This African country still got what it takes and then some more
COSMOPOLITAN KENYA – SOMETHING FOR EVERY TASTE (Posted 17th April 2015) Many readers were intrigued to read that only recently was the 110th Kenya Derby run at the Ngong Racecourse, showing a tradition of horseracing in Kenya going back over 100 years and then some. During the racing season is the course a magnet on […]
Dim your light as young birds take flight?
REUNION DIMS THE LIGHT AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF BARAU PETRELS TAKES TO FLIGHT (Posted 17th April 2015) Something unique is going to happen on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion when across the island the lights are dimmed at night, and in part switched off. The endemic but endangered Barau petrel and Black […]
No 384 Wildlife Trade News: 16th April
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA CONCERNING: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. The Secretariat therefore informs Parties that the recommendation to suspend commercial trade in specimens of […]
UNWTO’s forecast 1.5 trillion tourism ‘exports’
UNWTO, the United Nation World Tourism Organization, has just released their latest forecasts for numbers of travellers and the revenues they generate. Africa is sadly lagging way behind the global trends and must no doubt redouble efforts to gain a larger share of global travel streams and the revenues which go along with it. International […]
News news and more news …
Campi ya Kanzi News April 2015 We hope you enjoy receiving news from us. April showers are bringing a new vibrancy to the landscape at Campi ya Kanzi. The Chyulu Hills grow greener every day, and Mount Kilimanjaro is often capped with snow. We are very busy preparing for our grand air safari in May, […]
News from Africa and about Africa
Read the April 2015 ATA Passport to Africa Newsletter View this email in your browser April 2015 Welcome to ATA’s April Newsletter! ATA is delighted to launch our updated version of ATA Passport to Africa, our monthly newsletter to feature the latest member and Africa travel industry news. If you are an ATA member and […]
News from the Creole world …
International publication Kreol Magazine has now launched a new magazine app, available to those using Apple and Android devices all over the globe. The Creole culture magazine has created this intuitive new app – soon also to be available on Kindle Fire – to make it easy to read the great features and stories from […]
No 383 Wildlife Trade News: 14th April
Another daily dose of bad news … Poaching, Wildlife Crimes, Environmental Crimes … It just does not seem to get better … in the spotlight today …………………… Hong Kong government ‘aiding and abetting’ illegal ivory trade, 50 wildlife groups say. (NA comment: Definitely a headline you will never see on the CITES web site or […]
More regional flights boost inter island connectivity among Vanilla Island members
AIR SEYCHELLES UPS MAURITIUS FLIGHTS FROM THREE TO FOUR A WEEK (Posted 15th April 2015) Inter-island air capacity is set to rise from the 28th of this month when Air Seychelles will add a fourth weekly flight between Mauritius and Mahe, reflecting the increase in demand for travel between the two islands. While most of […]
Incentive destination Reunion
REUNION, THE NEW INCENTIVE DESTINATION (Posted 15th April 2015) Annie Claude Miara, CEO of SDT Events and inspite of her young looks a veteran in the industry, earlier this week went on record in Reunion to explain what make the incentive industry tick and why more and more incentive organizers are taking a fresh look […]
Low Cost Airline announces more flights to Zambia and Zimbabwe
FASTJET ADDS FOURTH FLIGHT TO LUSAKA AND HARARE (Posted 15th April 2015) Fastjet, which yesterday formally celebrated the launch of their new route from Kilimanjaro to Entebbe, has announced extra flights from Dar es Salaam to both Lusaka and Harare. A fourth weekly flight has been added, due to growing demand on these routes, the […]
Brussels Airport takes overall prize at the Routes Europe 2015 Marketing Awards
While my blog happily flies with Brussels Airlines, here is some more good news … Brussels Airport named the best in Europe … and ain’t that the truth … Brussels Airport takes overall prize at the Routes Europe 2015 Marketing Awards Last night during the Networking Evening at the historic Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, […]
No Paramotor flight, no Hyrax sightings and yet a successful visit
THE TALE OF THE HUNT FOR THE HYRAX (Posted 15th April 2015) Spending a night or a few inside the Mabira rainforest inevitably brings one close up to the sounds of the forest, during the day with birdsong, the chatter of the monkeys high up in the giant trees and at times the sudden flight […]
It is 40 years for ATA as the organization returns once more to Kenya
THE AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION RETURNS TO NAIROBI IN NOVEMBER (Posted 15th April 2015) The Africa Travel Association, dedicated to exclusively promoting tourism to Africa, will hold its 40th Annual World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya between the 09th and 14th of November. The international tourism meeting will be hosted by the Kenya Ministry of East African […]
Uganda’s sports journalists get airline support for their annual gala night
BRUSSELS AIRLINES UGANDA SUPPORTS THE UGANDA SPORTS JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (Posted 15th April 2015) AIPS President Gianni Merlo will travel like a boss, courtesy of Brussels Airlines’ Uganda office, after country manager Sebastiaan Spijkers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of the Uganda chapter of the international sports press association, Mr. Sabiiti Muwanga. Gianni […]
