Beach Touch Rugby Tournament Diani 2016
All there is to know for competitors and spectators of Diani’s latest sports extravaganza … Taking place this weekend is the Diani Touch Rugby Tournament outside the Flamboyant / Forty Thieves compound. Don’t miss it … Flights are available from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport on Safarilink and Air Kenya and from JKIA with Jambojet, unless one opts to […]
Brexit business outlook for the youth travel industry
WYSE Brexit Survey summary Dear Industry Colleague, Thank you to those who shared their opinions and concerns about the possible impact of the United Kingdom’s ‘Brexit’ from the European Union on business in the youth travel industry. Overall, the outlook from the youth travel community is pessimistic, with 45% saying that they believe business prospects […]
EATP’s Carmen Nibigira to speak on East Africa joint Visa at Accra Weizo
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 range of topics within the travel Copyright © […]
Tune Hotels ready to open their first property in Kenya
NAIROBI WELCOMES TUNE HOTELS’ FIRST PROPERTY IN EAST AFRICA (Posted 07th July 2016) The countdown is now on for the official opening of East Africa’s first Tune Hotel, a growing global low cost hotel brand. On the 18th of July, just eleven days from now, will the Westlands based new hotel, located on Raphta Road, […]
Enjoy some humour, besides information, from the latest Amadeus EA news letter
Eid Mubarak On behalf of us all at Amadeus East Africa, we wish you and your loved ones a blessed Eid. How Amadeus Sell Connect Allows Travel Agents to Unleash Their Business. Amadeus Selling Platform Connect has been created by travel professionals for travel professionals. We sat down with two travel agents who have been […]
Tanzania’s tax folly begins to hit
REACTIONS ARE SWIFT AND HARSH AS TOURISTS BEGIN TO CANCEL TANZANIA TRIPS (Posted 07th July 2016) European tourists enjoy consumer protection second to none when it comes to their rights and Tanzania is about to find out how they and their tour operators react to the folly of slapping VAT on tourism services. Tanzania’s Finance […]
More aviation news from AFRAA, the African Airline Association
Mauritius reels in South African visitors
NEW LEADERSHIP – NEW SUCCESSES AS MAURITIUS BECOMES MAGNET FOR SOUTH AFRICANS (Posted 06th July 2016) After crossing the 100.000 visitor mark last year has South Africa become one of Mauritius’s key source markets for tourists, a trend continuing in 2016 inspite of the weakness of the South African Rand. South Africa remains among the […]
Air Zimbabwe set to host the 48th AFRAA AGA from 22nd to 24th of November
ZIMBABWE PREPARES TO HOST AFRAA’S 48TH AGA IN VICTORIA FALLS (Posted 06th July 2016) It is now just four months to go until Air Zimbabwe will host the Annual General Assembly of the African Airline Association, in short AFRAA. The meeting will take place at the resort town of Victoria Falls and the venue is […]
Qatar Airways ups capacity to key destinations
QATAR AIRWAYS DEPLOYS LARGER AIRCRAFT TO GUANGZHOU, WARSAW AND GENEVA (Posted 05th July 2016) Qatar Airways, following a sharp rise in demand for travel to the Chinese city of Guangzhou, has introduced their Airbus A380 on the route, upgrading the seat and cargo capacity significantly. This is Qatar Airways fourth A380 destination across the airline’s […]
Kenya Airways routes additional Bangui flights via Entebbe
BANGUI GETS EXTRA FLIGHTS FROM NAIROBI BUT VIA ENTEBBE (Posted 05th July 2016) Complaints recently made by Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to his cabinet about lack of connectivity into and out of Entebbe showed swift results, when Kenya Airways announced additional flights to Bangui, routing via Entebbe. The extra flights will land in Entebbe, […]
Make a date with the UNWTO Congress on World Civilizations & Creative Tourism
Ahead of World Travel Market in London this is a great platform to learn more about this high end niche of travel …
Wildlife and lifestock can coexist and here is the proof
Ol Pejeta, regularly described by me as one of Kenya’s most complete wilderness experiences with all big five on the conservancy and less than four hours drive from Nairobi, has also a different aspect to it. It is one of Kenya’s most successful cattle ranches and yes, wildlife and cattle coexist and in fact thrive. […]
Eden Island’s Chatterbox – open for business 7 days a week
SEYCHELLES’ MINISTER FOR TOURISM VISITS THE EDEN ISLAND BASED ‘CHATTERBOX‘ (Posted 05th July 2016) Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism & Culture, Alain St. Ange and senior tourism consultant, Glynn Burridge paid a visit to the new Chatterbox coffee shop in the Eden Island Mall owned by Seychelloise Marsha Parcou and her partner Kirshlee Naidoo. Marsha for […]
Eid Mubarak
Tomorrow will be one of Islam’s most important holidays, marking the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Read on what Lillian Gaitho’s thoughts are how to make arrangements for the holiday and how best to celebrate with your friends who have just concluded a month of fasting. I join her in wishing all my […]
Muddy hell … Part Two
Enjoy the latest updates from the ‘Travel Africa Magazine’ – arguably Africa’s best … Jambo! "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." African proverb Muddy hell It’s still January 1993 in Zaire. In part two of his epic journey through what is now the Democratic Republic […]
