Amadeus East Africa supports another high quality training session
AMADEUS LEADS THE PACK WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING OFFERS (Posted 13th April 2016) On 23rd April 2016, AMADEUS East Africa will be hosting Matthew Kimberley Coach, Mentor and Head of School for The Book Yourself Solid, School of Coach Training for a one-day seminar in Nairobi at Villa Rosa Kempinski from 9 am – […]
Mark your calendar for the IATA Aviation Day Abuja
Save the Date On behalf of the IATA Africa & Middle East team, it is our pleasure to invite you to the IATA Aviation Day, taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, from23-24 May 2016. This high-caliber and exclusive conference is expecting around 250 distinguished aviation decision makers and influencers representing, amongst others, airlines, CAAs, government agencies, […]
More news from ‘Further Down South’ courtesy of Gill Staden
Inside the newsletter Livingstone Art Gallery Owls in my Chimney Cheetah collared in Liuwa Mountain Biking to Lower Zambezi Zesco to normalize power??? Photo of Eagles Rest and the lake Nkonzi Camp, South Luangwa Chipembele’s Sponsors Wall Kafue Rowing Centre News Hwange Presidential Herd More solar panels for Hwange Elephant poachers in Matusadona sentenced Ban […]
ATC strike grounds traffic at Zaventem
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS INFLICT MORE PAIN ON ZAVENTEM AS STRIKE CLOSES AIRPORT (Posted 13th April 2016) Clearly not satisfied with the damage done to their main airport by terrorists and the impact this had on the reputation of Belgium as a leading European tourism destinations and Brussels as an aviation hub, have air traffic controllers […]
UNWTO seeks expert input
UNWTO’S WORLD TOURISM BAROMETER NEEDS MARKET FEEDBACK (Posted 13th April 2016) UNWTO has started the preparation of the June issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. We very much appreciate your commitment to participate in the UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts. We hope we can count again on your valuable cooperation, and would like to […]
Lillian Gaitho’s insights into the use of technology while on maternity leave
PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS COVER EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE TODAY – EVEN THE LIFE OF A NEW MOTHERBy Lillian Gaitho (Posted 13th April 2016) Lillian’s recent return to these lanes was widely welcomed, showing how popular a guest writer she has become and how she was missed when taking her maternity leave. Her latest contribution is […]
Seychelles prepare to welcome African nations to the International Carnival in Victoria
AT LEAST SIX AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO BE PART OF THE SEYCHELLES CARNIVAL (Posted 13th April 2016) South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Mauritius will be joining together in Seychelles to fly flags from the continent alongside the giants of the world of carnivals and in so doing showcase African culture for the world to […]
Stephane Fouassin takes over from Patrick Serveaux at Reunion Tourism
CHANGE OF GUARD AT THE HELM OF IRT (Posted 13th April 2016) (On the left outgoing IRT President Patrick Serveaux and on the right the new boss of Reunion Tourism Stephane Fouassin) The full board of Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, in short IRT, met yesterday to select and elect a new leadership for the […]
Where will Digitial Africa stand in 10 years
WILL AFRICA BE DIGITALLY RELEVANT IN A DECADE?A thought provoking piece on where Africa might be in 10 years (Posted 13th April 2016) By: Wayne Houghton, Director of Growth Implementation Solutions, Frost & Sullivan Africa By 2025, jobs which were common place in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016, will have obsolete […]
InterContinental Lusaka changes hands
LUSAKA’S LANDMARK INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL GETS NEW OWNERS (Posted 12th April 2016) Ownership of the InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka has, effective 31st of March, changed hands after Kingdom Hotels reportedly sold the property for nearly 36 million US Dollars to Mauritius based QG Africa Hotels. That company is part of the QG Global Group which has […]
Three thousand more star rated hotel beds coming up for Nairobi
