#ZambiaAirways to fly again next year under a joint venture with #Ethiopian
ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT TO FUND NEW JOINT VENTURE AIRLINE WITH 30 MILLION US DOLLARS (Posted 21st December 2017) Information was received from Lusaka that Zambia Airways will undergo a revival as part of a new joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines some time in 2018 according to a cabinet decision taken earlier this week. While preparations towards […]
Major global aviation event comes to #Kenya in 2018
#ICAO’S #ICAN2018 MEETING ANNOUNCED FOR KENYA (Posted 21st December 2017) The 11th International Civil Aviation Organization’s ICAN event, short for ICAO Civil Aviation Negotiations, will be held in Kenya at a date and venue to be announced in due course. The decision was taken at the end of the just ended 10th such event, which […]
Labour Court scare crow judge faces appellate ruling
KENYA AIRWAYS TAKES GRIEVANCE WITH LABOUR COURT RULING TO COURT OF APPEAL (Posted 21st December 2017) As suggested two days ago, when reporting about this issue – link to the article shown here https://atcnews.org/2017/12/19/kenyas-labour-court-deals-blow-to-kenya-airways/ – has Kenya Airways taken the scare mongering ruling by Judge Helen Wasilwa to the Court of Appeal. The airline is […]
#UNWTO ‘On the Ground’
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Seychelles – 16 percent plus in arrivals but 20 percent plus in revenues
ANOTHER BUMPER YEAR FOR #SEYCHELLES TOURISM (Posted 20th December 2017) The Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine Mr. Maurice Loustau-Lalanne announced at the end of year marketing meeting of the Seychelles Tourism Board, held at the Kempinski Resort in Baie Lazare, that according to figures provided by the Central […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS African Roses Are U.S.-Bound as Ethiopian Growers Go Global Bloomberg Ethiopia’s burgeoning flower-growing industry is setting its sights on the U.S. in a bid to break the dominance of Latin American producers in supplying roses and other blooms to the world’s largest economy. State-owned Ethiopian Airlines… Read more>> Ethiopia: New […]
#UNWTO’s roadmap towards 2030
THE LEGACY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT (Posted 19th December 2017) Participants from around the world joined the Official Closing ceremony of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 at the Palace of Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. The event reviewed the year´s main achievements and discussed the roadmap for […]
Air Seychelles gets interim CEO as Roy Kinnear prepares to leave
REMCO ALTHUIS NAMED AS AIR SEYCHELLES’ INTERIM CEO (Posted 19th December 2017) Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, today announced the appointment of Remco Althuis as its Interim Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Roy Kinnear who is leaving the airline at the end of the year. Mr Althuis joins the carrier from […]
Air Zimbabwe versus Zimbabwe Airways
NEW REGIME NEW BALL GAME AS AVIATION CARDS IN #ZIMBABWE ARE BEING RESHUFFLED (Posted 19th December 2017) Information is emerging from Zimbabwe that national airline Air Zimbabwe, almost sidelined during the waning days of the Mugabe rule, may make a comeback as the new government is taking a fresh look at the challenges the carrier […]
Tourism Satellite Accounting key to measurability of sectoral impact says #UNWTO
UNWTO AND #EU AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF TSA (Posted 19th December 2017) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission gathered national tourism policy makers and statisticians in Brussels to advance in the implementation of the measurement of the economic impact through […]
#CalabarCarnival is not just a street party but serious business
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 […]
#Kenya’s Labour Court deals blow to Kenya Airways
LABOUR COURT JUDGE TURNS SCARE MONGER WITH WILD ALLEGATIONS ON AIRCRAFT SAFETY (Posted 19th December 2017) It has often been said here that the wings of Kenya’s militant aviation unions need to be clipped but the same seems to apply to the country’s Employment and Labour Relations Court or at least some of the judges, […]
Is Etihad next to leave Entebbe?
