Africa’s FDI flow under threat

GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY, POOR GOVERNANCE AND BAD REPUTATION THREATENS FDI FLOW INTO AFRICA (Posted 10th May 2017) For African governments part of what is at stake are much needed foreign direct investments and access to affordable financing necessary to spur development and, specifically, to close the estimated USD 900 billion infrastructure gap At a Roundtable event […]

UNWTO discusses Tourism and Security

TOURISM AND SECURITY ON THE UNWTO AGENDA (Posted 10th May 2017) The integration of national security with tourism security, crisis communication and travel advisories were some of the key issues discussed at the 1st Meeting of the High Level Task Force on Tourism and Security, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) today in Madrid. […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

TOURISM Cape Town ranked best business tourism destination in Africa Biz Community Wesgro has announced that the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has ranked Cape Town as the number one city in Africa for business tourism and now rank in the top 40 destinations for business tourism in the world… Read more>> South Africa: […]

Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition on course for the weekend

AND THE 2017 SILVERCHEF WINNER IS … (Posted 10th May 2017) The Birdsnest at Bunyonyi Resort (http://www.birdnestatbunyonyi.com/) will this year provide the venue for the annual culinary competition staged by the Gorilla Highlands and some 15 chefs have signed up to the event to test their skills against each other. Launched three years ago by […]

Manila set to host 6th UNWTO Conference on Tourism Statistics

TOURISM STATISTICS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE IN THE PHILIPPINES (Posted 10th May 2017) Policy leaders, statisticians, academicians and private sector will convene in Manila, The Philippines, next June 2017 (21-24), to discuss new methodologies to measure the full impacts of tourism. The 6th edition of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Conference on Statistics, an […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

TOURISM The countries that are the best at conservation are the ones that depend on wildlife tourism Quartz The struggle to conserve wildlife is a real battle. Conservationists are faced with a growing international trade in wildlife [arts and rising demand for… Read more>> African travel poised for take-off says SA Tourism CEO at INDABA […]

Kigali and Rwanda both ranked third in ICCA 2016 performance barometer

NEW ICCA INDEX CONFIRMS RISE TO THIRD POSITION IN AFRICA FOR BOTH KIGALI AND RWANDA (Posted 10th May 2017) ICCA has now officially confirmed, after the news was broken here two days ago, that Rwanda’s position as an African MICE powerhouse has gone up to third, only beaten by South Africa and Morocco. The city […]