Seychelles stand at Indonesian trade show gives free exposure to African destinations
SEYCHELLES OFFERS AFRICAN COUNTRIES A SHOWCASE PLATFORM IN INDONESIA (Posted 09th January 2014) Seychelles’ Pan African spirit once again showed when the Special Envoy of the Seychelles to ASEAN Mr. Nico Barito invited fellow African countries to use the Seychelles’ stand to display posters and brochures and provide information about trade and investment opportunities. The […]
Njaramba out – Tumbo in as Mombasa tourism stakeholders do ‘SMH’
MOMBASA COUNTY TOURISM SECRETARY’S ‘DEMOTION’ RUFFLES FEATHERS (Posted 08th January 2014) Kenya coast tourism stakeholders were largely perplexed when news broke yesterday that the Mombasa county governor had sent his tourism secretary packing and move to the agriculture portfolio, generally seen as a demotion and swiftly bringing condemnation for the governor’s action. In the immediate […]
5 dead and several missing after falling off ferry boat from Pemba to Zanzibar
ANOTHER MARITIME DISASTER NARROWLY AVOIDED (Posted 08th January 2014) At least 5 passengers on the inter island ferry MV Kilimanjaro II died on Sunday after falling overboard with an unspecified number of people still reported missing. Information received from Unguja, Zanzibar’s main island, to where the ferry was heading after leaving the sister island of […]
Sauti Za Busara – 5 weeks and counting
ZANZIBAR IS GETTING READY FOR SAUTI ZA BUSARA 2014 (Posted 08th January 2014) What has arguably become Africa’s best known music and performing arts festival, and is without doubt East Africa’s leading event to showcase African music and films, Sauti za Busara is now just over a month away and the organizers are working flat […]
Seychelles Ministerial delegation launch 2014 series of hotel visits with Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel & Casino at Beau Vallon
Seychelles Ministerial delegation launch 2014 series of hotel visits with Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel & Casino at Beau Vallon It is this time of year again when hotel inspections are on the agenda across the Seychelles, aimed to ensure that the license conditions are fulfilled and previously agreed measures have been carried out. Received […]
Lenstiti Kreol Enternasyonal – where the Creole nation will be born
IS THE RENAMING OF THE CREOLE INSTITUTE THE START OF THE CREOLE NATION? (Posted 07th January 2014) ‘You had a great idea my friend, yes it is time for us Creole people to come together as one nation. Even though we are spread across much of the world, we are unique in our culture, our […]
Jetair Belgium announces end of charter operation to Mombasa
NOW JETAIR TOO ANNOUNCES THE END OF ANOTHER MOMBASA CHARTER (Posted 07th January 2014) Information was confirmed yesterday that Belgium’s Jetair will halt their charter operation to Mombasa come April and will not resume operations later in the year. Passengers from Belgium will then have to travel to neighbouring Holland and use flights by TUI […]
Reunion tourism is back to full operations after cyclone Bejisa
REUNION RECOVERING FROM MONSTER STORM BEJISA (Posted 07th January 2014) Cyclone Bejisa, which lashed the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion first thing in the New Year, has left a trail of destruction and claimed at least one life while causing over a dozen people to be injured, some of them seriously. The island […]
Kenya Airports Authority selects LSG Sky Chefs as NAS monopoly crumbles
LUFTHANSA’S SKY CHEFS ARE HEADING TO NAIROBI (Posted 07th January 2014) One of Kenya’s last monopolies will finally be broken, when Lufthansa’s catering subsidiary company LSG Sky Chefs will set up shop at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after being given a concession as second caterer by the Kenya Airport Authority. NAS has held the […]
6 weeks to go to the 2014 edition of the Seychelles Marathon
NEXT UP IN THE SEYCHELLES – THE ECO FRIENDLY MARATHON (Posted 06th January 2014) Visitors who want to combine a trip to the paradise archipelago of the Seychelles with some active sports event, mark the 23rd of February in your calendar as that is the day the annual Seychelles Marathon is being run on the […]
New post 2013: A Year in Review
Many reasons why you too should fly with WordPress.com – and thanks for reading my blog so faithfully … Krista posted: "With 2013 behind us, we can now take a look at our community’s incredible accomplishments over the past year. Here’s the year that was on WordPress.com. 13,704,819 new blogs in 2013 That’s a 36% […]
RwandAir expansion continues in 2014
RWANDAIR NAMES FEBRUARY 24TH AS DELIVERY DATE FOR THEIR FIRST BOMBARDIER Q400 (Posted 07th January 2014) RwandAir has yesterday announced that they expect their next brand new aircraft, a Bombardier Q400NextGen turboprop in a dual class configuration, on Monday, February 24th. When put into commercial service the new state of the art bird will replace […]
New record revenues and arrivals for Seychelles in 2013
SEYCHELLES RECORDS DOUBLY DIGIT TOURISM GROWTH IN 2013 (Posted 06th January 2013) The Central Bank in Victoria, the Seychelles’ capital, has today confirmed that the archipelago has in 2013 earned 343.6 million US Dollars from tourism revenues, up by 11 percent from the previous record breaking year of 2012. Tourism arrivals by midnight 31st December […]
Rwanda Tourism gets boost as 885 graduate from RTUC
885 GRADUATE FROM RWANDA’S UNIVERSITY TOURISM COLLEGE (Posted 06th January 2014) Last weekend saw nearly 900 students from the Rwanda Tourism University College graduate and receive their certificates, diplomas and degrees after successfully completing their respective courses last year. This is generally seen as a shot in the arm of Rwanda’s sustained efforts to professionalize […]
81 tusks seized and two arrested at Dar es Salaam port
