Meet Nani’s Kitengela Glass Sanctuary
THE F.O.M.O. TRAVEL SHOW By Rosario Achola (Posted 25th May 2020) I first heard about this place about 20 years ago from a friend with a name inherited from a Vampire Slayer. She said it was made of broken pieces of glass that came together to make magical structures that last. And they have lasted. […]
The Importance of Technology in post-COVID19 hotel operations
TECHNOLOGY COMES TO THE RESCUE OF HOTEL OPERATIONS IN THE #COVID19 ERA By Frederic Van Lennep, Business Development Director (Posted 26th May 2020) • “Health and safety concerns will accelerate existing tech trends in hospitality” • “Identifying Technology That Can Adapt to the Post-COVID World” • “Focus on the shift in consumption patterns” • “Post-COVID19 […]
#MohammedHersi’s take on the way forward
MY GUT FEELING TELLS ME KENYA AND AFRICA HAVE DODGED THE COVID19 BULLET By Mohammed Hersi (Posted 26th May 2020) Has Kenya and Africa dodged the Covid19 bullet? My gut feel tells me Yes. Can we undo the gains ? Is the risk still present? Well sadly the answer is again yes. When the Covid […]
Meet ATCNews’ latest media partner – Rosario Achola of Abyssinian Ronin Production Haus
THE F.O.M.O. TRAVEL SHOW – A NEW FEATURE ON ATCNEWS.ORG By Rosario Achola with a foreword by ATCNews (Posted 25th May 2020) ATCNews has over the years engaged with many young upcoming travel writers and bloggers, among them #TheFisayo from Nigeria, now an award winning entrepreneur who has grown beyond the mere blogging scene. We […]
#BrusselsAirlines to relaunch operations with 59 destination target by August
BRUSSELS AIRLINES TO RESTART OPERATIONS TO #UGANDA WITH FLIGHTS RESUMING IN JULY (Posted 25th May 2020) Brussels Airlines restarts its operations with a network of 59 destinations from June until August Last week Brussels Airlines announced that it will restart its commercial flights from its hub at Brussels Airport on 15th of June. Based on […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 25th of May 2020) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT The Corona Virus outbreak extends to 213 countries with 5.540.018 Cases and 347.353 Deaths as of today. 2.320.384 cases have recovered. The mortality rate stands at 6.27 percent. Note: Some African […]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: Rhino poaching drops significantly during lockdown!
South Africa’s Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, has announced that South Africa has experienced a significant decline in rhino poaching since the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus commenced. According to Minister Creecy, April 2020 saw a marked decrease in rhino poaching countrywide, with the fewest rhinos poached in the […]
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: South Africa moves to alert level 3 on 01 June 2020!
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a televised address on 24 May 2020 that South Africa will move to alert level 3 of its risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19 with effect from 01 June 2020. This applies to the whole of the country, including areas that have been declared as coronavirus […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 24th of May 2020) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT The Corona Virus outbreak extends to 213 countries with 5.437.311 Cases and 344.556 Deaths as of today. 2.273.232 cases have recovered. The mortality rate stands at 6.33 percent. Note: Some African […]
#DiaryOfAMuzungu author shares her lockdown impressions
LOCKED DOWN AT THE EDGE OF KIBALE FOREST By Charlotte Beauvoisin, Diary of a Muzungu, (Posted 24th May 2020) (All pictures courtesy of Charlotte Beauvoisin) March 25th 2020: ‘Lockdown is imminent in Uganda. The airport and borders are closed, and all schoolchildren were sent home two weeks ago. Bars, restaurants, markets, churches, and mosques are […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 23rd of May 2020) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT The Corona Virus outbreak extends to 213 countries with 5.347.552 Cases and 340.869 Deaths as of today. 2.181.741 cases have recovered. The mortality rate stands at 6.37 percent. Note: Some African […]
#IndiaOutbound Magazine’s latest edition
Media India Group About India Outbound Magazine India Outbound is India’s only B2B travel media platform, that encompasses a print magazine, a website, an online TV channel and dynamic social media platforms, entirely dedicated to the promotion of foreign destinations and products in India. India Outbound is a niche platform not just for tourism destinations […]
‘Rhino Ark Kenya’ – News updates in the days of #COVID19
RHINO ARK CHARITABLE TRUST Special Information Update Message from the Executive Director: In the course of a normal year we would have produced an ‘information update’ for April 2020 describing our activities and progress made. And progress has indeed been made over many years – not least in protecting 80,000 Kenyan households from the dangers […]
#Seychelles’ Alain St. Ange seeks ways and means to revive tourism on the islands