No 383 Wildlife Trade News: 14th April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… In Vietnam, rampant wildlife smuggling thrives. EXTRACT: The country is a major thoroughfare for wildlife goods bound for China, which arrive overland from Cambodia, Thailand and Laos; by ship from Malaysia and Indonesia. “After China, Vietnam is […]
Routes Europe heads to Kraków in 2016
Routes Europe ends in Scotland as baton handed to Poland for the 2016 event Routes Europe heads to Kraków in 2016 Europe’s leading route development forum will return to Poland next year when Routes Europe 2016 will take place in Kraków on 24-26 April, 2016. Following a highly successful Routes Europe 2015 in Aberdeen, Scotland, […]
How best to deal with frivolous law suits when it affects a country’s economy
KENYA PILOT’S UNION LATEST CASE AGAINST KENYA AIRWAYS EXPOSES SHOCKING LACK OF COMPETENCE (Posted 14th April 2015) ‘Just ask yourself how any of the planes Kenya Airways or Jambojet presently has on their fleet, will be able to land in Ukunda or in Lamu’ asked a regular aviation source when passing the news last night […]
Reunion makes inroads into the incentive group market
REUNION HOSTS 280 INCENTIVE GROUP VISITORS (Posted 14th April 2015) A destination with many unique attractions meeting the ideals of adventure seekers as much as those just wanting to laze by a beach, is Reunion, a UNESCO World Heritage for Humanity Site, in growing demand. Volkswagen France took advantage of the island’s reputation and magnetic […]
Codeshared Nairobi Guangzhou flights to rise to 10 later this year
SKYTEAM PARTNER CHINA SOUTHERN SET TO ANNOUNCE GUANGZHOU – NAIROBI FLIGHTS (Posted 14th April 2015) Kenya Airways’ codeshare partner on the route from Nairobi to Guangzhou, China Southern, is finalizing arrangements to commence their own flights, adding capacity between the two countries. The route is presently served daily by a Boeing B787 Dreamliner, operated by […]
Rwanda’s tourism industry shows sharp growth in contrast to other EAC countries
RWANDA KICKS THE EAST AFRICAN TRENDS IN 2014 WITH CONTINUED TOURISM GROWTH (Posted 14th April 2015) When the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department yesterday shared their key data for the year 2014, there was immense pride which could be sensed, as the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ once again recorded sustained growth from […]
Quo Vadis European Aviation asks John Grant at the start of the Routes Europe 2015 Summit
Routes Europe 2015 opens with Strategy Summit on “Changing Skies of Europe” 13 April 2015 Routes Europe 2015 officially opened in Aberdeen, Scotland yesterday with the hard-hitting Strategy Summit. The packed audience at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Scotland, followed an engaging and thought-provoking discussion on the changing skies of Europe. John Grant, executive […]
Food tourism – precisely, FOOD TOURISM … read on to find out more
The UNWTO is hosting the world’s inaugural Forum on Food Tourism in Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain from the 27th to the 28th of April and their media release from last evening gives all the relevant details: The 1st UNWTO World Forum on Food Tourism will provide a valuable platform to exchange experiences, enhancing the understanding […]
Safari Trails Newsletter – April 2015
Excerpts from the latest Safari Trail Newsletter … AN OASIS IN THE WILDERNESS – SARARA CAMP In the northern frontier of Kenya lies the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, an area of 850,000 acres of pristine wilderness in the Mathews Range. The Savannah plains and lush mountain slopes are home to elephant, leopard, reticulated giraffe, wild dog […]
No 382 Wildlife Trade News: 13th April
Another week and another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Mumbai Crime: Duo nabbed at T2 trying to smuggle 183 live turtles – to MALAYSIA (NA comment: Yet again we see MALAYSIA implicated in the illegal wildlife trade. WHY? because the CITES Standing Committee and […]
Lillian Gaitho kicks off the week with her take on the EA Digital Summit
Weekend or not, if a few days go by without a guest post by Lillian Gaitho, questions are being asked … Well dear readers, STAY CALM … she is back … East Africa Digital Summit: Optimizing on Mobile Technology for Effective Marketing Communication · Mobile data traffic expected to increase 20-fold in the period 2013-2019 […]
Chris Diaz delivers address at Ivy League University in New York
SHOWING AMERICA A DIFFERENT, THE REAL KENYA (Posted 13th April 2015) Columbia University’s students and who is who on the academic and administrative staff were reportedly in awe when listening to one of Kenya’s great marketers, Chris Diaz. Considering that Columbia is one of the eight Ivy League universities in the United States, it certainly […]
Directions and map to the new Terminal 2 in Nairobi
WHERE IS THE NEW TERMINAL 2 AT JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Posted 13th April 2015) Considering the number of mails, social media messages and even phone calls received after posting the most recent articles on the shift of flight operations to the new Terminal 2, it can only be imagined how the Kenya Airport Authority […]
Airline offers support to tourism rebranding campaign
FASTJET SUPPORTS TANZANIA’S REBRANDING CAMPAIGN (Posted 13th April 2015) The recently announced new PR and marketing campaign to create a new and better image for Tanzania’s tourism industry in key consumer markets, worth some 1.5 million US Dollars, has received broad support from stakeholders. The latest to throw their hat in the ring is Fastjet, […]
More airlines shift operations at JKIA to new Terminal 2
FLY 540 COMPLETES MOVE TO NEW TERMINAL 2 (Posted 13th April 2015) Fly540 and the Kenya Airport Authority have both confirmed overnight that the airline has shifted all their departures, domestic and regional, into the new Terminal 2 which opened a few days ago. A source close to KAA has also indicated that over the […]
