Lillian Gaitho’s thoughts about going on a cruise …
This may be one of Lillian’s last contributions beforeshe begins her maternity leave – expected really any day from now – so read it with anticipation because it may be a while before she makes a comeback here … Going On a Cruise? 6 Tips to See You through the Waters! We are a happy […]
News from and about Lillian Gaitho
Lillian, Head of PR for Jovago.Com in Nairobi, has been a regular contributor on this blog for quite some time.From feedback received she has established herself as a brand of her own and readers look forward to her columns and topics week after week. Yesterday, finally, has Lillian lifted a little secret this correspondent was […]
Double Your Impact for Lions!
Ewaso Lions’ Christmas Message December 2015 A Matching Gift Will Double the Impact of Your Donation for Lions Every single day this year, our team was in the field working to conserve lions in northern Kenya. It was a year of challenges and also a time of growth for our programs. We are so fortunate […]
Quality Control – one of Reunion’s secrets of success
Quality Tourism Reunion Island: Twenty-four new providers get certified (Posted 17th December 2015) Quality is an important issue in the development of the tourist industry. The Reunion Island Tourism Board (IRT) has therefore focused strongly on the establishment of a regional label to local tourism providers in the areas of accommodation, catering, sports and culture, […]
Ol Pejeta This message will make you very angry
This message did make me angry and it should make any conservation minded person angry too … once again are the nouvelle riche in the cross hairs similar to past news when Gulf royals shot their hunting concession areas in Tanzania empty or game was illegally exported from Tanzania to Qatar … make your feelings […]
Keep the Rhino Dog Squad fighting fit this Christmas
News updates from Save the Rhino International … Help dogs save rhinos in Kenya Email not displaying correctly? View online > CARING FOR THE DOG SQUAD This Christmas, the Rhino Dog Squad urgently needs your support for everything from veterinary bills to tasty treats. Without the dog units, poaching could be far worse. So please […]
South Sudan’s currency, finally left to float, hits new lows
A BROKEN CURRENCY JOINS BROKEN AGREEMENTS IN A BROKEN COUNTRY (Posted 16th December 2015) Two years of civil war, almost to the day, have left South Sudan’s civil society torn apart and the economy in utter ruins. Peace agreement after peace agreement was broken, with the latest outbreak of fighting in the southern town of […]
Winter in Europe – Summer in Reunion
( Visiting Reunion – there is no time like the present (Posted 16th December 2015) In the southern hemisphere, summer is in full swing at this time of the year, especially on Reunion Island, a French region deep in the Indian Ocean, while on the mainland winter is spreading with cold and rain. Anyone who […]
Special announcement: Your free holiday greeting on eTurboNews
Greet your tourism trade partners by posting your Seasons Greetings via eTN Post your free Holiday Greeting on eTurboNews Share you season’s greetings with 230,000+ eTN readers click here Global Travel & Tourism events … did you list your favorite trade show, meeting for 2016/17? click here Post your press releases on eTN in 2016 […]
Competitive Cooperation is the key word for the Arusha / Moshi tourism fairs
TWO TRADE FAIRS – ONE PURPOSE: PROMOTING TOURISM TO TANZANIA (Posted 16th December 2015) The year 2015 clearly was a year of many challenges for the tourism sectors in East Africa. Perhaps with the exception of Rwanda, where according to insider information numbers and revenues were, albeit more slowly than in the past, still growing, […]
361 Degrees managed #SFW2015 and Awards
A review of the Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago, the East African region’s largest and most significant fashion event. 361 Degrees, an all inclusive agency, organised and managed the 8th Edition of Swahili Fashion Week & Awards held from 4th to 6th December. 361 Degrees P.O.Box 10684 Dar es Salaam, […]
Safety first as Qatar Airways now bans Lithium Ion battery powered ‘vehicles’
QATAR AIRWAYS FIRST TO IMPOSE BAN ON LITHIUM BATTERY POWERED ‘TOYS’ (Posted 15th December 2015) Following recent revelations about the stability, or rather instability of Lithium Ion batteries, has Qatar Airways now as the first of the global airline community taken measures to keep devices powered by such battery packs out of their passenger aircraft. […]
Latest News from Zambia Tourism for 12/15/2015
News from Zambia … Everything you need to know about Tourism in Zambia you can find right here! Explore The Real Africa We have all the latest news from Zambia that you need to hear about! Remember that if you have any articles or news stories that you think we need to hear about on […]
Watamu Waste Recycling Xmas Wish List
Here is the Christmas wishlist of the Watamu Community Waste Recycling Centre which is associated with the Watamu Marine Association. They are looking for used or unwanted: 1. Plastic water tanks of any size for residents to deposit their plastic and glass waste 2. Tarpaulins for our composting and tree nursery areas 3. 2 fire […]
Kenya Airways and Amadeus extend winning deal
KENYA AIRWAYS EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH AMADEUS (Posted 15th December 2015) Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, and Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, have signed a long-term full content agreement that enables the airline to reach Amadeus’ network of travel agencies across the world. The agreement provides Amadeus subscribers […]
HAPPY HOLIDAYS – TEAM UGANDA
Uganda’s Brussels Airlines team in Kampala wishes all their faithful passengers and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2016 … Brussels Airlines – Now flying four times a week between Entebbe and the European capital city Brussels
