Lillian Gaitho’s thoughts on ‘Christmas on a Shoe String Budget’
Christmas On Shoe-String Budget: Make Merry on the Cheap! The festive season does not only call for time to spend time with friends and family, but also our budgets tend to pack in extra pennies to foot the bills that come with the season. However, budget estimates for the festivity are not always met; while […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Zambia Tourism!
Seasons Greetings from the Zambia Tourism Agency Seasons Greetings We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hear more from us by liking our social media pages using the social links below.
Amadeus Africa names ‘2016 Mover & Shaker’
KENYA’S PATRICK MAINA KAMANGA NAMED AS 2016 AMADEUS MOVER & SHAKER (Posted 19th December 2016) Mr. Patrick Maina Kamanga, the CEO of Deans Travel Centre was honoured by Amadeus with the prestigious title of 2016 Amadeus Mover & Shaper. Amadeus recently launched an interactive campaign to identify the ‘Movers & Shapers’ of the travel industry […]
Singapore next on the Ethiopian Airlines horizon
COME JUNE 2017 IT WILL BE SINGAPORE HERE WE COME (Posted 19th December 2016) Ethiopian Airlines will as of 02nd of June next year launch nonstop flights from Addis Ababa to Singapore, one of the South East’s most important commercial, financial and even aviation hubs. The flights will be operated with a two class Boeing […]
Air Seychelles expands codeshare with Alitalia to Madagascar and South Africa
CODESHARE AGREEMENT OPENS MADAGASCAR TO ITALIANS (Posted 19th December 2016) Air Seychelles and Alitalia, both Etihad partner airlines, have just inked an expanded codeshare deal under which Alitalia passengers can now connect on Mahe to both Antananarivo and Johannesburg and soon thereafter even Durban. Under the agreement, Alitalia will place its AZ flight code on […]
Ruaha to become part of Coastal Aviation’s new schedule from June 2017
RUAHA VIA SERENGETI FLIGHTS OPEN UP ANOTHER WILDERNESS AREA FOR TOURISTS (Posted 19th December 2016) A new routing, just announced by Coastal Aviation, will make visits from June next year to Ruaha, one of the less explored wilderness areas in central Tanzania, more accessible for tourists. A nine seater Pilatus PC 12 aircraft will be […]
Red Rocks completes 5 successful years of cultural heritage preservation
An interesting analysis of the past five years of Red Rocks, an eco tourism initiative outside Musanze, formerly known as Ruhengeri. I am glad to note that after a difficult start Greg Bakunzi has become a landmark location for visitors to this part of Rwanda and that the variety of activities he introduced over the […]
Search is on for a new CEO at Air Mauritius
OUSTER OF FORMER CEO TRIGGERS HEAD HUNT FOR NEW BOSS AT AIR MAURITIUS (Posted 19th December 2016) Following the ouster of former CEO Megh Pillay during a turbulent board meeting at the end of October has the search for a permanent successor gained pace. While Mr. Raja Buton, who had previously acted as CEO, was […]
Amended aviation deal allows for more flights from Kenya to India
NEW DEAL SHOULD SEE KENYA AIRWAYS CARRY MORE INDIAN VISITORS (Posted 19th December 2016) Kenya’s drive to attract more tourist visitors from India to the country have received a boost, when news broke that an amended aviation deal has been signed between Kenya and India to permit the designated airlines from both countries seven more […]
The Role of the African Diaspora in the Growth of Tourism in Africa
In ATQ News This Week: The Role of the African Diaspora in the growth of Tourism in Africa 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 […]
Kenya Ports Authority launches construction of new cruise terminal
MOMBASA PORT FINALLY SET TO GET A DEDICATED CRUISE TERMINAL (Posted 17th December 2016) Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Mr. Najib Balala yesterday officially launched the construction of a dedicated cruise ship terminal at the Port of Mombasa. The estimated cost of 350 million Kenya Shillings, equivalent to about 35 million US Dollars, will be […]
Ever seen a more extensive Festive Season programme than this? Only at Serena, where else?
The Best is Getting Better
NAIROBI SERENA HOTEL SET TO UNDERGO MAJOR MODERNIZATION AND REFURBISHMENT (Posted 17th December 2016)
Outsiders will never be able to save the Serengeti.
