#NairobiNow – all one needs to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya
NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 04th May 2018) Dear ATCNews readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or their blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]
#Rhino poaching incident in #Meru National Park shows ongoing challenges
#BALALA SPEAKS OUT ON POACHING OF RHINOS IN #KENYA (Posted 04th May 2018) Following the killing of three rhinos inside the rhino sanctuary in the Meru National Park on Wednesday 02nd of May 2018 has the Ministry of Tourism and wildlife issued a statement to underscore the government’s commitment in tackling the poaching menace. Start […]
#AuricAir expands Serengeti network
Fly daily to Mwiba Airstrip, Serengeti National Park with Auric Air Flight schedules: DAR ES SALAAM – MWIBA, Serengeti Flight Schedule – (Daily) Departure at 07:00 Dar Es Salaam to Mwiba Departure at 11:30 Mwiba to Dar Es Salaam ARUSHA – MWIBA, Serengeti Flight Schedule – (Daily) Departure 08:00 Arusha to Mwiba Departure at 11:30 […]
#Kenya Tourism Board signs partnership deal with cycling race organizers
SPORTS TOURISM TO TAKE HIGHER PRIORITY AS KTB TURNS DOMESTIC TOURISM FOCUS TO SPORTS (Posted 04th May 2018) The Kenya Tourism Board has partnered with cycling events organiser, Ngong Hills Individual Time Trial (NHITT) to promote domestic travel by undertaking three mountain bike races countrywide beginning this weekend. The first bike race dubbed “Arabuko […]
#AfroTourism launches #AfroDeals
AFROTOURISM – ONE OF ATCNEWS.ORG‘S NIGERIAN PARTNERS – LAUNCHES NEW BUSINESS PLATFORM (Posted 04th May 2018) Afro Tourism West Africa Ltd is proud to announce the introduction of Afro-Deals®, Africa’s first online travel marketplace. Afro-Deals is an all-new e-commerce platform aimed at supporting travel agents and tour operators who want a ‘Win-Win’ scenario. It was […]
Tour D’EAC 2018 – The 6.000 kilometre routing in detail
EAC BIKE TOUR 2018 BIKE SECTIONS SECTION NAME DESCRIPTION 1. VIRGIN HILLS KIGALI – RUBAVU Oh my God, who doesn’t know the beauty these two nations’ possess. The two countries are full of contours, hills, mountains, beautiful sceneries and above all the smile of the beautiful ladies in both countries, you just can’t miss it […]
#Rwanda’s Tourism Chamber and RTTA hold stakeholder meeting at the new #OnomoHotel
NEW ONOMO HOTEL HOSTS KEY PRIVATE SECTOR MEETING IN #KIGALI (Posted 03rd May 2018) 60 private sector stakeholders are taking part in a workshop organized by the Rwanda Tours and Travel Association under the auspices of the Rwanda Tourism Chamber, learning about the massive change the industry has already undergone and will according to presenter […]
#IATA reports higher loadfactors and rising demand in March
EXCELLENT PROSPECTS FOR IATA AIRLINES (Posted 03rd May 2018) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2018 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 9.5%, compared to the same month a year ago, the fastest pace in 12 months. Capacity (available seat kilometers, or ASKs) […]
RwandAir counts down to Cape Town launch
CAPE TOWN FLIGHTS NOW JUST DAYS AWAY (Posted 03rd May 2018) In two weeks time will RwandAir launch their next destination already, not long after the inaugural flight between Kigali and Abuja took off from the international airport in the Rwandan capital. As Abuja will be operated in conjunction with onward flights to Accra / […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM FG, GE-led Consortium Sign Interim Agreement on Railway Concession This Day Following its award of preferred bidder status by the Federal Government of Nigeria in May 2017, an international consortium last Friday in Washington D.C, United States, signed an…Read more>> Outsourcing tourism promotion activities to overseas companies The Ethiopian Herald Despite its numerous natural […]
#Reunion records a 17 percent visitor increase in Q1 of this year
NEW ARRIVAL RECORD FOR REUNION ISLAND IN EARLY 2018 (Posted 02nd May 2018) The first quarter of 2018 was particularly intense for the island’s tourism professionals as nearly 130,000 visitors were welcomed, an increase of more than 18,000 tourists compared to the same period last year. That’s almost 17% more compared to the first three […]
#IATA data show air cargo growth slows to nearly two year low
SLOWEST GROWTH IN NEARLY 2 YEARS FOR AIR CARGO (Posted 02nd May 2018) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 1.7% in March 2018, compared to the same period the year before. This was five percentage points lower than […]
More honours for #QatarAirways
TRAVEL PLUS AWARDS HAND QATAR AIRWAYS MORE HONOURS (Posted 02nd May 2018) Qatar Airways was once again recognised for its outstanding on-board experience at the TravelPlus Readers’ Awards ceremony, which took place recently at the Helmut Schmidt Auditorium, Hamburg. The airline received two product awards: the Gold Award for its First and Business Class bedding […]
#RoyalAirMaroc eyes #Harare and #Maputo among other new African destinations
FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS BRING FLIGHTS BETWEEN #CASABLANCA HARARE AND MAPUTO CLOSER (Posted 02nd May 2018) Two years after launching an initially twice a week service between Casablanca and Nairobi – since then raised to three flights a week – has the Moroccan national airline been eyeing more destinations in sub Saharan Africa. It now appears […]
#UNWTO joins calls on G20 to give tourism priority