OVER 80 TUSKS CONFISCATED AT DAR ES SALAAM PORT (Posted 04th January 2014) Information already referred to yesterday about a seizure of blood ivory at the port of Dar es Salaam was confirmed overnight. Sources in the Tanzanian port city gave the number of tusks confiscated as 81, indicative of the slaughter of at least […]
Weekly roundup of ATC News
AVIATION TOURISM & CONSERVATION NEWS EAST AFRICA A weekly roundup from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthomeor join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. […]
Marasa holds 2013 rates as VAT decision reversed
MARASA AFRICA HOLDS 2013 RATES FOR CHOBE SAFARI LODGE (Posted 04th January 2014) Marasa Africa, owners and operators of 4 safari lodges in Uganda and 3 safari properties in Kenya, has taken the opportunity, when wishing their clientele a Happy New Year, to also announce that their rack rates for the Chobe Safari Lodge will […]
Christmas – tick | New Year – tick | Valentine’s Day next
VALENTINE’S WEEKEND IS THE NEXT TARGET FOR HOTEL AND RESORT OPERATORS (Posted 04th January 2014) With the busy Christmas and New Year’s period now over, the hotels and resorts next major target is Valentine’s Day, which this year falling on a Friday. Hospitality businesses are putting packages together already for those who are love struck […]
Air Seychelles gets Skytrax’s 4 star rating
AIR SEYCHELLES ATTAINS SKYTRAX 4 STAR RATING (Posted 04th January 2014) In one of aviation history’s most remarkable recent turnarounds has Air Seychelles just been anointed by Skytrax with the coveted 4 Star rating, after working relentlessly for over a year in upgrading and improving service levels, in the air and on the ground. Three […]
Kikwete promises resumption of anti poaching operations as more blood ivory found at port
PRESIDENT KIKWETE PROMISES FRESH ANTI POACHING CAMPAIGN IN 2014 (Posted 03rd January 2014) In his New Year message to Tanzanians did President Kikwete promise to resume the controversial anti poaching operation ‘Tokomeza’ which was halted in November after it became known that officials on the ground had subverted the objectives of anti poaching and took […]
2013 ends with the loss of another rhino at the Solio Conservancy
RHINO POACHED AT SOLIO CONSERVANCY ONLY DAYS AFTER NEW WILDLIFE BILL SIGNED (Posted 03rd January 2014) Just a week since President Kenyatta signed the new Wildlife Bill into law on Christmas Eve have poachers struck at the Solio Conservancy in Central Kenya and killed another rhino, from available details the last in 2013. Information only […]
Countdown on to B787 arrival as KCAA approves the use of the new bird
KENYA’S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY APPROVES B787 USE BY KENYA AIRWAYS (Posted 03rd January 2014) Kenya Airways has confirmed that they received the requested type approval for the Boeing B787, the first of which is due for delivery in March this year. The airline had filed an application, as reported here at the time, with the […]
Mauritius tourism minister expelled by his own party
MAURITIUS’ TOURISM PUBLIC SECTOR IN TATTERS (Posted 03rd January 2014) Mauritius – It’s a Pleasure surely does not enter the mind of the island’s tourism minister Michael Sik Yuen tonight, who was unceremoniously dumped as a party member by the Social Democratic Party of Mauritius. Relations between his erstwhile political home and himself had become […]
Cyclone Bejisa races across the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands
VANILLA ISLANDS UNDER SIEGE BY TROPICAL CYCLONE BEJISA (Posted 03rd January 2014) The Indian Ocean islands off the African mainland are being lashed by another tropical cyclone, this one named Bejisa, as this post is being published, described by some as one of the worst storms in recent times. Sully Chaffre, a professional tourist guide […]
Diani bar grenade attack thought to target tourists
GRENADE ATTACK TARGETS POPULAR ROADSIDE BAR IN DIANI (Posted 02nd January 2014) An apparently targeted grenade attack in the early hours of Thursday, with the Tandoori bar still full of revelers, inured at least 10 people, some of them reportedly seriously. While no nationalities have been disclosed as yet from the Diani Police it is […]
Missed single Visa deadline seen as blow to COW members
SINGLE VISA INTRODUCTION FAILS TO MEET JANUARY 01 DEADLINE (Posted 02nd January 2014) The much fanfared introduction of a common single tourist Visa for foreign tourists coming to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, has started the new year with a postponement, as none of the three countries apparently was ready to launch on January 01st, this […]
Al Shabab terror returns to Mogadishu
MOGADISHU’S TOP HOTEL TARGETED BY TERRORISTS (Posted 02nd January 2014) The Jazeera Hotel near the airport of Mogadishu was yesterday targeted by Islamic radicals, a group of which attempted to break through the security barrier with at least one vehicle wired as a car bomb. Airline sources from Mogadishu have confirmed that Al Shabab has […]
The Good Safari Guide News & Special Offers
As we ended last year so we shall continue in 2014, with rebroadcasting good information about Africa and in this case information from the Good Safari Guide. Enjoy! If you are having trouble viewing this message, see it in your browser. 01/01/2014 Good Safari Guide Newsletter Safari News from the Safari World in Africa and […]
South Sudan CAA bans flights from Juba to breakaway regions
SOUTH SUDAN CIVIL AVIATION BANS FLIGHTS TO ‘LOST TERRITORIES’ (Posted 01st January 2014) The latest news coming from Juba is that the Civil Aviation Authority has now banned all flights terminating in or coming from the territories which are under control of forces opposed to the regime in Juba. That according to an aviation source […]
Selous elephants at the verge of extinction
UNABATED ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER PUSHES SELOUS NUMBERS DOWN TO 13.000 (Posted 01st January 2014) ‘To be honest, some of us here thought you had gone plain mad when you suggested a few weeks ago that Tokomeza was deliberately mismanaged to bring it to a halt. Now I think I owe you an apology because the latest […]
