More woes for the B787 Dreamliner as inspections reveal hairline cracks on wings
BOEING CONFIRMS THAT INSPECTIONS OF CRACKS IN B787 WINGS MAY DELAY DELIVERIES (Posted 08th March 2014) An apparent manufacturing problem has prompted Boeing to inspect the wings of a number of B787 Dreamliner aircraft which have not yet been delivered to customers, as they search for evidence of hairline cracks. From information received this affects […]
Vietnamese Prime Minister tackles Wildlife crime
Updates from the Conservation Action Trust New posts from the Conservation Action Trust. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za Vietnamese Prime Minister tackles wildlife crime Influential Chinese business leaders say no to ivory Wildlife Extra | Feb 2014 | February 2014: More than 30 business leaders […]
Seychelles Carnival next now that the Carnival is over in Germany
GERMANY’S CARNIVAL HOTSPOTS TAKE KEEN INTEREST IN SEYCHELLES EVENT (Posted 08th March 2014) From the Seychelles to the main carnival parade in Duesseldorf / Germany, one of Deutschland’s carnival hotspots and back again from Duesseldorf to Victoria is the road (or rather ‘air ways’) groups from both cities were and will be taking to keep […]
Kenya takes fight for market share to China
KENYA TOURISM TAKES AIM AT CHINESE MARKET (Posted 08th March 2014) The Kenya Tourism Board and 11 companies from Kenya are taking their marketing efforts to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou immediately after the ITB 2014 has ended, it was learned yesterday. This is the second time Kenya is rolling out a dedicated sales and […]
Rwanda’s tourism stats for 2013 all record continued growth
TOURISM ARRIVALS IN RWANDA UP BY 6 PERCENT WHILE REVENUES RISE BY 4 PERCENT (Posted 07th March 2014) Figures released by the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department confirm the continued trend of sectoral growth in tourism, as arrival numbers in 2013 rose by 6 percent to 1.137.000 visitors while earnings in the sector […]
Telecom takeovers reduce competition and may result in sharply higher tariffs
MOBILE OPERATOR CONSOLIDATION GATHERS PACE BUT REDUCES COMPETITION (Posted 07th March 2014) When last year Airtel Uganda took over rival Warid Telecom, few observers would have expected this trend to continue and in fact spread across the region. The move catapulted Airtel into the second position in Uganda with an estimated 7.5 million subscribers, behind […]
Precision ups flights on key domestic destinations but drops Entebbe
PRECISION UPS FLIGHTS TO KILIMANJARO, ZANZIBAR AND MTWARA BUT DROPS ENTEBBE (Posted 07th March 2014) Precision Air has just confirmed that effective 16th of March they will increase frequencies on key routes as a result of risen demand. Flights between Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro will go up from four a day to five a […]
February updates
News updates from the Chimpanzee Trust Uganda Chimpanzee Trust Uganda February 2014 Bulletin Greetings! Chimpanzee power struggle dynamics It’s been 6 months since the community on Ngamba Island lost their leader, Mika. This left a vacuum that has to be filled. Therefore through this time we have witnessed a series of changes in the group. […]
Spring into action for rhinos!
Updates from Save the Rhino International Horn-e-events. Spring into action! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. HORN-E-EVENTS SPRING 2014 We have lots of rhino-tastic events coming up in the next few months! Make sure you stay updated by visiting our website events page for all the latest events listings. Last […]
Kenya Airways most punctual again at Heathrow
KENYA AIRWAYS BAGS ‘MOST PUNCTUAL AIRLINE’ AT HEATHROW FOR THE THIRD TIME (Posted 07th March 2014) Kenya’s national airline Kenya Airways has for the third time been named by Heathrow Airport as the most punctual airline, leaving over 80 other carriers trailing in their wake again. From information provided by the airline’s General Manager UK, […]
Ol Pejeta Go Wild This March!
Ol Pejeta, one of Kenya’s leading conservancies where the Big Five can be seen with relative ease just 3 1/2 hours drive from Nairobi – or alternatively a 40 minute flight with Safarilink from Wilson Airport to Nanyuki – is giving you the chance to ‘Go Wild’ with them and support one of their new […]
Qatar Airways announces Haneda as third destination in Japan
QATAR AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES THIRD DESTINATION IN JAPAN (Posted 07th March 2014) Travelers using Qatar Airways from the airline’s East Africa gateways Entebbe, Kigali, Nairobi, Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam are offered a second choice when flying to Tokyo as the airline just announced the launch of daily flights from 18th of June onwards to Haneda […]
Common Visa finally launched at ITB
COALITION OF THE WILLING FORMALLY LAUNCHES COMMON TOURIST VISA (Posted 07th March 2014) One is tempted to say all is well which ends well, as after much ‘birthing complications’ the common tourist Visa for Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya has finally been launched last evening at the ITB in Berlin, where the three delegations, united under […]
Costa Cruises set for a return to the Indian Ocean for Vanilla Island tours
COSTA TO RETURN TO INDIAN OCEAN FOR VANILLA ISLAND CRUISES FROM EARLY 2015 (Posted 06th March 2014) The Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization landed a major coup when it was confirmed yesterday that Costa Cruises will return to the islands with two ships and a capacity of 1.600 passengers each from early January next year, […]
Jambojet bookings exceed 10.000 already in first week of going online
KENYA AIRWAYS CONFIRMS WITHDRAWAL FROM ELDORET IN FAVOUR OF JAMBOJET (Posted 06th March 2014) Kenya Airways yesterday formally notified travel agents, booked passengers and the public at large that they will withdraw from the Eldoret route and that flights, come 01st of April, will be operated low cost subsidiary Jambojet. This is the first confirmation […]
Appeals court stops release of blood ivory
