Raining goodies at Kampala’s Le Gourmet
#Botswana’s return to hunting could hurt the tourism industry
ADVERSE PUBLICITY FEARED AS BOTSWANA NEARS A RETURN TO HUNTINGBy Conservation Action Trust (Posted 14th March 2019) Botswana hunting proposal could put its tourism industry at risk 13 March 2019 | Janine Avery | Free to publish credit CAT Botswana’s proposals to lift its hunting ban and to introduce elephant culling has fuelled political posturing, […]
#AirSeychelles confirms new summer schedule
AIR SEYCHELLES ANNOUNCES 2019 SUMMER SCHEDULE (Posted 14th March 2019) Air Seychelles has today announced its 2019 summer schedule, offering travellers a choice of up to 77 international destinations together with its codeshare partners and 200 domestic flights per week. As part of the summer schedule the airline has retimed its Saturday flights between Seychelles […]
#Africa Hotel Investment Forum #AHIF returns to #Ethiopia
#ADDISABABA SET TO HOST AHIF AGAIN (Posted 14th March 2019) The annual Africa Hotel Investment Forum will return to Ethiopia again for the 2019 edition of this ever more important hotel industry platform. Set to take place between the 23rd to 25th of September will the meetings be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis […]
#BrusselsAirport – Home of #BrusselsAirlines
New: LOT brings Budapest closer than ever before Starting 2 September, LOT Polish Airlines will fly you to Budapest! LOT flies to the beautiful city twice a day, from Monday to Friday. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, their pilots treat themselves to some well-earned rest. Have you been wanting to visit the city of […]
#Selous’ Stieglers Gorge Dam claims its first tourism victim
AZURA SELOUS HAS TO HALT OPERATIONS AS LOGGERS SWARM THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD (Posted 14th March 2019) Ignored by the regime mouthpiece media in Tanzania, browbeaten into submission through coercion and constant threats, has the ill conceived plans to build a hydro power plant at Stieglers Gorge in the Selous claimed its first tourism victim. With local […]
#VisaFreeAfrica – write your own story
CONTINENTAL INITIATIVE SEEKS 55 VOICES TO SPEAK UP (Posted 13th March 2019) #VisaFreeAfrica (VFA) (www.VisaFreeAfrica.com) recently introduced the 55 Voices for a Visa Free Africa (https://bit.ly/2J73JLR) (55Voices4Africa) writing competition, inviting all African youth to share stories about the challenges they faced with intra-continent travel. VFA is a global campaign to facilitate mobility in Africa driven […]
#Boeing finally caves in and recommends a global grounding of their B737MAX’s
GLOBAL OPPOSITION, THREATS TO LOSE ORDERS AND FALLING SHARE PRICES PROMPT BOEING TO WITHDRAW OPPOSITION TO GROUNDING (Posted 13th March 2019) US President Trump confirmed earlier this evening that the US would issue an emergency order to ground all Boeing B737MAX8 and Boeing B737MAX9 aircraft, after Boeing dropped their opposition to the measure and the […]
#Zambia Tourism News Updates – Courtesy of Gill Staden
Dear All I’m late again … but here it is: https://awindowonzambia.com/february-2019/ A short one, but some great photos: flying over North Luangwa, crocs making a meal of a puku, and more cheetah found in Liuwa. Gill
The Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
#Mozambique prepares for storm onslaught
#CYCLONE #IDAI HEADING TOWARDS THE MOZAMBIQUE COAST (Posted 13th March 2019) Depending on its intensity and trajectory, Cyclone Idai could also exacerbate the situation in southern Malawi where more than 115,000 people have been affected by severe flooding Mozambique is on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Idai barrels towards the country’s central coast and tourism […]
News updates from the #DriftwoodClub in #Malindi
We’re feeling the heat at the moment around here. It is reaching the end of the dry season and as Mother Nature prepares for rain, we are preparing for School holidays and Easter. This year, we cannot promise you chocolate eggs or even Easter bunnies but what we can assure you of is our very […]
Ground handling and cargo services a strong revenue factor for Air Seychelles
AIR SEYCHELLES GROUND HANDLING AND CARGO BUSINESS RECORD STRONG PERFORMANCE IN 2018 (Posted 13th March 2019) Air Seychelles has recorded a strong performance in its ground handling and cargo business in last year. Between January and December 2018, the ground handling department handled a total of 452,385 incoming guests amounting to a 13% increase compared […]
#EthiopianAirlines to add more frequencies to #Kinshasa and #Muscat
MORE FLIGHTS PLANNED BETWEEN ADDIS ABABA AND KINSHASA (Posted 13th March 2019) Ethiopian Airlines will, come 16th of May, add three additional flights between Addis Ababa and Kinshasa, operating on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline already flies daily on the route, bringing the weekly number of flights to 10 overall from mid May. Muscat […]
