Winner Best Safari Experience: Norman Carr Safaris
Congratulations to Norman Carr Safaris for being named the best of the best in what they do … Safari Awards 2015 Winners Announced View this email in your browser NORMAN CARR WALKING SAFARIS HONOURED WITH BEST SAFARI EXPERIENCE IN AFRICA London, 2nd November 2014 – Norman Carr Walking Safaris in Zambia was last night named […]
JUST 2 WEEKS FOR AFRAA 46 AGA!! Meet with us at booth 7-8
As part of AFRAA’s annual general assembly are additional activities planned for conference delegates to get added value out of their attendance. Here is but one example, and plenty more awaits those who have registered to go to Algiers. Less than two weeks to go, so fill in the forms, Visa can be obtained on […]
TAZARA gets a boost as China signs deal for new equipment
TAZARA TO GET NEW EQUIPMENT AHEAD OF UPCOMING JUBILEE DATES (Posted 03rd November 2014) Can it be that fifty years have passed already, well, 49 to be precise as this article goes to press as we used to say back then, or ‘being uploaded’ as the modern day version goes? Time sure flies and next […]
More woes for tourism recovery as Kenya heads to the World Travel Market
TWIN ATTACKS ON SECURITY FORCES INSTALLATIONS RAISES FEARS ABOUT TOURISM RECOVERY (Posted 03rd November 2014) Kenya’s tourism industry, already hard pressed this year vis a vis a series of security incidents earlier in the year, has yesterday suffered fresh challenges, as key stakeholders prepare to attend the 2014 edition of the World Travel Market. Twin […]
Holiday season – 5 Tips how to avoid the stress associated with travel
Lilian Gaitho, Head of PR at Jovago.com, shares her insights of how to avoid the stress which often marks the planning, leave alone the travel itself when trying to get away with the family for the holiday season.With less than 8 weeks to go until Christmas, this is part one of several more to come: […]
Ebola prevention, a genuine measure or just another bureaucratic attempt to make a travelers’ life more miserable?
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF TRAVEL IN THIS AGE OF EBOLA (Posted 03rd November 2014) The age of Ebola has again brought out the worst of bureaucratic impositions on travelers, at times giving the impression that those manning or wo-manning the desks are primarily ready to teach their ‘victims, aka clients, customers, arriving passengers and […]
Airline from the region considered for more fifth freedom right flights from Entebbe
MORE FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS ON THE WAY TO RESTORE LOST CONNECTIVITY (Posted 03rd November 2014) Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority, at a very low public opinion ranking after finishing off Air Uganda and Asante Aviation and putting the entire aviation industry in Uganda at the brink of ruin, is reportedly, albeit very slowly, discussing additional fifth […]
Malindi named as the 2014 most customer friendly Kenyan airport
MALINDI INTERNATIONAL BEATS THEM ALL (Posted 02nd November 2014) Malindi airport has in the annual Customer Service Survey of the Kenya Airports Authority beaten all the rivals, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Wilson to take the 2014 trophy as the most user friendly and efficient airport in Kenya. KAA Chief Executive Ms. Lucy Mbugua flew […]
State Department makes Burundi another no go area
US PUTS CURFEW ON AMERICANS IN BURUNDI (Posted 02nd November 2014) Burundians were swift in condemning the ‘NO WALKING AFTER DARK, NO USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT’prohibition order as a massive over-reaction when information came to light that the US State Department and the US Embassy in Bujumbura had put out such a stark warning. At […]
No 253 Wildlife Trade News 1st November 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… R4.5m worth of rhino horn seized extract: JOHANNESBURG – The South African Revenue Service says it’s made its single biggest rhino horn seizure to date. Its customs team at OR Tambo International Airport has […]
Launching Soon: 2014 Edition
East Africa’s fashionistas are already looking forward to the annual Swahili Fashion Week and the following update was received from Mustafa Hassanali while in fact in Tanzania earlier today. LAUNCHING SOON- SWAHILI FASHION WEEK 2014 The SEVENTH edition of East and Central Africa’s Largest Fashion Platform will be soon be officially launched to the public […]
More aircraft to boost RwandAir’s fleet in 2015 and 2016
RWANDAIR – GETTING READY TO GROW FURTHER (Posted 02nd November 2014) RwandAir’s General Manager Commercial Gobena Mikael used the opportunity of the launch flight to Mwanza yesterday to confirm what has been whispered from the aviation grapevine for a while now, that RwandAir will take delivery of another brand new Bombardier Q400NextGen in 2015. This […]
Mwanza, Tanzania’s lakeside city, becomes RwandAir’s 16th destination
RWANDAIR RETURNS TO MWANZA – TANZANIA’S CITY ON LAKE VICTORIA (Posted 01st November 2014) After a break of just over 2 years has RwandAir today resumed flights from Kigali to Mwanza, Tanzania’s second largest city after the commercial capital and main port city of Dar es Salaam. This is RwandAir’s third destination on the Tanzanian […]
Mbuvi Ngunze takes charge at Kenya Airways as Dr. Naikuni moves to Rift Valley Railways
KENYA AIRWAYS’ CHANGES GUARD AS MBUVI NGUNZE TAKES OVER CEO POSITION (Posted 01st November 2014) Effective today, 01st November 2014, has Mr. Mbuvi Ngunze officially assumed his new position as Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director of Kenya Airways, following the retirement of Dr. Titus Naikuni. Mbuvi had joined the airline in September 2011 […]
Kids Go Free This November at Ol Pejeta Conservancy!