TREAT TOURISM AS A PRIORITY SECTOR DOES UNWTO TELL G20 LEADERS (Posted 02nd May 2018) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) joined the Ministers of Tourism of the G20 economies meeting in Buenos Aires in calling upon the G20 leaders to consider including tourism in their Agenda for its capacity to create more and better jobs. […]
Laikipia Wildlife Forum – Conservation in Action
Below is the Task Force Report on Forest Resource Management and Logging Activities in Kenya Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko when he received The Task Force Report on 30th April 2018. Photo:Courtesy/TheStandard KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FINDINGS The Board and Management of the Kenya Forest Service has been unable to stem and in some instances […]
News from further down south – courtesy of Gill Staden’s ‘Livingstone bi-Weekly’
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE ‘LIVINGSTONE BI-WEEKLY‘ (Posted 02nd May 2018) Courtesy of Gill Staden here once again come tourism and conservation news from #Zambia, #Zimbabwe and beyond … Inside Pure Skills Recycling Luangwa residents under curfew Zambia Primate Project rescues News from Shinganda Companies short-listed for Kariba Dam rehab Talks about financing Batoka Gorge […]
#Kenya reports upswing in passenger numbers
#NAIROBI’S JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SEES 2.2 PERCENT PLUS IN 2017 (Posted 02nd May 2018) Data now released by the Kenya Bureau of Statistics show an increase of passengers handled at the country’s principal entry and exit point of 2.2 percent to an overall figure of 7.3 million passengers. Passengers in transit through Nairobi increased […]
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The Gorilla Highlands – time to take a closer look of what this stands for
THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS ARE PEOPLE – SCENERY – ADVENTURE – MOUNTAINS – FORESTS – HOSPITALITY – FOOD … AND NOT TO FORGET THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS WHO LIVED HERE WAY BEFORE US … (Posted 01st May 2018) By Miha Logar and ATCNews.org Chef Rama, First Rwandan to Win at Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Chef Ramadhan […]
Rising sea levels might wipe out entire island states
Scientists warn that sea level rise and its associated wave-driven flooding will make most low-lying coral atoll islands across the globe uninhabitable as early as 2030. A new study by researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS), the Deltares Institute in the Netherlands and Hawaii University basing their research on the current greenhouse gas emission […]
#ColobusConservation needs your support
Ethiopian Airlines wins ‘Outstanding Food Service Award’
ANOTHER AWARD FOR #ETHIOPIANAIRLINES (Posted 30th April 2018) Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Airline, earlier today announced that it has won the 2018 ‘Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier’ Award as voted by PAX International readers at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in […]
Conservation in Action – The Laikipia Wildlife Forum
KWCA, Conservancies and Conservation There are 160 conservancies now registered with KWCA in the country. They cover 11% of Kenya’s land mass or about 6.36 million acres. There are 13 conservancies registered with the KWCA in Laikipia – Laikipia Nature Conservancy, Ol Pejeta, Ol Jogi, Loisaba, Ole Lentile, Sosian,Lewa/Borana, Ngare Ndare, Il Ngwesi, Naibunga, Lekkuruki, […]
Nigerians are back to #Gambia with #banjulbantaba
Another edition of #ATQNEWS from #Nigeria and beyond ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide […]
Atta’s ‘Experience Africa’ is a sell out
Says Atta about the sell out situation: With such a positive reaction to Experience Africa in its inaugural year, we know it has the potential to become even bigger and better! If you were not able to join us this year, there is always 2019, so get Experience Africa into your diaries and budgets!In the […]
#JKIA’s Lazizi Premiere to rebrand as a Crowne Plaza
#NAIROBI SET TO GET A SECOND CROWN PLAZA HOTEL (Posted 30th April 2018) The first hotel ever to open inside the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport perimeter, the Lazizi Premiere, is apparently set to rebrand as a Crowne Plaza hotel, a brand owned by IHG. Information coming from the Kenyan capital suggests that India based Sarovar […]
The Saint Ange Tourism Report – Volume 2 Edition 17 of 2018
ENJOY THE LATEST EDITION OF THE #SAINTANGE TOURISM REPORT FRESH FROM THE #SEYCHELLES AND THE OTHER #INDIANOCEAN ISLANDS (Posted 30th April 2018) The Editorial this week highlights the change of Tourism Minister for Seychelles as announced by President Danny Faure, the request proposed by Jules Hoareau’s TV program on rental of bicycles on La Digue […]
… and the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2018 is …
HOME ADVANTAGE FOR SILVERCHEF WINNER RAMADHAN AS MARRIOTT KIGALI HOSTS THE EVENT (Posted 29th April 2018) (Chef Ramadhan wearing the Silverhat with Marriott Kigali’s Executive Chef Eduardo delighted to see one of his rising stars win the competition) The Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition is now in its fourth year. The first such event was held […]
#Bombardier sells more #Q400NextGens to #EthiopianAirlines
FURTHER FLEET EXPANSION BY ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ON THE CARDS (Posted 29th April 2018) (Image courtesy of Bombardier) Ethiopian Airlines has reportedly signed a purchase order with Bombardier for the delivery of 10 new Q400NextGen turboprop aircraft, with an added option for a further five of this aircraft type included. The airline already operates 21 of […]
