#AviaDevEurope to launch in December
#VALENCIA #SPAIN CHOSEN TO HOST #AVIADEV2018EUROPE (Posted 17th June 2018) Following the successful conclusion of the first ever stand alone Aviation Development Conference outside the framework of Bench Events’ Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Cape Town last week is the focus now shifting to the inaugural event in Europe. To be staged in Valencia / […]
#WWF addresses #AviaDev2018 to alert airlines to the need of increased vigilance
WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE APPEALS TO AIRLINES TO RAISE VIGILENCE LEVELS (Posted 17th June 2018) Afsoon Namini from the WWF office in Washington attended the recently ended Aviation Development Summit in Cape Town. There she was one of the speakers, able to explain to the assembled airlines, airports and aviation service providers top executives, […]
#GorillaHighlands booklet scores high on first user survey
GORILLA HIGHLANDS LAUNCH INNOVATIVE NEWSLETTER CONCEPT (Posted 17th June 2018) Miha Logar and his team were super busy after the recent Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition, conducted a survey how readers judge the user friendliness of their 2018 edition of their hand booklet and then created a new format for their news updates. Wrote Miha: It […]
#KenyaAirways and #Jambojet codeshare – a partnership NOT made in heaven for sure
DON’T CODESHARE IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT (Posted 17th June 2018) The Gold Standard in the industry for code shares between a full service airline and a subsidiary or associate low fare airline has been established by Emirates and FlyDubai, and it works and others are implementing it in the interest of their […]
#OlPejeta needs YOUR HELP
Dear ATC Readers, On Monday I told you about our participation in GlobalGiving’s Accelerator and asked for your support. And WOW I am impressed! Since Monday, 33 donors have helped us raise US$3,044. THANK YOU! But our work isn’t done yet! We still need to raise US$1,956 by June 29th (14 days) to earn a […]
#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya
NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 16th June 2018) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or their blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]
#Tourism sector in #Uganda gets massive marketing budget allocation – at last
32 BILLION BUDGET ALLOCATION SET TO BOOST TOURISM MARKETING (Posted 15th June 2018) Uganda’s tourism marketing budget was yesterday raised to 32 billion Uganda Shillings, equivalent of nearly 8.2 million US Dollars, the highest the sector has ever received for this purpose. Key points the Finance Minister made in his budget speech, related to tourism, […]
#Uganda’s President Museveni set to launch new #EntebbeHighway
NEW HIGHWAY FROM #KAMPALA TO THE #ENTEBBEAIRPORT WILL CUT TRAVEL TIME INTO HALF (Posted 15th June 2018) The long awaited day is dawning right now over Uganda when the new four lane highway from Kampala to the international airport in Entebbe is finally being launched and open for the public. The second stretch from Munyonyo […]
#Brussels Airport news updates
Everybody wins for our 60th birthday This year we’re celebrating Brussels Airport’s 60th birthday! Go shopping in pier A* and receive a token to use in our giant gumball machine (located in the shopping area in Pier A). Everybody gets a piece of candy or a toy, but maybe the machine has something better in […]
#Tanzania’s #AuricAir resumes Songea flights
Auric Air reintroduces flights to SONGEA with 3 x weekly flights from Dar es Salaam to Songea using a Cessna C208B Grand Caravan aircraft. Days of operations, Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Starting from 22 June 2018.
Air Seychelles expands codeshare agreements to include the Maldives
AIR SEYCHELLES ADDS MALDIVES TO ITS CODESHARE NETWORK (Posted 15th June 2018) Air Seychelles has expanded its codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways to offer services between Seychelles and Maldives via Abu Dhabi effective from Tuesday, 03rd of July 2018. As part of the deal Air Seychelles will place its “HM” code on Etihad Airways daily […]
ATCNews.org enters into media partnership with Bench Events for AHIF
MEDIA PARTNERSHIP TAKES EFFECT FOR BENCH EVENTS’ HOTEL INVESTMENT CONFERENCES WORLD WIDE (Posted 15th June 2018) Bench Events CEO Matthew Weihs and ATCNews agreed on the sidelines of the just ended AviaDev2018 conference in Cape Town that an extended media partnership will take effect immediately, over and above the deal already in place for the […]
#AviaDev2018 ends on a high note
AVIADEV’S FIRST STAND ALONE EDITION ENDS IN CAPE TOWN (Posted 15th June 2018) AviaDev Cape Town 2018 had, by common consensus among delegates and exhibitors, a flying start as a stand alone event after Bench Events took the decision to hold the conference outside the past format when it was part of AHIF, the Africa […]
#Zambia #Tourism News Updates
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#AviaDev2018 sees B2B sessions strike deals
TRAVEL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS SIGNS DEAL WITH WI-FLY ON THE SIDELINES OF AVIADEV2018 (Posted 14th June 2018) Travel Commerce Solutions Ltd which specialise in providing a 360° digital retailing, merchandising and order management have confirmed that Wi-Fly Connexion will be using their platform from quarter 4 of 2018 for a start-up airline based in South Africa, […]
S!TE 2018 spaces can now be booked
BOOKING NOW OPEN! The 4th Swahili International Tourism Expo is Tanzania’s leading International indoor Tourism Expo, innovated & hosted by Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) The Expo will be held from October 12th – 14th, 2018 at Julius Nyerere International Conference Center. The S!TE 2018 dates are well chosen to be between MKTE (03. to 05.10.18) […]
#Seychelles’s island of #Praslin to stage Food and Art Festival again
PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY IN THE SEYCHELLES TO RELAUNCH THE PRASLIN CULINARY FESTIVAL (Posted 14th June 2018) It was learned from a regular source in Victoria, the Seychelles capital, that the National Arts Council plans to re-launch the Praslin Culinary Festival this year with exact dates yet to be confirmed. https://atcnews.org/2014/09/01/food-and-arts-a-winning-combination-for-a-new-festival-on-praslin/ https://atcnews.org/2015/09/21/three-major-festivals-in-october-only-in-the-seychelles/ https://atcnews.org/2016/07/22/praslins-culinary-arts-fiesta-postponed-until-after-the-general-elections/ Tourism is for the […]
Is #Etihad leaving Dar es Salaam
SPECULATION IS RIFE IN #TANZANIA THAT ETIHAD MAY DITCH THE DESTINATION LIKE THEY DID WITH ENTEBBE (Posted 14th June 2018) With Etihad remaining silent is the Tanzanian travel and tourism grapevine busy discussing the true or not true of suggestions that, like Etihad did in Uganda earlier this year, the airline may also pull out […]
#Zambia and #Zimbabwe hold first joint tourism committee session
JOINT #TOURISM #FACILITATION KEY TO SUCCESS AS ZIMBABWE AND ZAMBIA GET DOWN TO BUSINESS (Posted 14th June 2018) As was reported here last month have the two countries agreed to set up a joint tourism facilitation committee when representatives held a bilateral meeting in Livingstone, Zambia with a view to strengthen collaboration in tourism development […]
Bench Events gives advance glimpse into the #AHIF2018 programme
PREPARATION FOR THE AFRICA HOTEL INVESTMENT FORUM GO INTO HIGH GEAR (Posted 14th June 2018) The Africa Hotel Investment Forum this year returns to Nairobi / Kenya, hot on the heels of the annual Magical Kenya Travel Expo. The event was initially launched in Kenya before visiting Addis Ababa twice followed by making appearances in […]
#AviaDev2018’s highlights of Day One
AVIADEV DELEGATES END PRODUCTIVE DAY WITH AN AFRICAN FOOD SAFARI (Posted 14th June 2018) Following the opening cocktails the night before, where it rained drinks and snowed food so to speak, was it all down to business at 09.00 hrs local time sharp, when AviaDev2018 kicked off in earnest. Using Jon Howell’s words, did the […]
Technology key to future success for tourism industry
DIGITALIZATION AND INNOVATION ON TOP OF EUROPE’S TOURISM AGENDA (Posted 13th June 2018) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stressed the importance of tourism and technology providing opportunities for innovation and creating the jobs of the future, in its 63rd European Commission meeting held in Prague, Czech Republic (11-13 June 2018). As UNWTO and its European […]
W Hospitality Group 2018 report out
TREVOR WARD’S ‘W HOSPITALITY GROUP AND HOTEL PARTNERS‘ PUBLISHES STATE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORT (Posted 13th June 2018) Trevor Ward earlier today announced the publication of the 2018 edition of their annual Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in Africa report. As in previous years have they analysed the data by brand, by company, by country and […]
#QatarAirways launches two new destinations
ANTALYA AND MALAGA – TWO NEW DESTINATIONS LAUNCHED IN A SINGLE DAY (Posted 13th June 2018) First to see a Qatar Airways aircraft touch down this morning was Malaga / Spain, later followed by Antalya / Turkey, as the five star airline launched two new destinations – illegal airspace blockade notwithstanding. The flight marks Qatar […]
#AirSeychelles publishes new resident fares to and from Praslin
AIR SEYCHELLES INTRODUCES NEW RESIDENT FARES FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL (Posted 13th June 2018) Following the discussion at the National Assembly held on Tuesday, 12th of June, Air Seychelles has introduced the new resident domestic fares for travel between Mahe and Praslin. Effective Thursday, 14 June 2018, residents of Seychelles and expatriates who hold a Gainful […]
A guest post by #MohammedHersi about #EthiopianAirlines second daily flight to #Mombasa
Allowing other airlines into Mombasa will not hurt KQ. It will wake them up. Mohammed Hersi Connectivity is key to the success of any destination. Mombasa and Kenya coast has traditionally been a charter destination. At one time during our peak times Mombasa was attracting 42 charters a week from continental Europe. This was in […]
#Mozambique’s north now off limits for tourists following strong FCO travel advisory
#UK FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE SUGGESTS ONLY ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO CABO DELGADO PROVINCE (Posted 13th June 2018) UK’s foreign office has just upped the language of travel advisories for northern Mozambique, now saying that only essential travel should be taken to these parts of the country as a result of increased activity by radical […]
#BrusselsAirlines flies Belgian national football team to #Russia for #FifaWorldCup2018
Brussels Airlines flies Red Devils and their fans to Russia Today, Brussels Airlines’ official Red Devils aircraft Trident brings the Belgian national football team and its delegation to Moscow for the World Cup in Russia. On June 16th the airline also starts operating its fan flights bringing the world’s best fans to Sochi, Moscow and […]
The latest edition of the Tourism Tattler – courtesy of Publisher Des Langkilde
Weekly Travel News Update Wednesday 13th of June 2018 Editor’s Top 10 Picks: Responsible Tourism in Africa Continue Reading #SpiritofKnysna Campaign Launched Continue Reading Isibindi Achieves Fair Trade Certification Continue Reading Porsche 911 Speedster Concept Car Continue Reading SAB Foundation Awards Tourist Guide Continue Reading Aquila Translocates Rogue Hippo Continue Reading Plea to Stop Zambia […]
The Livingstone biWeekly – more tourism news from ‘Further Down South’
Courtesy of Gill Staden, here comes another edition of the #Livingstone bi-Weekly covering events in #Zambia, #Zimbabwe and beyond (Posted 13th June 2018) ATCNews.org readers can once again enjoy a fresh hot off the press update on Zambia and other neighbouring countries in Southern Africa … Gill is also the author of the book ‘Beyond […]