#WTMLatinAmerica2019
Have you already confirmed your presence? There are just three weeks to go until WTM Latin America The leading tourism event in Latin America is coming. Our whole team is full of enthusiasm and working hard to deliver an incredible event full of good business to be done and unique experiences. Find out what goes […]
#EU grounds all #Boeing #B737MAX aircraft
FAA ACCUSED OF PUTTING FINANCIAL INTERESTS BEFORE PASSENGER SAFETY (Posted 13th March 2019) The United States is now, for all intent and purpose, the only country which still allows the Boeing B737MAX to fly in its airspace, after the FAA has again ruled out even a temporary grounding of the plane, which in the space […]
#Germany and #UK too ground the #Boeing #B737MAX
ALMOST HALF OF THE OPERATING FLEET OF B737MAX’S NOW GROUNDED AS AMERICA STANDS ISOLATED (Posted 12th March 2019) Details came in thick and fast from the afternoon onwards as first the UK and then Germany also followed in the footsteps of other countries – Australia had earlier on already issued a grounding directive for the […]
#UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism
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Ilboru Safari Lodge operation not affected by fire
BUSINESS AS USUAL SAYS THE ILBORU SAFARI LODGE IN TANZANIA (Posted 12th March 2019) ‘This morning a fire occurred on the lodge property which was quickly responded to and extinguished by the local fire brigade. A private residence on the property suffered considerable damage and one nearby cottage had minor damage. Other than this damage […]
The Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
#Boeing B737Max’s – 22 airlines have now grounded these aircraft
AIRLINES FACING SEARCHING QUESTIONS BY TRAVELERS VOTING WITH THEIR FEET ON WHICH AIRCRAFT TO FLY WITH (Posted 12th March 2019) (Picture courtesy of Wikipedia) While the US’s FAA is sitting on the fence at present over growing demands by the travelling public to ground the Boeing B737MAX until clarity on the cause of the two […]
#IATA names priorities for new Air Cargo initiative
TRADE, GLOBAL STANDARDS AND MODERNIZATION AT THE HEART OF IATA’S AIR CARGO PRIORITIES (Posted 12th March 2019) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments and the air cargo industry to focus on three priorities to accommodate the expanding demand for air cargo and ensure the economic and social benefits of aviation can be […]
The Saint Ange Tourism Report, Volume 3 Edition 10
ENJOY THE LATEST EDITION OF THE #SAINTANGE TOURISM REPORT FRESH FROM THE #SEYCHELLES AND THE OTHER #INDIANOCEAN ISLANDS (Posted 12th March 2019) The Editorial this week highlights: a. 2019 – ITB Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin. b. Tourism Ministers of the Year named at event during ITB 2019. c. Ethiopian Airline accident. d. Remaining Connected […]
#Uganda concludes a successful #ITB2019
Another edition of #ATQNews from #Nigeria and beyond ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide […]
#AviaDevAfrica2019 updates
REPORT Getting from A to B in Africa – How visa openness drives airline traffic One of the practical aspects of air travel is the ease with which people travelling from one country to another can enter a country. In Africa, there is increasing attention paid to the role that visas play in this. According […]
#EthiopianAirlines issues bulletin 6 after ‘Black Boxes’ were recovered
Accident Bulletin no. 6 Issued on March 11, 2019 at 01:40 PM Local Time The Digital Flight Data Recorder(DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder(CVR) of ET302 have been recovered.
The Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
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#Nairobi to host the #OnePlanetSummit
‘ONE PLANET SUMMIT‘ SET TO LAUNCH IN THREE DAYS IN NAIROBI (Posted 11th March 2019) This is the first time the One Planet Summit, launched by French president Emmanuel Macron in December 2017, will be held in Africa The venue will underline our planetary interconnectedness in a way previous summits – the first was in […]
#Safarilink flights from #MasaiMara to #Zanzibar save precious time
MASAI MARA TO ZANZIBAR Safarilink takes this opportunity to remind our customers about our daily seamless connecting service from Masai Mara to Zanzibar, or to Diani Beach, Vipingo and Lamu. Clients ending their safari in Laikipia or Masai Mara can connect via Wilson to Zanzibar, thereby arriving at a very convenient time of 1530 and […]
#EthiopianAirlines grounds all Boeing B737MAX as suspicions rise over crash cause
FIRST CHINA, NOW ETHIOPIA – WHO NEXT WILL GROUND THE BOEING B737MAX? (Posted 11th March 2019) Following reports that Chinese authorities have directed all Boeing B737MAX registered in that country to be temporarily grounded, has Ethiopian Airlines also confirmed a similar move. Earlier today did the airline pull all Boeing B737MAX from service, until the […]