It is record breaking season in the Seychelles as the national airline too tops last year’s numbers
NEW PASSENGER RECORDS FOR AIR SEYCHELLES IN LINE WITH RECORD ARRIVALS (Posted 15th December 2015) Etihad partner Air Seychelles has reason to celebrate as the airline yesterday welcomed its 500.000th passenger on board their flight from Paris to Mahe. Miss Olivia Kahn found herself at the centre of a major celebration when arriving from France […]
Ol Pejeta Be our Santa this Christmas
Ol Pejeta needs your Santa spirit … Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: Our letter to Santa Santa doesn’t come to Ol Pejeta. He worries about his reindeer with the lions. But when our baby rhino wrote us his Christmas wish list, we just didn’t have the heart to tell him. So we’re asking you to […]
Another African city gets connected to the Ethiopian Airlines’ global network
COME TOMORROW COME DURBAN FOR ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES (Posted 15th December 2015) Today not quite yet, but tomorrow will this route map of Ethiopian Airlines come into its own when the airline adds flights to the South African city of Durban. The service ET 845/844 will link Durban to and from Addis Ababa every Wednesday, Friday […]
Join the eTN Global Pavilion at OTM Trade Show Mumbai – no need to attend in person
Thinking of attending OTM in Mumbai next February? If so, save some money by joining up with the eTN stand at a fraction of the cost of establishing your own stand, especially for first time attenders … Dear eTN Reader, this is your invitation to join our pavilion at India’s largest travel show in Mumbai, […]
French sports legends try out surfing after authorities install anti shark nets on popular beaches
JOIN JOHANNE DEFAY AND RENAUD LAVILENNIE TO SURF AT REUNION’S BEACHES (Posted 14th December 2015) With the laying of anti-shark nets in Boucan Canot yesterday, Friday 11th December, it is again possible to enjoy water activities safely on this beach of the west coast of the island of Reunion. Already the next day did French […]
No more off line on board – Qatar Airways makes it possible across most fleet aircraft
QATAR AIRWAYS SIGNS DEAL TO PROVIDE ON BOARD INTERNET CONNECTIVITY (Posted 14th December 2015) Qatar Airways earlier today announced an initial three year partnership with Ooredoo, a major global player in the telecommunications world, to provide internet services for passengers travelling on aircraft already enabled for in-flight connectivity. Passengers travelling with Qatar Airways out of […]
? New: 4 flights weekly to Europe ?
Enjoy the traditional ‘Savoir Vivre’ in the air with Brussels Airlines, now flying four times a week from and to Entebbe … Online version Dear Friend of Brussels Airlines, As from now, Brussels Airlines offers 4 flights weekly between Brussels and Uganda, with an extra frequency on Wednesday with flight number SN471. Thanks to this […]
Congratulations Etihad Airways
And looking a little further into 2016 here are the dates for the PanPacific Airlines awards in Singapore. Congratulations Etihad Airways 2016 ATW Airline of the Year Complete winners list, including the Leadership Excellence recipient, will be announced through early January! Established in 1974 to recognize excellence in the air transport industry, an ATW Airline […]
oneworld press release: World Travel Awards’ best alliance title is oneworld’s eight of the year
Congrats to oneworld on this amazing accomplishment oneworld News World Travel Awards best alliance title is oneworld’s eighth of the year Monday, 14 December 2015 oneworld® has won its fourth best airline alliance award in two weeks – and its eighth of the year, confirming its position as the world’s most highly prized airline alliance. […]
Brazilian, Spanish dancers join Africans for Carnival Calabar 2015
More news from West Africa courtesy of Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News … re-broadcast on ATC News … talk of equal minds … Home | About Us | Contact Us Brazilian, Spanish beauties storm Calabar for Carnival One of the biggest carnival bands in Brazil, the Vai Vai Samba is to make its second appearance at […]
Samoan Circus set for Seychelles comeback
A BIGGER VERSION OF THE ‘CIRCUS OF SAMOA’ IS CONSIDERING COMING BACK TO SEYCHELLES IN FEBRUARY Bruno Loyale, the President and CEO of Loyale Investments Ltd, the promoters of the Circus of SAMOA was in Seychelles last week accompanied by his son Urima Matavao to hold meetings with Minister Alain St.Ange, the island’s Minister responsible […]
Launch of IIPT’s 30th anniversary year
News from the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism December 2015 Edition IIPT Launches 30th Anniversary Year at World Travel Market Special Event The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) launched the 30th anniversary of its birth this past month at a World Travel Market Special event. IIPT was born in 1986, the UN […]
The Burundi crisis can destabilize the entire region, prompting calls for intervention
QUO VADIS BURUNDI (Posted 14th December 2015) As burials are going underway in Bujumbura of the civilian victims of revenge killings by regime militias and soldiers following the attack on military installations last Friday, are the social media across East Africa for the first time raising the word ‘Genocide’ in comments, responses and contributions. Demands […]
Latest arrival statistics put critics of tourism board and ministry to shame
NEW VISITOR RECORD AS SEYCHELLES BREAK THROUGH THE 250.000 VISITOR MARK (Posted 12th December 2015) Effective 06th of December have more than 254.000 visitors set foot on the paradise islands of the Seychelles, an upswing of some 20 percent compared to a year ago when a new visitor record was established too. With a population […]
