British oil explorer SOCO in major climbdown over Virunga oil deal
SOCO THROWS IN THE TOWEL AS SOCIAL MEDIA S***STORM UNSETTLES THE COMPANY (Posted 12th June 2014) Following the attempted assassination of the Virunga National Park chief game warden Emmanuel de Merode in mid April, has the UK oil exploration company SOCO found itself under virtual siege, with allegations flying high and low. As more and […]
Wednesday Wine Tasting and updates from No. 49 Cheese & Wine
In Kampala today and short of ideas where to go tonight?Why not visit No. 49 Cheese & Wine for their Wednesday Wine Tasting Latest news from No. 49 Cheese & Wine unsubscribe from this list Subscribe to our newsletter View this email in your browser With a stock of over 180 wines we have a […]
Ol Pejeta named top conservancy once again
OL PEJETA AGAIN NAMED BEST WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY (Posted 11th June 2014) Regularly described by this correspondent as Kenya’s most complete wilderness experience all in one place has the Ol Pejeta Conservancy just been voted again as the best of its kind by contributors to TripAdvisor, the world’s leading hotel and attractions review website. Home to […]
800 KG blood ivory bust in Hong Kong raises questions about vigilance in Africa
VIETNAMESE ARRESTED IN MAJOR HONG KONG BLOOD IVORY BUST (Posted 11th June 2014) Hong Kong airport security made an unexpected windfall bust of blood ivory, when their flight arrived in Hong Kong from Ethiopia. When the baggage was offloaded from the plane, and then routinely screened before being transferred to a connecting flight on to […]
Mauritius tourism under scrutiny – and for a change by others
MAURITIUS TOURISM UNDER SCRUTINY (Posted 11th June 2014) Mauritius tourism, as regularly reported here in previous editions, has suffered some significant setbacks in past years, when the island, once the undisputed market leader vis a vis tourist arrivals in the Indian Ocean, was relegated to the third position behind Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The […]
Korongo Airlines set for daily flights between Lubumbashi and Kinshasa
KORONGO PUBLISHES NEW SUMMER SCHEDULE (Posted 11th June 2014) Congo’s Korongo Airlines, a partnership between Brussels Airlines and local financiers and Congo’s only airline meeting EASA safety standards, has announced that they will effective 15th June offer daily flights between their base Lubumbashi and the capital Kinshasa. Four of the flights will operate nonstop while […]
Kenya’s Foreign Secretary leads delegation to the Seychelles
SEYCHELLES AND KENYA SET FOR CLOSER ECONOMIC COOPERATION (Posted 11th June 2014) Information was just received about a visit by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Amina Mohamed, to the Seychelles where she met President James Alix Michel yesterday. A range of areas of mutual interest like ocean security, economic development, cultural exchanges and improved […]
Tanzania’s Prof. Mutayoba set to receive Buffet Foundation Award
TANZANIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST WINS BUFFET AWARD (Posted 11th June 2014) Information was received yesterday evening that Prof. Dr. Benezeth Mutayoba, from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture and vice chairman of the Tanzania Elephant Protection Society, who regularly highlights the plight of African elephants and the bush-meat crisis in Africa, is this year’s recipient of the National […]
Brazzaville and Kinshasa to get separate daily flights from Ethiopian by 01st September
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCES SEPARATION OF KINSHASA AND BRAZZAVILLE FLIGHTS (Posted 10th June 2014) Ethiopian Airlines has now confirmed that they will separate the two destinations of Kinshasa / Congo DR and Brazzaville / Republic of Congo from the first of September. Presently the airline operates a B787-8 aircraft on the triangular route which leaves Addis […]
Virunga National Park, the next sacrificial lamb on the altar of development?
THREATS TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK LINKED TO OIL INTERESTS (Posted 10th June 2014) The threats to the Virunga National Park and individual staff appear to continue unabated following the assassination attempt on Chief Park Warden Emmanuel de Merode in mid-April this year. Shot several times, as he was enroute back to […]
Hotel project casts doubts over future UNESCO WHS status of Zanzibar’s Stone Town
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS OF ZANZIBAR’S STONE TOWN UNDER SCRUTINY (Posted 10th June 2014) The status of Zanzibar’s ancient Stone Town as a cultural World Heritage Site, accorded in 2000 by UNESCO, will be coming under scrutiny in the run up to the next UNESCO General Assembly which will be held in Doha in July. […]
Kenya’s leading bus companies resume night schedules
KENYA’S TRANSPORT SECRETARY FINALLY YIELDS TO COURT RULINGS (Posted 10th June 2014) The largely seen as blatantly illegal night time drive ban for overland busses in Kenya is finally over, as several of the leading bus companies have now been cleared again for overnight schedules, connecting not only the Kenyan cities and upcountry towns with […]
US District Court Judge throws out court case against import ban on game trophies
US FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS BAN ON GAME TROPHY IMPORTS FROM TANZANIA (Posted 09th June 2014) Hunting companies in Tanzania and Zimbabwe are left to count their losses as a court case brought in the United States against recent new regulations, banning the import of game trophies from the two countries by the Obama administration, failed […]
New catering unit to serve Kigali International Airport
KIGALI’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SET FOR NEW CATERING UNIT (Posted 09th June 2014) Details are beginning to emerge from Kigali that a new catering unit is under construction at the international airport. On completion will the new facility by and large take over the catering now prepared by some of Kigali’s leading hotels, operating from a […]
New museums planned in Rwanda to remember the fight to end the genocide