SERENGETI WATCH News Update Meet the people who can Name | Company | Phone | Email | Website Outsiders can’t save the Serengeti. These people can. Journalists at one of our recent workshops. These include lectures, mentoring, discussions, and field trips. To save their wildlife heritage, East Africans need to know what’s at stake and […]
Tourisme et Gastronomie News Updates
La Newsletter – Tourisme et Gastronomie 2ème édition de Meeting Morocco (12-13 janvier 2017) La 1ère édition de « Meeting Morocco » a été un succès sur toute la ligne. Tenue en janvier 2016 au Palais des Congrès du PGP, elle a réellement permis aux exposants de faire des affaires sur place, sinon des promesses […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
HEALTH Kenya’s War on Malaria Wins Accolade Daily Nation Kenya’s improvement in malaria surveillance places it at a vantage position to being one of the three pilot countries in Sub-Saharan Africa… Read more>> AGRIBUSINESS Why Africa’s Farmers Are the Most Hit By Climate Change Monitor This year, the most important and urgent developments for millions […]
Etihad signs major deal with Lufthansa Group
ETIHAD AIRWAYS AND LUFTHANSA INK MAJOR CODE SHARE AND AIRCRAFT LEASING DEAL (Posted 17th December 2016) Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates and Lufthansa German Airlines, part of Europe’s largest airline group, today announced the conclusion of an extensive codeshare agreement. The arrangement is set to start in January 2017, subject […]
2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
World Tourism Organization: 2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
Change of guard at Brussels Airlines in Uganda
IT IS WELCOME TO GEERT AND GOOD BYE TO SEBASTIAAN AS BRUSSELS AIRLINES CHANGES COUNTRY MANAGERS (Posted 17th December 2016) (From left to right Mr. Sebastiaan Spijkers, this correspondent and Mr. Geert Lemmen) A change of guard is underway at many of the Brussels Airlines African stations. As shown in a recent YouTube upload is […]
Ethiopian Airlines receives Star Alliance award for exemplary performance at LAX
LOS ANGELES’ TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TEAM OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES GETS STAR ALLIANCE RECOGNITION (Posted 16th December 2016) Ethiopian Airlines Los Angeles Area Office received the Star Alliance CEO Award for 2016, as a member of Star Alliance project team at Tom Bradley International Terminal, during the annual Chief Executive Board Meeting held in Los […]
More ferry failures heap more misery on tourists and commuters at Likoni
FERRY FAILURES A SHARP REMINDER OF HOW TALK DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE ACTION (Posted 16th December 2016) ‘We are tired of the rhetoric of the ferry management. They should learn to back up their utterances with concrete action because these constant breakdowns of ferries at Likoni are no longer acceptable‘ ranted a regular Mombasa based source […]
Dreamliner deployment on Mombasa route to cater for surge in travel to the Kenya coast
KENYA AIRWAYS SCHEDULES BOEING B787 FLIGHTS ON MOMBASA ROUTE AS SALES BOOM (Posted 16th December 2016) Bookings from Nairobi to Mombasa, in fact bookings from the entire Eastern African hinterland region to the Kenya coast for the end of year holiday season, are booming as many resorts, from Malindi all the way to the famous […]
RETOSA looking ahead to 2017 as new training programmes announced
E-LEARNING AND DIGITAL MARKETING ON 2017 TRAINING AGENDA (Posted 16th December 2016) The Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA) in collaboration with Flow Communications will host an E-Learning and Digital Marketing Seminar in Johannesburg from the 22nd to 24th of February, 2017. Travel and tourism have become increasingly competitive; as a result tourists and […]
Corporate Council on Africa News
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Jhpiego business training program drives success in Kenya Jhpiego Jhpiego – In 2015, 500 slum residents participated in the Waste Is Wealth program, with their businesses selling fresh eggs, collecting waste, renting out equipment… Read more>> AGRIBUSINESS Botswana: Ostrich Farming Lucrative Investment AllAfrica Botswana is covered with sandy soil, has […]
FITUR 2017 – Save the Date!
eTN Partner FITUR awaits your participation WHY SHOULD I ATTEND FITUR 2017 IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT?
Amadeus is now IATA RP753 compliant
Amadeus News As of June 2018 baggage will be tracked like parcels thanks to IATA Resolution 753. But how do IATA’s new requirements impact airlines, airports and baggage handlers? More tracking means more processes and more baggage messages exchanged between airport systems and airlines, for which airlines pay. Jointly, airlines, airports and baggage handlers have […]
Lufthansa to acquire all remaining shares in Brussels Airlines
SN AIRHOLDING TO BECOME INTEGRAL PART OF THE LUFTHANSA GROUP BY 2018 (Posted 15th December 2016) As of 2018 will Brussels Airlines be fully integrated into the Lufthansa Group and join the Eurowings Group. The unique characteristics of Brussels Airlines, including its attractive Brussels market, its well established Africa network and its advantageous cost structure […]
Lillian Gaitho today looks at what she calls ‘Holiday Hacks for Introverts’
Lillian’s latest contribution is very much to my liking, almost paints a mirror image of how I approach the holidays. Truth told, I avoid all the cocktail parties which a few years ago still meant so much, to a large part because traffic into the city tends to be so bad, though admittedly, would anyone […]
Reunion Island brings you Festival Liberté Métisse
Reunion Island set for Festival Liberte Metisse The Liberté Métisse festival – Reunion Island Initially launched by Reunion Island in 2010, the Liberté Métisse Festival is a colourful cultural event that celebrates the abolition of slavery whilst honoring this unique French Indian Ocean island’s rich history, roots and cultural mix. It is a joint celebratory […]
Swaziland for the whole Family
Swaziland Tourism says: Swaziland is for the whole Family Swaziland for the whole Family These holidays, The Kingdom of Swaziland beckons you to bring the family and soak up the beauty of this nation. Swaziland offers a family holiday with a unique African flair, where a range of affordable quality accommodation is gentle on the […]
