Conservation Action Trust news updates
Without crackdown on ivory trade, elephants could be extinct within 25 years, EU warned 3 August 2016 | The Parliament | Martin Banks Brussels has made a robust defence of its record after nearly 30 African states said they were “appalled” by its decision to oppose a comprehensive global ban in the trade in illegal […]
Aldabra – The present day Garden of Eden?
FIVE FACTS ABOUT ALDABRA – THE SEYCHELLES UNTOUCHED MARINE WILDERNESS (Posted 05th August 2016) Hajira Amla and Sharon Uranie of the Seychelles News Agency published this article about Aldabra. Are you fascinated by the idea of one of the world’s most wild and remote regions? Huge tortoises? Black-tipped sharks? Then Aldabra is for you. Far […]
Seychelles propose two new MoU’s on tourism and culture cooperation
VANILLA ISLANDS COOPERATION A REALITY NOW (Posted 05th August 2016) Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture was in Reunion Island earlier this week on a working visit with Ministers from the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Group. During his stay in Reunion Minister St.Ange used the opportunity to advance his work […]
New top level suspensions hit this ailing national airline
AIR TANZANIA’S CEO AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS SUSPENDED (Posted 05th August 2016) ‘That is the problem when an airline is run by politicians‘ said a regular aviation source based in Dar es Salaam, when passing on information that the Tanzanian Minister for Work,Transport and Communications Prof. Makame Mbarawa had yesterday afternoon suspended the airline’s CEO […]
Your Buzz: Share your story, interview, press-release or sales offer
And over and above, you can see your stories published in ATC News too, Eastern Africa’s largest aviation, tourism and conservation blog of its kind. Press release posting: www.buzz.travel View this email in your browser. What’s the BUZZ on YOU? Wouldn’t you want possibly millions of potential customers, both trade and consumers, as well as […]
‘Fare Lock’ signals better services for passengers of this LCC carrier
JAMBOJET GIVES TRAVELERS A 24 HOUR FARE LOCK OPTION (Posted 05th August 2016) Kenya’s leading low cost carrier, Kenya Airways subsidiary Jambojet, has incorporated a new booking deal following many requests from potential travelers to hold their fare, and booking, for at least 24 hours. This will give those travelers without credit or debit cards […]
Revenue sharing one of the keys of success of Rwanda’s conservation efforts
12 NEW CLASSROOMS FOR GATEBE PRIMARY SCHOOL FINANCED BY RDB REVENUE SHARE (Posted 04th August 2016) The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) earlier today officially launched twelve classrooms at Gatebe Primary School in Rwimiyaga, Nyagatare District in Eastern Rwanda. The school, which was built with funds from the Tourism Revenue Sharing Scheme that comes from 5% […]
SiAA 2016 – Registration now open
Are you planning to attend the annual aviation safety conference organized by the AVIASSIST Foundation? Here are the details of the 2016 event which will be held in the Zambian town of Livingstone at the magnificent Victoria Falls. Book your place at Africa’s aviation safety conference The 5th annual Safety in African Aviation (SiAA) Conference […]
Increased cooperation is the way forward say both Seychelles and Reunion
THE TOURISM BOARDS OF SEYCHELLES AND REUNION JOIN HANDS TO CAPTURE LARGER MARKET SHARES (Posted 04th August 2016) Tourism Promotional Authorities of the islands of Reunion and Seychelles move to work even closer together Willy Etheve, the new CEO of IRT, short for Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, earlier this week met with Minister Alain […]
More flights. More sun. More holiday fun. ???
More flights for less money … Introducing even more flights to the coast We now fly to Lamu twice daily and 17 times weekly to Malindi. Now you have no reason not to go. Hurry and book today. Your holiday awaits. Introducing Price Lock Price Lock is a brand new feature that allows you to […]
Reunion celebrates 6th UNESCO World Heritage anniversary
PITONS, RAMPARTS AND HUNDRED OF MILES OF HIKING AND CYCLING PATHS – THAT IS THE CENTRE OF REUNION (Posted 04th August 2016) On the 01st of August 2010, the Pitons, Cirques and Ramparts of Reunion Island made ??their entry in the list of natural properties inscribed on the World Heritage by UNESCO. To mark the […]
MV Liemba set to get another lease of life
FORMER GERMAN CRUISER ‘GRAF VON GOETZEN‘ SET FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL (Posted 04th August 2016) Reports are emerging from Tanzania that the government will after a wait of several years now finally make available some 5.6 billion Tanzania Shillings for the refurbishment and renovation of the MV Liemba, a ship which has been sailing the waters […]
Produce 3 million tourists by 2018 … or else?
