No 234 Wildlife Trade News 11th October 2014
More gory details of the destruction left by poaching andillegal wildlife trade … time to act … in the spotlight today …………………… Chinese chamber of commerce at heart of wildlife trafficking route (Cambodia) http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2014/chinese-chamber-of-commerce-at-heart-of-wildlife-trafficking-route/ No 234 Wildlife Trade News 11th October 2014 Blood ivory on Sri Lanka’s hands extract: Sri Lanka has been urged to […]
No 233 Wildlife Trade News 10th October 2014
And a few hard hitting truths about illegal wildlife trade andwhat CITES is doing about it, or rather what CITES is NOT doing about it … This will from now on be a regular feature here, every time I get a news update from them in the spotlight today …………………… China “main destination” for illegally […]
Think Pink, ACT NOW
Valid words from MH, Tanzania’s fashion guru … This Breast cancer awareness aims raise the public’s "brand awareness" for breast cancer, its detection, its treatment, and the need for a reliable, permanent cure. Increased awareness has increased the number of women receiving mammograms, the number of breast cancers detected, and the number of women receiving […]
Vote for Us as the “World Leading Hotel Brand”
Vote for us … and not just Serena which has made this public appeal but for properties across Eastern Africa, to be sure we are and remain on the global map of having the best of the best in our region. Having any problems seeing this newsletter? View this email in your browser Serena Hotels […]
If Kenya can still impress me it surely can impress any visitor
STAYING AT AN AWARD WINNING HOTEL DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE – REFLECTIONS ON ANOTHER VISIT TO NAIROBI (Posted 11th October 2014) Questions like ‘But will you be safe’ or ‘Are you not scared to go there’ continue to amaze me and normally prompt a response on social media, both open Timeline and DM like ‘Really? […]
Interpol takes the fight against poaching to East Africa
INTERPOL SENDS TEAM TO EAST AFRICA TO TACKLE WILDLIFE CRIMES (Posted 11th October 2014) When the coin finally dropped on the Western countries, that poaching had substituted ocean terrorism, aka piracy, off the East African coast as a main source for funding for extremist groups like Al Shabab, did a scramble begin to tackle this […]
LYNNE LEAKEY
Lynne Leakey – her Kenyan journey has ended …Impressions by Rebecca Chandler, with thanks for the permission to reproduce it on my blog. I love African elephant ears when they flap. I love waking up to elephant rumbles outside my tent. I love curious elephant babies peeking out from under mom. I love that elephants […]
MKTE 2014 sets new attendance records
MAGICAL KENYA TRAVEL EXPO ENDS ON HIGH NOTE (Posted 11th October 2014) Participants from East Africa in the just ended Magical Kenya Travel Expo, namely delegations from Uganda, Rwanda and representatives from South Sudan, were invited by the East African Tourism Platform, the regional tourism trade apex body, to a meeting at the Sarova Stanley […]
Come November 29th it is all about birds in Uganda, those of the feathered kind
NATURE UGANDA ANNOUNCES DATE FOR THE NEXT ‘BIG BIRDING DAY’ (Posted 10th October 2014) Uganda will once again showcase her rich birdlife to Ugandan, regional and international participants in the 2014 Big Birding Day. The various activities this year are taking place between 27th and 29th of November, the Saturday being the main day to […]
Confidence grows among Seychelles tourism circles to reach new arrival records for 2014
SEYCHELLES ANNUAL ARRIVAL STATISTICS NOW ALMOST AT PAR WITH 2013 (Posted 10th October 2014) After a challenging first half of 2014, when arrival figures showed a softening trend with key markets in Europe underperforming, has hope now returned into the hallways of the tourism board and the tourism ministry that, come 31st of December, another […]
IIPT October Newsletter
News update from eTN partner International Institute for Peace Through Tourism October 2014 UNWTO Secretary General, Dr. Taleb Rifai to be Keynote Speaker at IIPT World Symposium Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will be a keynote speaker at the groundbreaking IIPT World Symposium: Cultivating Sustainable and Peaceful Communities […]
Health Me Up!, African Rental Housing Conference, Oktoberfest 2014 & Horse Racing: The Spanish Cup & The Jim Kidman Bowl
Kenya is buzzing again with activities and places to gowhere things happen … find out all about East Africa’s most vibrant city, Nairobi, and what you as a visitor, or as a local can do over the next week, courtesy as always of KenyaBuzz e-Weekly Having trouble viewing this email? Click here October 10th – […]
Eco Tourism Kenya’s award gala night turns out to be the highlight of MKTE2014
AND THE ECO WARRIORS 2014 ARE … (Posted 10th October 2014) The annual Eco Warrior Awards this year took place in front of a record audience, which included 170 hosted buyers from 36 countries around the world, invited media representatives and of course Kenya’s who is who, none of whom wanted to miss witnessing the […]
Fleet renewal and expansion gathers pace as Kenya Airways expects Dreamliner Number 6 next week
DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR KENYA AIRWAYS COMING UP (Posted 09th October 2014) It is now two months already that Kenya Airways phased out all their six B767-300ER’s which faithfully served the airline for many years, and much longer than initially anticipated, as the state of the art B787-8 Dreamliner deliveries were delayed for reasons repeatedly explained […]
Seychelles’ latest new hotel set to open on 18th of October
EDEN BLEU HOTEL SET TO OPEN WITH A BIG BANG JUST DAYS AHEAD OF FESTIVAL KREOL (Posted 09th October 2014) Eden Island’s first hotel, variably described as a business hotel as well as a residence, is set to open to the sounds of UB 40 which will be staging a show on Eden Island on […]
Fastjet still awaits clearance for Nairobi flights as results again improve
ANOTHER RECORD MONTH FOR FASTJET’S TANZANIA OPERATIONS (Posted 09th October 2014) September ended for Fastjet with a record breaking number of 57.756 passengers carried and a loadfactor of overall 74 percent, up nearly 80 percent compared to the same month a year ago. Punctuality, compared to August, reduced slightly to 88 percent of all departures […]
Magical Kenya – safe to visit and open for business
KENYA’S ACTING PRESIDENT TELLS MKTE2014 ATTENDEES THAT MAGICAL KENYA IS SAFE (Posted 09th October 2014) Over 170 hosted buyers and representatives of the over 100 exhibitors filled the Kenyatta International Convention Centre’s Aberdare Room to the brim yesterday when Kenya’s Acting President William S. Ruto officially opened this year’s Magical Kenya Travel Expo, his presence […]
Mozambique elephants obliterated
More news updates from the Conservation Action Trust Mozambique elephants obliterated. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Mozambique elephants obliterated Mail & Guardian | 03 October, 2014 | Estacios Valoi | Environmentalists warned in mid-September that killing for ivory by organised syndicates was being carried out on an “industrialised” scale […]
Lynne Leakey’s final safari in Kenya
Part of Lynne’s ashes will tomorrow be taken to one of her favourite spots in Kenya, Ithumba, by a handful of her closest friends, and finally scattered, according to her wishes, on Friday morning. Let the wind carry you with it my friend as you surely now are a guardian angel for the elephants.