RWANDA TO LAUNCH ‘CAMPAIGN AGAINST GENOCIDE MUSEUM’ AT PARLIAMENT IN KIGALI (Posted 09th June 2014) Information is coming out of Kigali that July 04th, which will mark the 20th anniversary of the end of the genocide, will be commemorated with the launch of a new museum located at the national parliament in Kigali. Already has […]
Karibu Fair 2014 proves its value once again as exhibition ended on Sunday
KARIBU TRAVEL MARKET TANZANIA ENDS ON HIGH NOTE (Posted 09th June 2014) East Africa’s premier international travel trade show, the Karibu Travel Market Tanzania, ended yesterday in Arusha with exhibitors reportedly happy with the interest shown in Tanzania and East Africa at large by buyers who had come to attend the show to get up […]
Condor to launch another Mombasa flight from 26th of June
CONDOR ANNOUNCES ANOTHER FLIGHT TO MOMBASA FROM FRANKFURT / GERMANY (Posted 09th June 2014) Condor, part of the Thomas Cook Group and Germany’s leading leisure airline, has given tourism stakeholders at the Kenya coast some added hope for better times ahead, when after receiving an extra flight a week, routing via Kilimanjaro, the station manager […]
Seychelles participate in Eastern and Southern African border security exercise
SEYCHELLES BOOSTS BORDER SECURITY BY PARTICIPATING IN ‘USALAMA 1’ (Posted 08th June 2014) Member states of EAPCCO and SARPCCO, short for Eastern – and Southern respectively – Africa Police Cooperation Organization, last week came together to conduct a two day exercise covering both airports and seaports, where available, in an attempt to improve border security […]
Ugandan MP at the wrong end of the stick during visit to Namibia
POLITICAL TOURISTS FROM UGANDA AT THE WRONG END OF THE STICK IN NAMIBIA (Posted 08th June 2014) Political tourists, mainly comprising parliamentary or other administrative organs’ delegations visiting fellow countries in Africa to learn about the ways how they do business there and address similar challenges, form a major part of the travelling community, benefitting […]
Korongo resumes domestic flights today
KORONGO RESUMES DOMESTIC FLIGHTS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT (Posted 07th June 2014) Following the voluntary suspension of domestic flights early this week, after ICAO had declared Congo in default over insufficient navigation aids, has Korongo now announced the resumption of domestic flights and issued the following statement: KORONGO RESUMES FLIGHT OPERATIONS Dear Partners, We are delighted […]
Graduation Day for 212 students at Seychelles Tourism Academy
SEYCHELLES TOURISM ACADEMY GRADUATES 212 STUDENTS (Posted 07th June 2014) Earlier this week did the Seychelles Tourism Academy hold a graduation ceremony, which was graced by the presence of Vice President Danny Foure and the Minister for Tourism and Culture Alain St. Ange. Among the 212 students were also 10 post graduate ‘sommeliers’ who underwent […]
Arusha Safari Marathon set for 07th September
THREE MONTHS TO GO UNTIL THE ARUSHA SAFARI MARATHON (Posted 07th June 2014) The fifth edition of the Safari Marathon will be run in Arusha, aka East Africa’s Safari Capital, in three months’ time on the 07th of September. Past events attracted thousands of runners from Tanzania, the entire region and further abroad for the […]
Reunion excels at Korean World Tourism Fair
REUNION MAKES WAVES AT KOREAN TOURISM FAIR (Posted 06th June 2014) Vanilla Islands member Reunion made a big impact on the Korean World Travel Fair in Seoul, the South Korean capital city, where last week some 120.000 visitors streamed through the exhibition halls. IRT’s stand was in demand by both tourism trade visitors as well […]
The fallout of anti travel advisories now spreads into wildlife conservation
BRITAIN’S ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES CLAIM MORE VICTIMS (Posted 06th June 2014) The fallout of Britain’s anti travel advisories against Kenya continues to pile up numbers, as thousands of workers at the Kenya coast have already been laid off and their families fact a very uncertain future, with kids likely to miss schooling, evictions from rented […]
New publications from UNWTO
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Major blood ivory haul seized in Mombasa
KENYAN SECURITY SEIZES NEARLY 300 TUSKS IN MOMBASA (Posted 06th June 2014) Reports began to emerge yesterday morning of a major blood ivory haul found in Mombasa’s Tudor estate and one of the suspects taken into custody, setting the social media alight once again with both congratulations to the Kenyan police and other security organs […]
SHTA elects new Executive Committee
SHTA ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP (Posted 05th June 2014) The Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association has during the annual general meeting elected a new leadership which will serve Seychelles’ primary private sector association for at least the next one year. 12 members were chosen for the executive committee during the AGM and at the first sitting […]
Minister St. Ange meets Mauritius parliamentary delegation
Seychelles News SEYCHELLES’ TOURISM MINISTER MEETS WITH MAURITIUS PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION (Posted 05th June 2014) When Seychelles celebrated the 50th anniversary of Party LEPEP, and its predecessor organizations, earlier this week, during which occasion President James Alix Michel launched a book about former head of state Albert Rene titled ‘Albert Rene – The Father of the […]
Monthly Trumpet – May 2014
Elephant news from Save the Elephants web version | tell a friend | donate An Epic Evening for Elephants in Malibu Hollywood stars, billionaire producers and a pod of California Grey Whales all made appearances at the Sundown Gala in Malibu on 10th May, an event to raise money for the STE/WCN Elephant Crisis Fund. […]
TripAdvisor holds seminars for tourism trade in Reunion
REUNION TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATE IN TRIP ADVISOR SEMINAR (Posted 05th June 2014) Reunion’s tourism office IRT, in response to requests made by the island’s tourism stakeholders, has invited Trip Advisor to conduct a series of seminars in order to allow for a better understanding of the services and opportunities this globally leading website offers to […]
