RwandAir: London Is Next
RWANDAIR JUST A WEEK FROM LAUNCHING LONDON FLIGHTS (Posted 18th May 2017) RwandAir, Rwanda’s national airline, is now just days away from launching their first ever European destination. London Gatwick is next on the fast expanding airline’s horizon, after in early April already launching Mumbai / India, the first time RwandAir began flights […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM South Africa: Tourism On Advancing Small Business Development AllAfrica "Tourism is overarching and cuts across many sectors. We need to work together with various government departments, as enablers and influencers of tourism destination competitiveness, to grow and transform our sector and economy," said Minister Xasa… Read more>> South Africa: Tourism Can Change People’s Lives […]
World Conference on Tourism and Future Energy: Unlocking Low-Carbon Growth Opportunities, Astana, Kazakhstan, June 26-27 2017
UN World Tourism Organization looks at low carbon opportunities
Culinary Tourism is real as UNWTO publishes another report on this travel segment
SUSTAINABILITY AND GASTRONOMY – UNWTO PUBLISHES ITS SECOND REPORT ON THE SUBJECT (Posted 17th May 2017) A major component of history, tradition and identity, gastronomy has also become a major motivation to visit a destination. According to the 2nd UNWTO Report on Gastronomy Tourism, this tourism segment ‘offers enormous potential in stimulating local, regional and […]
More news from ‘Further Down South’ covering Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond
ENJOY ANOTHER EDITION OF THE ‘LIVINGSTONE BI-WEEKLY‘ COURTESY OF GILL STADEN (Posted 17th May 2017) https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/tlbw17may17-compressed.pdf Inside: Vic Falls Airport Conservation South Luangwa – Snared elephant, new GPSs and snared wild dog Pangolin Rescue Kasanka Trust in Lavushi Manda Training for dog handlers – Wildlife Crime Prevention Project Wild dogs near Chiawa, Lower Zambezi Kasanka […]
Take Note of the New Dates – UNWTO General Assembly
UN World Tourism Organization sets new dates for next General Assembly
Ol Pejeta’s 2016 Annual Report
Ol Pejeta Conservancy presents annual report Ol Pejeta Presents its 2016 Annual Report Dear ATC Readers, Ol Pejeta is proud to present to you the first ever Ol Pejeta Annual Report, which sets out their impacts and achievements in 2016. Last year did not come without its challenges, but despite these, Ol Pejeta continued to […]
Air Zimbabwe added to EU blacklist
MAJOR BLOW FOR AIR ZIMBABWE AS THE AIRLINE IS ADDED TO THE EU BLACKLIST (Posted 17th May 2017) Plans to revive Air Zimbabwe have hit a major obstacle as the airline was just added to the notorious blacklist of the European Union over safety concerns expressed by the EU regulators. The Zimbabwean national airline was […]
Yohannes Tilahun appointed to replace Solomon Tadesse at ETO
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS YOHANNES TILAHUN AS NEW TOURISM OFFICE CHIEF (Posted 17th May 2017) The Ethiopian Prime Minister has now appointed Mr. Yohannes Tilahun, former CEO of GE Ethiopia to replace Solomon Tadesse who was relieved of his duties a few weeks ago after serving as CEO since ETO was formed in 2014. Tilahun served […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS Less than 30 days until the 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington The 2016 Summit attracted more than 1,400 attendees from 675 companies and organizations from across 47 countries…Read more>> South African Airways and Hawaiian Airlines Launch Partnership Global Traveler South African Airways and Hawaiian Airlines established a new interline agreement […]
Sheraton Kampala Golf Challenge set for this weekend
KAMPALA’S SHERATON HOTEL SPONSORS MAJOR GOLF EVENT (Posted 16th May 2017) Sheraton Kampala Hotel is returning to the Uganda’s golfing scene with the Sheraton Golf Challenge, organized together with partners happening this weekend on Saturday 20th May 2017. DStv, Pepsi Cola and Nile Breweries are joining Sheraton in their traditional Golf tournament which will take […]
MTN Bushfire Festival Rocks Swaziland once again
Swaziland Tourism Announces Next Bushfire Festival MTN Bushfire Festival Rocks Swaziland once again Every year, more than 20 000 people gather together to experience what has been called one of the “7 African music festivals you really have to see”. MTN BUSHFIRE is Swaziland’s internationally acclaimed music & arts festival that celebrates creative expression whilst […]
Visitor arrivals to Seychelles up by 21 percent over 2016
SEYCHELLES ON THE WAY FOR NEW ARRIVAL RECORD IN 2017 (Posted 16th May 2017) Arrivals to the Seychelles, as of the end of last week, have in comparison with last year risen from 106.623 visitors (by air and cruises) to 128.827, a rise of 21 percent. Leading tourist source countries remain France and Germany, joined […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS Less than 30 days until the 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington The 2016 Summit attracted more than 1,400 attendees from 675 companies and organizations from across 47 countries.?.. Read more>> CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Investment AlertNew Business Ethiopia Asoko Insight- Now, Investors – not travellers – are on the […]
S!TE – to be or not to be
S!TE ASSURANCE OF EXHIBITION TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT (Posted 15th May 2017) While the following information was put out into the public domain earlier today were a number of tourism sources in Tanzania swift to take the announcement with a grain of salt, given the late cancellation of the show last year, combined […]
Indaba: Minister Xasa to host African Tourism Ministerial Session
More ATQ News 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 range […]