Sauti za Busara News
The latest news update from Zanzibar’s best known festival Sauti za Busara (Mailing list information, including how to remove yourself, is located at the end of this message.) Read newsletter on, browser Do not reply to this email address. If you would like to get in touch please use busara Read the newsletter in: Francais […]
Done the beaches, done the safari parks and then there is Golf in Kenya
GOLF SET TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE ONCE MKTE2014 ENDS ON FRIDAY (Posted 08th October 2014) While the who is who of Kenya’s tourism industry will from this morning onwards showcase their properties and the country’s wide range of attractions, will Kenya’s golfing fraternity look keenly forward to Friday when the annual Kenya Golf Trophy competition […]
Sustainable tourism – fact and fiction
NEW REPORT BY STTA TAKES STOCK ON TOURISM’S SUSTAINABILITY IN KENYA (Posted 08th October 2014) Ms. Judy Kepher-Gona of the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda, will tomorrow present a fresh off the press report on sustainable tourism, which was provoked by changing consumer choices where ever more travelers actually make their decisions which hotels or […]
Need information about Burundi and Rwanda? Look no further!
THE SERVICEMAG HELPS TO PUT BURUNDI AND RWANDA ON THE MAP (Posted 08th October 2014) The SERVICEMAG, now published in Burundi and in Rwanda with separate editions, has established itself as the main locally produced business and lifestyle magazine which has become a reference point in its own right over the years in Rwanda and […]
60 days and counting to the Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam
SWAHILI FASHION WEEK NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS A FASHION TOURISM EVENT (Posted 08th October 2014) The annual Swahili Fashion Week is now less than two months away and preparations are in high gear to once again deliver perfection for Mustafa Hassanali’s signature fashion event. Now in its seventh year will 24 of Eastern Africa’s best […]
Nonstop from Amsterdam to Entebbe – now three times a week
KLM UPS UGANDA CAPACITY WITH THREE NONSTOP FLIGHTS (Posted 07th October 2014) Good news were received from the KLM Kampala office which confirmed that effective 28th of October three of the now daily flights will be de-linked from the stopover in Kigali and become nonstop services. Ugandans travelling abroad, or returning home and visitors from […]
Who wouldn’t want to be named an EcoWarrior? Two days and counting for the 2014 winners!
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR KENYA’S ECO WARRIOR AWARDS 2014 (Posted 07th October 2014) It is just two days to go now until this year’s Eco Warriors’ will be known in the 14 categories available for awards and it is time to let the readers have the finalists in the various fields. These are normally […]
It is listen and learn as MKTE’s Symposium day launches the 2014 edition of East Africa’s most important international tourism trade show
MAGICAL KENYA TRAVEL EXPO KICKS OFF IN THE MORNING WITH SEMINAR SESSIONS (Posted 07th October 2014) This year’s Magical Kenya Travel Expo will actually start in the morning already, a day ahead of the advertised dates, to allow for a full day of interaction in seminars packed with key note speakers. First launched last year […]
Re-launch of Mwanza flights gives RwandAir 17 destinations overall.
RWANDAIR RETURNS TO MWANZA (Posted 07th October 2014) RwandAir has just announced that they will resume flights to Mwanza, Tanzania’s lakeside city, effective 01st of November this year. Flight WB 470/1 will operate initially every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, using the airline’s Bombardier Q400NextGen, leaving Kigali at 13.30 hrs local time and arriving in Mwanza […]
New airline for Tanzania promises to be up and flying before Christmas
FLY SAX TANZANIA ANNOUNCES LAUNCH DATE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Posted 07th October 2014) Fly Sax (Tanzania) has announced that they are looking at a mid-December operations launch, using a Bombardier Q 400 with 68 seats to fly between Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Kigoma. It is understood that recruitment of staff is presently ongoing and […]
Lamu’s tourism industry in urgent need of a bail out and rescue package
ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES AND CURFEW COMBINE TO DESTROY LAMU’S TOURISM SECTOR (Posted 06th October 2014) Stark news are emerging from Lamu, that the owners of several hotels are ready to throw in the towel and put their properties on the market, not that there will be many takers since the tourism industry in this ancient […]