GOING GOING GOING GONE … (Posted 19th December 2017) After parts of Etihad’s former empire have come crashing down – Air Berlin in liquidation after pouring mega bucks into it, Alitalia up the proverbial s*** creek after equally getting mega money poured into that bottomless hole, Darwin Airline in Switzerland gone bust and […]
The tale of two Nigerians and their quest to secure a Visa to Germany … by Dolapo Aina
GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT? (Posted with permission of the author 19th December 2017) This is a sad tale of how a renowned journalist from Nigeria was treated by the German Consulate in Lagos, given the now almost normal runaround Visa applicants face when trying to obtain either a Schengen Visa or one to the UK, […]
Air Cargo shows continued strong growth
#IATA CONFIRMS STRONG GROWTH IN AIR CARGO DEMAND FOR LAST QUARTER ENDING OCTOBER (Posted 19th December 2017) Key points emerging from the latest IATA statistics just released show a sustained growth of air cargo uplifted with the final quarter of 2017 expected to produce similar results: Air freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) grew by a strong […]
#UNWTO satisfied with #Kasane symposium on 10YFP Sustainable Tourism Programme
#BOTSWANA’S CITY OF KASANE IN THE LIMELIGHT AS HOST OF THE ‘10YFP SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PROGRAMME‘ SYMPOSIUM (Posted 19th December 2017) Kasane, capital of Chobe District in Botswana, hosted tourism stakeholders to exchange experiences and knowledge of innovative approaches to enhance tourism and conservation planning, financing and marketing. Under the theme “Empowering Tourism Destinations’ Sustainability through […]
Oneworld makes it a half dozen major awards this year to emerge as leading alliance
SIX MAJOR AWARDS PUTS #ONEWORLD IN POLE POSITION (Posted 19th December 2017) oneworld® has received its sixth ‘best airline alliance’ award of 2017 – twice as many as its rival global airline alliances combined. Its latest honour comes from World Travel Awards, which has named oneworld the World’s Leading Airline Alliance – for the 15th […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS All-female Ethiopian airline crew breaks gender barriers with historic flight to Nigeria Face2Face Africa Ethiopian Airlines, the national flag carrier of Ethiopia made historyon Saturday when it deployed an all-female crew for a special flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa… Read more>> Lockheed Martin plans supersonic business jet […]
The Laikipia Wildlife Forum seeks a new CEO
CEO WANTED BY #LAIKIPIAWILDLIFEFORUM (Posted 18th December 2017) LWF has earlier today confirmed that the organization is seeking a new CEO to start work in early 2018. The successful candidate – applications are invited now and a link is shown below – will work initially closely with Mr. Peter Hetz, the current Executive Director, who […]
#Kenya’s tourism growth slowed down but grows regardless
SLOWER GROWTH FOR KENYA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY AS ELECTIONS IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY (Posted 18th December 2017) Kenya’s tourism growth, during the first six months of the year, exceeded 11 percent, but slowed down over the election period to 7.7 percent according to data received over the weekend. While the Kenyan economy overall continues to show […]
New Protea Hotel by Marriott set for opening in Kampala
PROTEA BRAND BY MARRIOTT MAKES INROADS IN KAMPALA AS NEW HOTEL ABOUT TO OPEN ITS DOORS (Posted 17th December 2017) Protea Hotels is making further inroads into the hospitality market in Uganda with a new hotel on Naguru Hill presently in the soft opening stage. The Protea Hotel Naguru Skyz is the third owned and […]
Just published: The St. Ange Tourism Report Edition 28
ENJOY THE LATEST EDITION OF THE #ST.ANGE TOURISM REPORT FRESH FROM THE #SEYCHELLES AND THE OTHER #INDIANOCEAN ISLANDS (Posted 17th December 2017) Welcome to Edition 28 of 17th December 2017. The feeling of Christmas Time is indeed upon us all. In exactly 8 days it will be Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. […]
Serena’s Festive East African Resident Offers ?
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#FlyDubai adds #Kilimanjaro to its network
MORE CAPACITY AND MORE DESTINATIONS AS FLYDUBAI ADDS JRO TO NETWORK (Posted 16th December 2017) FlyDubai yesterday commenced flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport, the springboard to Tanzania’s northern safari circuit. This is the third destination in Tanzania FlyDubai is now serving after Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, giving travelers on this low cost airline from […]
#Nigeria grants #RwandAir fifth freedom rights between #Abuja and #Yaounde
FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHT DEAL INTO NIGERIA GOOD NEWS FOR RWANDAIR (Posted 16th December 2017) The Nigerian authorities have granted RwandAir fifth freedom rights for flights between Yaounde and Abuja, the capital cities of Cameroon and Nigeria. This follows other such deals in place, for flights between Lagos and Accra or closer to home for flights […]
#US – #Africa Business and Investment Forum 2018 set for #AddisAbaba
MAJOR US – AFRICA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON THE SIDELINES OF THE NEXT AU SUMMIT (Posted 16th December 2017) The Forum will be held on the margins of the next African Union (AU) Summit, and will bring together African and U.S. public and private sector leaders to discuss specific benchmarks and measures that […]
Measuring Sustainable Tourism through a network of observatories
#UNTWO DISCUSSES HOW TO MEASURE TOURISM IMPACT (Posted 16th December 2017) UNWTO convened observatories from around the world to discuss advances in effectively monitoring sustainability in tourism at destination level. The 2017 Global International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) Meeting was held on the 13th and 14th of December at UNWTO Headquarters in Madrid, […]
Brussels Airport News
Brussels Airport News Updates ahead of the Festive Season For readers of ATC News, Brussels Airlines travelers and all other passengers traveling to or through Brussels … Preheader text Newsletter December 2017 Say hi to Olaf at the security screening Families travelling during the Christmas holiday can use the family lane at the security screening. […]
The latest edition of #NairobiNow is now available
NAIROBI NOW – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHERE AND WHAT AHEAD OF A VISIT TO #KENYA (Posted 15th December 2017) 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 and collaborations. These […]
Wedding Bashers winners go to Seychelles for their honeymoon
AIR SEYCHELLES AND MOORINGS SPONSOR HONEYMOON PRIZE (Posted 15th December 2017) Winners of ‘The Wedding Bashers’ — a new wedding show — aired on South Africa’s DSTV channel, M-Net 101, was announced during the season finale. The series made its debut on September 17th, 2017. Twenty-two weddings later, Taryn and Franco Habib, walked away with […]
