Uganda hospitality breaking news – Did the AYA brothers sell their Nakasero Hill hotel?
NAZA GROUP OF MALAYSIA ACQUIRES KAMPALA PROPERTY The 5 year long attempt by the notorious AYA brothers to build and complete a Hilton Hotel in Kampala has apparently come to an end this weekend as news are breaking of Malaysias NAZA Group having acquired the incomplete property lock stock and barrel for a staggering 230 […]
The Aya’s are back in the headlines and not for a good reason
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS POKE FUN AT PROMOTERS OF THE SO CALLED ‘KAMPALA HILTON HOTEL’ (Posted 24th March 2015) The Aya brothers, notorious for promising in 2006 to finish their hotel at a rate of one floor a week ahead of the 2007 Commonwealth Summit and repeatedly afterwards uttering empty promises that the hotel would be […]
Carlson Rezidor could make an entry into Kampala at the expense of Hilton
IS THE NEVER FINISHED KAMPALA HILTON SET TO BECOME A RADISSON BLU? (Posted 21st January 2017) Information has emerged that the hotel on Kampala’s Nakasero Hill, long – for the past 10 years – said to become the Kampala Hilton, is now being taken over by management of the Carlson Rezidor Group, very likely under […]
Weekly roundup of news from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean regions, Fourth edition September 2011
TOURISM, AVIATION AND CONSERVATION NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region A weekly roundup of reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or read the daily postings on my blog via: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Many of these articles then also […]
Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, First edition December 2010
TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition December 2010 RECOMMENDED ‘MUST READ’ REGIONAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS For those readers with an interest in learning more about the going on’s in Kenya and Uganda, the current […]
Serengeti tourism: Big plans, Big impacts
(Posted 19th July 2023) Dear ATCNews Readers, Dear Serengeti Supporters, Humans are threatening the Serengeti ecosystem. Settlements, infrastructure, and livestock squeeze inward. And from within, the travel industry and tourists add their own pressures. It will be a challenge to hold onto the model of low impact nature tourism that has served […]
#AviAssist’s latest initiatives on International Fire Fighters Day
(Posted 03rd May 2023) Only one day to go … 04th of May … For once, we’ll be broadcasting on Thursday lunchtime instead of our usual Wednesday lunchtime broadcast. This Thursday May 04th, the world will be celebrating International Firefighters Day. In our special episode of the Focus Sessions, we celebrate […]
#EastAfricanCommunity expands to West Africa as Congo DR joins the economic bloc
(Posted 29th March 2022) Earlier today did Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta announce the joining of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the East African Community, widening the bloc’s membership to now seven and expanding the geographical reach from the shores of the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic Ocean. The announcement came at the end […]
Wannabe hotel in Kampala again under the spotlight
PEARL OF AFRICA HOTEL IN KAMPALA ALLEGED TO HAVE BROKEN LABOUR LAWS (Posted 05th September 2018) In a precursor to yet another change of name and / or management have the notorious Hamid brothers yet again stepped into a legal minefield, after allegedly ordering all of the hotel’s staff to sign new temporary contracts, before […]
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. […]
FetAfrik Festival opens as the Seychelles receives another speedboat for the coastguard
SEYCHELLES CONTINUES TO BOOST ANTI PIRACY CAPABILITIES (Posted 26th May 2014) With the FetAfrik Festival now underway in the Seychelles, celebrating the Africa Day and everything to do with the archipelago’s culture and history tying the islands to Africa, has the Seychelles coastguard taken delivery of another speedboat to boost ocean security. The Seychelles maritime […]
Weekly roundup of ACT News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Region, Third edition November 2013
AVIATION TOURISM & CONSERVATION NEWS EAST AFRICA A weekly roundup from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Second edition September 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, First edition September 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Third edition August 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Second edition August 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Fourth edition February 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Fifth edition October 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThomewhere the articles also ‘cross load’ or read […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Third edition September 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also cross load or […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Second edition September 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also cross load or […]
Another new opening date announced for the so called Kampala Hilton
KAMPALA HILTON MORE EMPTY PROMISES OR FOR REAL THIS TIME Officials of the AYA Group have yesterday announced that the hotel, due for completion by October 2007 when the Commonwealth Summit was held in Kampala, would now finally open its doors in March 2013. Full mouthed statements, often bordering the grotesque if not outright incompetent, […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Fifth edition April 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on Facebook where the articles also cross load or read the daily […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Second edition January 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or read the daily postings on my blog via: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Many of these articles […]
South Sudan news – Khartoum’s dirty tricks campaign exposed
KHARTOUMS DIRTY TRICK CAMPAIGN EXPOSED The rise of commodity prices in South Sudan, while partly influenced by the economic situation around the world and more immediately in the wider region, has to an extent been worsened by reported economic strangulation by the regime in Khartoum, the Souths former slave masters. They have been making the […]
Weekly roundup of news from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, First edition May 2011
TOURISM, AVIATION AND CONSERVATION NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region A weekly roundup of reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates via Twitter @whthome or on my blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition May 2011 Africa News SOMBRE MOOD IN NAIROBI AND DAR ON NEWS […]
Weekly news roundup from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, First edition April 2011
TOURISM, AVIATION AND CONSERVATION NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region A weekly roundup of reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates via Twitter @whthome or on my blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition April 2011 NEW TRAVEL AFRICA MAGAZINE ‘SPRING EDITION’ IS OUT […]
Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Fourth edition November 2010
TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Fourth edition November 2010 Uganda News FLY 540 OFFERS NEW LOW FARE TO DAR ES SALAAM Efforts by airlines to retain, regain or capture added market share got yet more […]
Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Fourth edition October 2010
TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Fourth edition October 2010 Uganda News UWA SAGA RAGES ON Senior Presidential Advisor John Nagenda, himself a former chairman of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, has last weekend in his regular Saturday column […]
Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean report Second Edition May 2010
News from ‘Uganda – Gifted by Nature’, the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Second edition May 2010 Uganda News GOOD SAFARI GUIDE 2010 WINNERS ANNOUNCED – AND IN MEMORIAM PRIMROSE HAVELOCK STOBBS The Good Safari Guide (www.thegoodsafariguide.com) last weekend held its annual award ceremony in Durban / […]