Protea by Marriott ‘the coolest brand in South Africa’
PROTEA ONCE AGAIN NAMED SOUTH AFRICA’S ‘COOLEST HOTEL BRAND‘ (Posted 15th May 2017) Now in its 13th year, Generation Next polls the opinions of over 5,500 young South Africans mainly below 22 years of age from urban and peri-urban environments in six provinces across South Africa In an announcement that re enforces the brand’s growing […]
Silverchef Culinary Competition produces amazing results
12 CHEFS AND 24 CREATIONS LATER HAS UGANDA GOT A NEW SILVERCHEF (Posted 15th May 2017) (Allan Mukasa, Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2017) When the Gorilla Highlands first launched the Silverchef competition in 2015 was the initiative breaking new ground. Miha Logar, the main brain behind the Gorilla Highlands project and a group of close collaborators […]
Karibu Fair in final countdown to 2017 tourism trade show
KARIBU FAIR ARUSHA SET FOR MAY 26TH TO 28TH (Posted 14th May 2017) KARIBU FAIR 2017 is one of East Africa’s regional tourism shows and the oldest such event in Tanzania. This year, KARIBU Fair will be held at the Magereza grounds opposite the International school of moshi Arusha campus. Exhibitors once again include regional […]
Zimbabwe’s Wilderness Safaris launches ‘Star Bed’
INNOVATION KEY TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORS TO ZIMBABWE (Posted 13th May 2017) The new Star Bed at Wilderness Safaris Linkwasha Camp in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe overlooks the beautiful and productive Scott’s Pan, offering an exciting sleep-out adventure for guests wanting to get closer to nature and experience a night under the stars. ‘Linkwasha’s new […]
Now East Africa’s tourism apex body too speaks out against the gorilla permit fee hike in Rwanda
#DOWNWITHTHEPERMITFEEHIKE – AS READERS EMBRACE THIS CORRESPONDENT’S FAVOURITE HASHTAG LINE (Posted 13th May 2017) #DownWithUmeme is a very popular hashtag by this correspondent over the frequent power outages caused by Uganda’s electricity company. Now however have readers opposed to the doubling of permit fees for gorilla tracking – to a good part incensed over the […]
Seychelles returns to China for another marketing campaign
CHINA NOW A MAJOR SOURCE MARKET FOR TOURISTS COMING TO THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 13th May 2017) The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) has officially launched its marketing campaign to reposition the destination in China. This was during a press conference held at the Four Seasons hotel in Shanghai on May 09th, when the Minister for Tourism, […]
Maria’s latest exploits tells the story about Fire and Smoke, all related to food of course
Maria Is My Name A simple travel blog written from a mid-life point of view. Furnas: All Fire and Smoke You know you’re close when you see pillows of smoke drifting in the air. Smoke. So much smoke. Step out of the car to capture a photo from the hills above, and the smell of […]
Nairobi Now news updates let you know where the ‘action’ is
Nairobi Now – All you need to know when visiting Nairobi Date: May 13, 2017 Venue: The Lord Erroll Dinner and Show: KES 7,500/- at 6.30 pm Show Only: KES 1,500/- at 8.30 pm For more information/tickets: call 0721 920 820, or email reservations Runway designers: Deepa Dosaja, Lisa … Nairobi Now News Dear ATC […]
UNWTO set for new leadership
GEORGIA’S CANDIDATE GETS ELECTED DESPITE OF DAMAGING ALLEGATIONS BY A SMALL SECTION OF THE TRAVEL MEDIA (Posted 13th May 2017) The 105th session of the UNWTO Executive Council, meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 12 May 2017, recommended Zurab Pololikashvili, Ambassador of Georgia in Spain, as a nominee for the post of Secretary-General for the four-year-period […]
The inevitability of the inevitable as the African Union robs Africa of the top UNWTO job
THE WORLD REACTS TO AFRICAN UNION SHENANIGANS AND VOTES NON AFRICAN CANDIDATE INTO UNWTO’S TOP JOB (Posted 12th May 2017) There is no easy way to say this but someone has to say it in a way that everyone can understand what just went down in Madrid / Spain where the Executive Committee of the […]
Seychelles Tourism holds consultations with private sector
SEYCHELLES’ TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS DISCUSS POINTS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND CONCERN (Posted 11th May 2017) Members of the Seychelles’ tourism trade met representatives of the business community and of the government during the second multi-sectoral meeting held recently. The aim of the multi-sectoral meeting is to pave the way forward in overcoming challenges that the tourism […]
Air India eyes Nairobi again after 7 year absence
AIR INDIA SET TO COMPETE WITH KENYA AIRWAYS ON MUMBAI TO NAIROBI ROUTE (Posted 11th May 2017) Air India, a Star Alliance member, is once again on the expansion drive with more long haul destinations being launched this year. New services to Washington, Stockholm and Los Angeles will be followed by Tel Aviv, Dallas and […]
Uganda aims to become Africa’s number one birdwatching destination
AFRICA’S RICHEST BIRDWATCHING AWAITS IN UGANDA (Posted 11th May 2017) (Uganda, besides being Africa’s top ranked birding destination is also the most affordable gorilla destination in Eastern Africa) Home to more than half of Africa’s bird species, Uganda is the continent’s richest birding destination. Birders from around the world flock to Uganda hoping to get […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM Cape Town Brings In Over $112 Million In Six Years As Africa’s Best Business Tourism Destination AFK Insider Cape Town has been named the best business tourism destination on the African continent once again, a ranking produced by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) revealed…. Read more>> Tanzania-Rwanda rail development to boost East […]