TANZANIA’S TOURISM MINISTER EARNS MORE FROWNS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR OVER 3 MILLION TOURISTS DIRECTIVE (Posted 04th August 2016) When inaugurating the new board of directors of the Tanzania Tourist Board earlier this week did the country’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, once again step into the proverbial when he issued a […]
Bilateral air service agreement paves way for new routings
KENYA AIRWAYS SET TO BENEFIT FROM NEW BILATERAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM (Posted 04th August 2016) Kenya Airways presently is the only African airline flying directly to Vietnam, after launching flights 13 months ago to Hanoi. From there does SkyTeam partner Vietnam Airlines then provide onward flights to a number of destinations across the […]
Joy on the Ride
My friend Cindy Ross has embarked on a major cycling trip across North America, aiming to cover 1.500 miles in 6 weeks. Great read from another continent …
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The latest news from Amadeus East Africa Amadeus Champions Female Hackathon This past month, we came together in support of AkiraChix Code Fest 2016. A hackathon focussed on bringing talented females together to develop innovative hardware and software solutions to better society. Find out all about this inspirational coders and what the winning teams designed. […]
Seychelles Carnival International de Victoria continues to make headlines
Hot off the press in London, the Kreol Magazine reviews the 2016 edition of the Carnaval in Seychelles Diversity in Paradise – It’s party time in the Seychelles, as the world descends on this small nation for the annual carnival. Every year, countries from across the world come to the Seychelles islands to experience the […]
Entries have opened for the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016
Global Youth Travel Awards ENTRIES HAVE OPENED FOR THE GLOBAL YOUTH TRAVEL AWARDS 2016 WYSE Travel Confederation has opened entries for the 2016 Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTAs), in partnership with Destination Canada and International Experience Canada. The awards, which recognise outstanding performers in the youth, student and educational travel industry, feature 14 categories this […]
Air Madagascar signs code share deal with Air Seychelles
MADAGASCAR GETS BETTER CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CODE SHARE DEALS (Posted 03rd August 2016) Information has come to light, that Air Madagascar and Air Seychelles have signed a comprehensive code share deal. Air Seychelles presently flies four times a week from Mahe to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, using a dual class configured Airbus A320 on the […]
Another edition of The Livingstone bi-Weekly
Gill Staden has been a busy bee again and has lined up plenty to read but also a few things to watch, all from further down south … Thank you Gill or as we say in our parts, Webare Nyo! First a couple of videos: 1Zambiamtb A short clip to keep you entertained! Here is […]
The Monthly Trumpet
More news about elephant conservation and its challenges Jumbo Justice for the Elephants The most serious ivory trafficker yet to be caught in Kenya has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined 200,000 dollars. Feisal Ali Mohammed was arrested by Interpol in December 2014 and ever since Elephant Crisis Fund grantee WildlifeDirect have […]
Register now for 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards!
Special early bird rebates are still available for this unique event held in Atlanta. African Diaspora Tourism Explorer Press Release Special Discount Rate for 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards and Travel Expo in Atlanta on August 26-28 Register to Attend all week-end events -$150 Parade of Flags/Opening Reception – $50 Hall of Fame Luncheon […]
Railcompany halts passenger services between Nairobi and Mombasa
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS SUSPENDS PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE FROM NAIROBI TO MOMBASA (Posted 02nd August 2016) It was confirmed earlier today that Rift Valley Railways has now formally suspended passenger rail services between Nairobi and Mombasa, and vice versa. This will no doubt leave many tourists disappointed as rail journeys have found an increasing following around […]
Subios becomes the ‘Seychelles Ocean Festival’
SEYCHELLES REBRANDS SUBIOS INTO ‘SEYCHELLES OCEAN FESTIVAL‘ (Posted 02nd August 2016) 21 years after successfully staging the first ocean festival under the name of SUBIOS, short for Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles, has the Seychelles Tourism Board rebranded the festival and widened its scope. Between the 02nd and 09th of December will the 01st ‘Seychelles Ocean […]
Time for Lillian Gaitho’s mid week topics
Lillian this week takes a look at how best to prepare for mountain climbing and truth told, there are plenty of opportunities across Eastern Africa to explore alpine hikes and climbs, from Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, aka Mountains of the Moon – the arguably most challenging mountain range in Africa – to Mt. Elgon, Mt. Kenya, […]
Preparations well underway for the next big festival in Seychelles
LA DIGUE’S FEAST OF ASSUMPTION JUST TWO WEEKS TO GO (Posted 02nd August 2016) Preparations for the next big festival in the Seychelles are going well. The upcoming Feast of the Assumption on the island of La Digue falls on August 15, which is a public holiday across the entire archipelago. The organising committee met […]
Vanilla Islands of Reunion and Seychelles consolidate cooperation
Vanilla Islands of Reunion and Seychelles consolidating cooperation following talks in St. Denis (Posted 02nd August 2016) Mr. Didier Robert, the French Senator and Regional President of Reunion Island welcomed Mr. Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister of Tourism and Culture in Reunion and together they discussed avenues for continued cooperation between Reunion and the Seychelles. […]
Kenya Airways signs extensive code share deal with subsidiary Jambojet
NEW DEAL OPENS LAMU, MALINDI, UKUNDA AND ELDORET FOR INTERNATIONAL KENYA AIRWAYS PASSENGERS (Posted 02nd August 2016) Kenya Airways and Jambojet, its low cost subsidiary, yesterday signed a major codeshare deal, over and above the recently announced agreement under which Jambojet is operating flights from Nairobi to Malindi since yesterday. The expanded deal now also […]
Malaysian customs seize a ton of blood ivory
AFRICAN ELEPHANT KEEP DYING AS GREED FOR IVORY PERSISTS (Posted 02nd August 2016) Customs and security officials at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport recently seized a ton of ivory from an air cargo warehouse, where the contraband apparently awaited shipment to its final destination in China but also Thailand and Vietnam, all three notorious for illegal […]
Become a member and gain UNLIMITED FREE access to Ol Pejeta
News updates from one of Kenya’s most complete wilderness experiences where Ol Pejeta now offers a membership with a range of benefits, such as free access to the sanctuary. Announcing Ol Pejeta Membership Gain unlimited free access to Ol Pejeta by becoming a member Attention all Kenya citizens and residents… We are thrilled to introduce […]