Bringing Ol Pejeta closer to the next generation … Kids visit for free this November view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta KIDS GO FREE THIS NOVEMBER AT OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY! Few things are more important than educating tomorrow’s generations about the value of our wildlife and environment. That’s why this […]
No 252 Wildlife Trade News 31st October 2014
The daily dose of bad news from aroundthe world – never ending poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Tiger Traders Busted in Indonesia Two traders arrested for selling endangered Sumatran tiger parts including a whole skin, a stuffed head, and stuffed paws The West Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of […]
Rwanda Tourism October Story Leads
Hot off the press … the latest news from the Land of a Thousand Hills … Hot Story Leads October The following are some newsworthy journalistic leads from the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for our qualified professional media partners. For more information about any story or to schedule an interview, contact: David Brown, Rwanda Tourism […]
Wanna go surfing ? Six top tips by Lilian Gaitho of how and where …
Lilian Gaitho, PR Manager of Jovago.com, has made several ‘entries’ into my blog of late as a guest writer.Here is her latest feature on surfiing with her top six tips of where and how. Tomorrow will come the first of her feature articles about a stress free holiday in Kenya, and how to plan for […]
Halloween, Oktoberfest Finale, Blankets & Wine and Shaggy Dog Show
Nairobi is positively ‘buzzing’ again – just check out the latest from this week’s edition of KenyaBuzz Having trouble viewing this email? Click here October 31st – November 6th Click here to view more gallery images of the African Dance Party With Wizkid The Halloween weekend is finally here and there are lots activities lining […]
Reunion goes places, virtually …
INTERNATIONAL BLOGGERS HELP REUNION TO BECOME MORE VISIBLE (Posted 31st October 2014) Cognizant of the fact that blogs, especially travel blogs, have become hugely influential media outlets, unheard of until a few years ago but leapfrogging the various development stages and now claiming to be at the very centre of how tech savvy travelers decide […]
New flights between Dubai and Tanzania open new doors to market the country
DAR TO DUBAI – 19 TIMES A WEEK (Posted 31st October 2014) When earlier this week Emirates upped their daily flights from Dubai to Dar es Salaam to twelve a week, it followed hot on the heels of the inaugural flight by ‘cousins’ flydubai, which also just commenced daily flights from Dubai to Dar es […]
No 251 Wildlife Trade News 30th October 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes and more from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… Seized 50,000 Colombian Wildlife Specimens Image: Birds recovered by Colombian National Police as part of INTERPOL’s 2012 Operation Cage (c) INTERPOL http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3216551&Itemid=1 (NA comment: Time and again we can see results coming […]
Ol Pejeta October 2014 – Your Wildlife and Community News
On the upside some good news from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta October 2014 Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: Solar lights up a school; Rhino baby boom and more… Solar Lights Up the Way for Determined Students Imagine facing a 15-kilometre trek to school. And, […]
Help the rangers risking their lives to protect rhinos
Save the Rhino International need your help – what say you? Hear from the Anti-Poaching Units in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park who are battling to save rhinos from poaching Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Every day rangers are risking their lives to protect rhinos from poaching Meet Sibonelo Zulu, an Anti-Poaching […]
Monthly Trumpet – October 2014
Keen on elephant news? You have come to the right place as Save the Elephantshave just released their October news. web version | tell a friend | donate Samburu Baby Boom a Rare Bright Spot This year, for the first time since the ongoing ivory crisis hit East Africa in 2008, elephant births are exceeding […]
Kenya’s July arrival data continue to show a weakening trend
LATEST DATA CONFIRM SUSTAINED DOWNTURN OF TOURISM FORTUNES (Posted 31st October 2014) Kenya’s latest arrival statistics make some grim reading as the arrival downturn continued throughout July. Combined numbers of JKIA in Nairobi and MIA in Mombasa for July have been confirmed to stand at 86.666 compared to last year’s number of 122.742, which translated […]
AIRKENYA Three-day SALE!!
I hope you all read about the Sarit Centre Tourism Fair this weekend and true to the promises made will some spectacular deals be on offer … here is a sneak preview on one … by Airkenya Express Ltd 30 October 2014 Dear Reader, Need a break? AIRKENYA has the best news today… Starting tomorrow […]
Expect the best possible deals this weekend at the Sarit Centre Tourism Expo
SARIT CENTRE TOURISM EXHIBITION TARGETS KENYA’S DOMESTIC MARKET (Posted 30th October 2014) Kenyans, and expatriates living in Kenya, will be in for some spectacular deals when the Getaway Tourism Fair opens its doors tomorrow to the public at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi. Given the low occupancies will in particular beach resorts try to attract […]
No 250 Wildlife Trade News 29th October 2014
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Op-Ed: Are rhinos abandoned by all but South Africa? (CITES followers might want to read this thought provoking article. extract: As Sellar concludes about the world’s response: “In the race to catch up with […]
US plans to extradite alleged South African rhino kingpins
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust US plans to extradite alleged South African rhino kingpins. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. US plans to extradite alleged South African rhino kingpins National Geographic | 23 October, 2014 | Laurel Neme | U.S. authorities today announced the indictment of the alleged […]