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Blast fishing now a threat to national security in Tanzania
TANZANIA’S GAS SUPPLY COMPANY INCREASES PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO STOP BLAST FISHING (Posted 05th July 2016) ‘In the end it does not matter if it was an accident caused by these criminal fishermen using explosives to fish or if it was a targeted attack on our country’s infrastructure when the damage is done‘ said a […]
East Africa’s greenest hotel in the making
ZANZIBAR WILL BE HOME TO EAST AFRICA’S GREENEST HOTEL (Posted 05th July 2016) The Tanzanian based Bakhresa Group has appointed Verde Hotels from South Africa to develop and manage the total overhaul and upgrading of the old Mtoni Marine Hotel on Zanzibar’s main island of Unguja, located just 2km from UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Stone […]
Safarilink adds brand new Cessna C208B Grand Caravan EX to fleet
GETTING READY FOR THE HIGH SEASON AS SAFARILINK GETS BRAND NEW AIRCRAFT (Posted 04th July 2016) Safarilink last week received a brand new Cessna Grand Caravan EX directly from the Cessna Factory in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The 14 seater Grand Caravan EX is according to information received from Nairobi equipped with the latest integrated flight […]
The argument against establishing a national airline
A recent article received describes the belated formation of a national airline a ‘White Elephant‘, lacking any foundation and only serving national pride, as the expense of a great deal of money which could and should be invested in other sectors like health, education and terrestrial infrastructure. Read on to get to the bottom of […]
Northern Rangelands Trust News update
Your monthly update from NRT WILD FRONTIERS June 21st was World Giraffe Day. Across the world, people celebrated one of the most wonderfully weird creatures in the animal kingdom. This day also aimed to raise awareness about the plight of giraffes, populations of which have dropped 40% over the last 20 years in Africa. NRT […]
Watamu Community Enterprises call for your support
Dear Friends of Watamu, Thanks to your support we are close to completing the second phase of construction at our Watamu Community Recycling Centre. The building is a work room, office and shop for our community women and health groups who make medicinal products from neem tree and coconut oils. These products include soaps and […]
Emirates ups A380 flights to Los Angeles
BONUS FOR EAST AFRICAN TRAVELERS TO THE US WEST COAST AS EMIRATES GOES DOUBLE DAILY WITH THE A380 (Posted 04th July 2016) Travelers from East Africa’s Emirates destinations of Entebbe, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam have reason to smile as Dubai’s award winning airline upped their second daily flight to Los Angeles from a Boeing […]
Tanzania’s Tourism industry now hopes for presidential intervention over VAT
DON’T MESS UP TOURISM WITH VALUE ADDED TAX CHARGES SAY TANZANIA’S TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS (Posted 04th July 2016) Relations between the Tanzanian tourism fraternity and their tourism minister Prof. Maghembe have reached a new low, posing a challenge to the politician as alienating his sector may make it difficult if not impossible to effectively manage the […]
Now Togo throws its weight behind Mzembi candidacy for UNWTO Secretary General
Togo endorses Zimbabwe’s Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Industry, the Hon. Dr. Engineer Walter Mzembi’s UNWTO campaign for Secretary General www.worldtourismwire.com Updates and comments on activities by UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP and other global organization leading the global travel & tourism industry www.worldtourismwire.com 93 JULY 2016 Togo endorses Zimbabwe’s minister Mzembi’s UNWTO campaign for […]
Kenya’s tourism industry laments latest US anti travel advisory
LATEST ANTI TRAVEL ADVICE FROM US STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS ABOUT USING LIKONI FERRY (Posted 04th July 2016) While US security chiefs now believe another terrorist attack against America is almost inevitable has the US State Department thought it fit to slap another anti travel advisory against Kenya. Mombasa and Lamu have been singled out in […]
Yet more success for Uganda’s Rhino Fund
FIRST SECOND GENERATION BIRTH BRINGS RHINO NUMBERS TO 18 (Posted 02nd July 2016) Amazing news are emerging from the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, that a second generation female has given birth with her prior pregnancy not detected by rangers and staff on the conservancy. A previously thought adolescent female, named Donna after being born on the […]
Newsletter: New Cubs, Our Annual Report, and More
EWASO Lions updates … Promoting Human-Lion Coexistence in Northern Kenya CLICK HERE TO DONATE July 2016 New Cubs Born in Our Area We are extremely excited to announce the birth of three lion cubs in our study area. Jeneria discovered them this month and has been monitoring them closely to ensure they are not disturbed […]
Southern Africa holds the rest of Africa to ransom over ivory trade
Read on to find out what position Southern African countries intend to put forward at the upcoming CITES meeting in Johannesburg, which of course is in direct conflict with the position East Africa has taken, a recipe for intense clashes in the conference rooms and corridors no doubt … Southern Africa holds the rest […]