COURT OF APPEAL HALTS RELEASE OF BLOOD IVORY (Posted 06th March 2014) Justice Kenneth Kakuru came to the rescue of the reputation of Uganda’s judiciary when he granted an injunction to the applicants Uganda Wildlife Authority and Uganda Revenue Authority, halting the release of blood ivory the two organizations confiscated last year. Judge Masalu Musene […]
Monthly Trumpet – February 2014
Enjoy the latest update from Save the Elephants The Monthly Trumpet – February 2014 web version | tell a friend | donate London Unites For Wildlife A quarter of a century ago a meeting in London sparked a transformation in the fate of elephants after an ivory poaching crisis that had halved the number of […]
Arnie Weissman’s view on ‘Boycott or not boycott Uganda’
Do we boycott Uganda? By Arnie Weissmann The sadness moves in every direction. Sympathy, first, for the gay men and women of Uganda, whose worst fears were realized last week when their president, Yoweri Museveni, signed a bill providing penalties for even speaking positively about homosexuality. Sympathy, next, for the thousands of tourism workers in […]
Reunion Tourism fights back against Paris based French bureaucrats
REUNION TAKES FIGHT FOR THE ISLAND’S TOURISM SECTOR TO THE PARIS BUREAUCRATS (Posted 06th March 2014) Following a recent audit report, produced by bureaucrats in Paris, questioning the validity and purpose of the island’s tourism promotion efforts, its partnership within the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Organization and breaking ranks vis a vis the mainland’s Visa […]
A word from Iain Douglas Hamilton on World Wildlife Day
Today is the inaugural World Wildlife Day, recently established by the UN General Assembly in order to celebrate our wild world and to urge us to step up the fight against wildlife crime in this precarious era. This morning Frank and I were at the Kenya Wildlife Service headquarters to celebrate the occasion, and found […]
Rhino Economics Discredited
News update from the Conservation Action Trust Rhino Economics Discredited Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za RHINO ECONOMICS DISCREDITED By Ian Michler Daily Maverick, 4 March 2014 The recently held London Conference on the illegal wildlife trade has made headlines for a number of reasons, not least of which was South Africa’s much criticized decision […]
Kenya Airways due to get 7 new wide body aircraft this year
KENYA AIRWAYS CONFIRMS CONTINUED GROWTH UNDER ‘PLAN MAWINGO’ (Posted 05th March 2014) It is a month to go until Kenya Airways will be able to welcome their first B787-8 Dreamliner in Nairobi, marking the next phase of roll out of the airline’s strategic ‘Plan Mawingo’, which outlines growth and expansion over the next 8 years. […]
Rwanda Rising
EUROMONEY NAMES RWANDA’S EUROBOND AS ‘DEAL OF THE YEAR 2013’ (Posted 05th March 2014) When Euromoney, one of the world’s leading finance magazines, recently named Rwanda’s first ever Eurobond as ‘2013 Deal of the Year’ only those who failed in the past to observe the Phoenix rise from the ashes could have been truly surprised, […]
Tanzania’s elephant census moves to the Northern circuit
TANZANIA TO LAUNCH ELEPHANT CENSUS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT (Posted 04th March 2014) Following the elephant census carried out late last year covering the Selous and Ruaha – which came back with devastating results about a very sharp drop in elephant numbers – have news emerged that the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute will shortly commence […]
Tourism crisis talks ahead of ITB address key stakeholder concerns
PRESIDENT KENYATTA HOLDS CRISIS TALKS OVER TOURISM SECTOR’S PERFORMANCE (Posted 04th February 2014) Team Kenya, presently assembling in full strength in Berlin to attend the annual International Tourism Bourse – and their confidence clearly boosted by Lupita’s Oscar win as Best Supporting Actress – has reportedly taken comfort in the fact that President Kenyatta has […]
Abu Dhabi flights from Nairobi now exclusively operated by Etihad under code share with Kenya Airways
KENYA AIRWAYS LEAVES ABU DHABI ROUTE TO CODE SHARE PARTNER ETIHAD (Posted 04th March 2014) While citing ‘operational reasons’ for the suspension of direct flights by Kenya Airways – hitherto three times a week using a B737NG on the route – it is obvious that after taking a hard look at load factors for this […]
Reunion Tourism’s offers stakeholders a central booking system overview
REUNION HOLDS ANNUAL TRAINING SEMINAR FOR CENTRAL RESERVATION USERS (Posted 04th March 2014) Only recently did Ile de la Reunion Tourisme hold their annual training seminar, attended by over 80 partner organisations which make regular use of the booking facilities offered by IRT via their website. The participants gathered at the Village Bienvenue à Sainte-Marie […]
RwandAir’s new bird comes home to roost
BRAND NEW BOMBARDIER Q400 NEXTGEN JOINS RWANDAIR FLEET IN KIGALI (Posted 04th March 2014) Rwanda enjoyed another proud moment yesterday when national airline RwandAir flew in their latest acquisition, a Bombardier Q400 NextGen. After a low level flypast did the aircraft land to the traditional water cannon salute from Kigali International Airport’s fire brigade before […]
Lupita’s Oscar win a boost for Magical Kenya
TEAM KENYA GETS BOOST FOR ITB 2014 AS LUPITA WINS OSCAR (Posted 03rd March 2014) The timelines on the social media exploded this morning at 20 past 6 local East African time as Lupita won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ’12 Years a Slave’. Kenya has in the past featured […]
Qatar wants US Immigration pre-clearance status for new airport
QATAR SEEKS US IMMIGRATION PRE-CLEARANCE FOR HAMAD INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURES (Posted 03rd March 2014) Following the agreement between Abu Dhabi and the United States, to establish a US Immigration pre-clearance outpost at the international airport in Abu Dhabi for flights by Etihad into the United States, are now news emerging that Qatar too is negotiating for […]
