IN UGANDA WORKING TOWARDS GREATER VISIBILITY WITH ‘BOSS OUT OF TOWN‘ CAMPAIGN (Posted 13th April 2017) Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, together with Sanyu FM, one of Uganda’s leading radio station, has launched the 8th edition of the ‘Boss out of Town’ campaign that aims to reward admired business […]
ST. Ange addresses the World Islamic Economic Forum Advisory Board
ST. ANGE KEEPS THE MOMENTUM GOING FOR THE UNWTO TOP JOB (Posted 13th May 2017) During the auspicious occasion of the International Advisory Board of World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF IAP) meeting held at the Eden Bleu Hotel in Seychelles yesterday, which was co-hosted by the FORSEAA (Forum of Small Medium Economic AFRICA ASEAN), Mr. […]
Ugandan hoteliers partner with Sanofi Pasteur to boost hygiene solutions
UHOA PROMOTES BEST PRACTICE FOR FOOD HANDLING IN UGANDA (Posted 13th April 2017) UHOA is partnering with Sanofi Pasteur to provide a training and sensitization on food handling in the hotel sector. A one day training session will take place on Wednesday 26th of April at the Golf Course Hotel starting at 8am. Said UHOA’s […]
Cast your vote for your favourites at the 24th World Travel Awards!
A little help from friends has never harmed, yes? Gamewatchers Safaris needs your vote … Please vote to help support conservation WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2017 – VOTE NOW ! Dear ATC Reader, We are honoured to have been nominated again in the World Travel Awards – the "Oscars of the Travel Industry"! Now in its […]
East or West, home’s best, even for Chimps!
Chimpanzee News updates from Uganda Baby Chimp Integration and Kyewunyo’s return to forest Kyewunyo and her baby girl. Kyewunyo, born and raised on Ngamba Island, had a daughter on 17th February 2016. She and her daughter have been in the holding facility since then, but on the 18th March 2017 at 07:40 am they were […]
Royal Air Maroc set to raise flights from three to four a week
RISING DEMAND LEADS TO MORE FLIGHTS (Posted 13th April 2017) Royal Air Maroc, which launched flights between Casablanca (CMN) and Nairobi (NBO) in April last year, has seen their market share increase in a short period of time. Entering the market with initially two weekly flights has this since then risen to three a week. […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM How big is Airbnb’s business in Africa? How We Made It In Africa In Africa, South Africa is by far the biggest Airbnb market, accounting for almost half the listings on the continent…. Read more>> Africa’s Hospitality Market – Year in Review 2016 HTI Consulting Cape Town, Luanda and Dar es Salaam saw lots […]
Mountain Tourism in focus at UNWTO
MOUNTAIN TOURISM POTENTIAL UNEXPLOITED ESPECIALLY IN UGANDA’S MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (Posted 12th April 2017) The potential of mountain tourism to foster economic development, as well as to raise awareness on environmental protection, was the major topic addressed at the 3rd World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Euro-Asian Mountain Resorts Conference. The event was held in Tbilisi, […]
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Fastjet’s new top team completed with appointment of Marketing Director
FASTJET APPOINTS ANOTHER FORMER MANGO EXECUTIVE TO TAKE OVER MARKETING OF THE LCC (Posted 12th April 2017) Fastjet has earlier today confirmed that Hein Kaiser has joined the executive floor of the pan African LCC, taking charge of Marketing and Corporate Communications of the airline’s offices in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania. Notably is […]
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South African court ruling seen as another big threat to rhino survival
SOUTH AFRICA’S CONSERVATION LEGACY GETS KNOCKED DOWN EVEN FURTHER (Posted 12th April 2017) New trade ruling spells end for rhinos say conservationists With the Sumatran rhino officially extinct in the wild, are South Africa’s rhino doomed to the same fate? Earlier this month the country’s 2009 moratorium on the domestic trade in rhino horn was […]
Light at the end of the tunnel for Mombasa Beach Hotel
VICTOR SHITAKA APPOINTED AS NEW GENERAL MANAGER TO OVERSEE REFURBISHMENTS (Posted 12th April 2017) Kenya Safari Lodges and Hotels Ltd, comprising the Mombasa Beach Hotel but also Voi Safari Lodge and Ngulia Safari Lodge, has been in the doldrums for some time with lack of funding by the principal shareholders, high among them the Kenya […]
Brussels Airlines passenger numbers grow again in March
MARCH BRINGS MORE PASSENGERS ON TO BRUSSELS AIRLINES FLIGHTS (Posted 11th April 2017) 686,299 passengers flew with Brussels Airlines during the month of March. The seat load factor of the flights amounted to an average of 74.8%. The number of passengers grew by 51.4 percent, but this spectacular growth is largely due to the fact […]
The latest Tourism Tattler edition is now available
MAGAZINE ISSUE 04 – APRIL 2017 Looking at the pristine environments of Grootbos and Sibuya nature reserves whose images grace our April edition cover, and at all of the dandelion seed graphics scattered throughout the images of this month’s content, it’s pretty obvious that we are committed to the 2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism […]