QUO VADIS SEYCHELLES TOURISM By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Thome, Publisher of ATCNews with input by Alain St. Ange, former Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine (Posted 23rd May 2020) Alain St. Ange, broadly seen as Mr. Tourism in the Seychelles, looks back at a long and distinguished career in the industry, culminating over […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 22nd of May 2020) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT The Corona Virus outbreak extends to 213 countries with 5.234.506 Cases and 335.805 Deaths as of today. 2.113.108 cases have recovered. The mortality rate stands at 6.41 percent. Note: Some African […]
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
Saving Lives on Kilimanjaro
AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORK OF KPAP AND THE KILIMANJARO PORTERS A guest contribution by Amanda McKee (Posted 22nd May 2020) Saving Lives at Kilimanjaro KPAP Partner Companies Carry the Load to Support the Mountain Crew During Covid-19 Mount Kilimanjaro towers over the equatorial plain. (Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash) In a normal year, […]
#Locust fight gets half a billion US Dollars
WORLD BANK ANNOUNCES 500 MILLION US DOLLARS IN FIGHT AGAINST LOCUSTS AND HUNGER (Posted 22nd May 2020) The first countries to be financed under the initial phase of the program are Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, with a total financing package of US$160 million The World Bank Group approved a US$500 million program to help […]
#Seychelles funds repatriation flights from Sri Lanka and India
SEYCHELLES SHOWS LEADERSHIP AS REPATRIATION FLIGHTS ARE FULLY PAID FOR BY GOVERNMENT (Posted 22nd May 2020) Unlike some other countries, where national airlines charge passengers keen to return to their home countries an arm and a leg, has the Seychelles decided to bring citizens home without them having to pay a single Rupee. This Saturday […]
#Uganda publishes guidelines for #COVID19 masks
MASK GUIDELINES SPELL OUT WHAT TO WEAR AND WHAT NOT TO WEAR … (Posted 22nd May 2020) The Ugandan government has yesterday issued comprehensive guidelines for the use and procurement of #COVID19 face masks. The documents published extend to 18 points with instructions even to the points of sale and distribution and home made masks […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
#COVID19 DAILY UPDATES FROM #AFRICA AND FOR AFRICA (Posted 21st of May 2020) #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT / 18.00 hrs EAT The Corona Virus outbreak extends to 213 countries with 5.126.545 Cases and 330.853 Deaths as of today. 2.044.049 cases have recovered. The mortality rate stands at 6.45 percent. Note: Some African […]
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
Air Seychelles outlines procedures for repatriation flights
AIR SEYCHELLES ANNOUNCES NEW PROCEDURE FOR REPATRIATION FLIGHTS WHICH ARE DUE TO COMMENCE THIS WEEKEND (Posted 21st May 2020) One-way special flights inbound or outbound of Seychelles for visitors and Seychellois residents wishing to return to their home country. New guidelines for passengers to follow during check-in, boarding, in-flight and upon disembarkation. Air Seychelles has […]
#Ethiopia’s extraordinary art
ETHIOPIA – A COUNTRY NOT JUST OF HISTORY, SCENERY AND WILDLIFE BUT ALSO OF ART by Tamara Britten of www.exclusiveethiopia.com (Posted 21st May 2020) Ethiopia’s artists are winning accolades at the world’s most esteemed exhibitions. Yet while Ethiopian art might appear to have leapt into the limelight, it has in fact grown out of a […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Botswana ends nationwide lockdown!
In line with Botswana’s stragety of sequentially easing the lockdown restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the country has finished the final phase three at midnight (20 May 2020). With the end of the lockdown restrictions, the Government of Botswana has brought “COVID-19 zones”, which are part of its continued coronavirus containment […]
LET410 crashes on take off in South Sudan
LATE REPORTS OF CRASH DUE TO #COVID19 RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN (Posted 21st May 2020) Information coming out of South Sudan speaks of a crash on take off at the remote airstrip in Ulang last week. The Russian registered LET410 aircraft, which first entered service some 45 years ago, appears to have veered off the […]
#EASA publishes #COVID19 air transport safety guidelines
IATA WELCOMES EASA / ECDC MEASURES ON SAFETY IN AIR TRANSPORT (Posted 21st May 2020) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the release by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of the COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol guidelines for the safe restart of air […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS President’s Message – March/April 2020 Corporate Council on Africa What a difference two months has made. In my last President’s message at the end of February, I flagged the reasons to cheer Africa’s economic outlook and the positive momentum in the U.S.-Africa relationship. I hoped to welcome…Read More>> INFRASTRUCTURE Bridging the […]
Red Cross and Red Crescent acknowledge triple whammy on East Africa
#COVID19 – FLOODS – LOCUSTS ARE NAMED BY IFRC AS CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERS (Posted 20th May 2020) To respond to flooding, COVID-19 and locusts, the International Federation of Red Cross has provided over 7 million Swiss francs to Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies A series of mutually exacerbating disasters is unfolding in […]