MASSIVE INCREASE IN HOTEL ROOMS PROJECTED FOR NAIROBI (Posted 12th April 2016) After Nairobi won the World Travel Award 2016 as Africa’s leading MICE destination last weekend will conference and event organizers be pleased to hear that a further 3.000 quality hotel rooms are in the final stages of coming on line, as earlier reported […]
Memories of Galdessa
TSAVO EAST – RECOLLECTIONS OF A VISIT BY ANGELA NDAGANO (Posted 12th April 2016) I reviewed the Galdessa Camp a while ago on my TripAdvisor platform and had plenty of positive feedback since then. I touched on the visit in some of my trip reports filed late last year in connection with the Magical Kenya […]
Fastjet wins big at World Travel Awards in Zanzibar
BEST LCC TITLE FOR AFRICA GOES TO FASTJET (Posted 12th April 2016) Fastjet, the low-cost pan-African airline, has won Africa’s Leading Low-Cost Airline Award at the 23rd Annual World Travel Awards held in Zanzibar, Tanzania last Saturday night at a Gala Dinner Award Ceremony held at the Diamonds La Gemma dell’ Est. The globally recognised […]
Bench Events show a 30 percent jump of new hotel rooms in Africa
64.000 NEW HOTEL ROOMS COMING UP ACROSS AFRICA (Posted 12th April 2016) Bench Events, organizers of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum, which this year will take place in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, has released data suggesting that investments in the hotel sector across Africa have shown not only a remarkable resistance to continental politics […]
Serena Scoops Big at the World Travel Awards 2016
SERENA HOTELS SET NEW WTA RECORD WITH 12 TROPHIES (Posted 12th April 2016) Last Saturday was a victorious night for Serena Hotels, East Africa’s leading hotel group, when the company took an unprecedented 12 trophies including the top award as Africa’s Leading Hotel Brand at the 2016 World Travel Awards held at Diamonds La Gemma […]
RwandAir’s expansion plans gain shape with search for new country managers
2016 IS RWANDAIR’S YEAR OF THE PHOENIX (Posted 12th April 2016) The pace is gathering momentum in the corporate headquarters of RwandAir at the Kigali International Airport towards major fleet and destination expansion this year. The upcoming delivery in the second half of the year of two brand new Airbus A330’s will allow the airline […]
ATQ News reports that three Ghanaian Airlines return to operation
The latest news updates from Nigeria and West Africa, courtesy of Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News service … 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 […]
World Travel Awards News
The World Travel Awards 2016 have been announced last Saturday night at the Diamonds La Gemma dell’ Est on the Spice Island of Zanzibar, defeating the opinion of those who had predicted a dire future for the island’s tourism industry after the recent election re-run. The tourism who is who from across the continent and […]
Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge, Leading Safari Lodge in Uganda
Congrats to Lydia and her entire team and this award will no doubt be dedicated to the late Robert Brierley Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge Wins big in the World Travel Awards. Dear Travel Professionals and friends, Congratulations to Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge for being voted Uganda’s Leading Safari Lodge 2016. The World Travel Awards™ is […]
A SAFARI TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Part 3 of 3 about Bwindi National Park, by Lydia Kalimwine, Managing Director of Able Safaris – Thanks once again for permission to re-blog.
A SAFARI TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Part 2 of three about Bwindi, one of two of Uganda’s gorilla national parks, courtesy of Lydia Kalimwine – thanks!
A SAFARI TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Thanks to Lydia Kalimwine, owner of Able Safaris, I am permitted to re-blog all three of her Bwindi articles here to help promote travel to Uganda and tracking of gorillas which live inside our boundaries.
Yellow Fever cases confirmed in Masaka / Uganda
YELLOW FEVER INOCULATION NOW ESSENTIAL FOR UGANDA (Posted 11th April 2016) Usually reliable sources have confirmed what a statement by the Ugandan Ministry of Health said yesterday afternoon already, that at least five lethal cases of Yellow Fever have been detected in the area around Masaka. Several other patients have been tested and the results […]
Elephant News – Monthly Trumpet
Tracking along the railway tracks Kenya’s biggest infrastructure project, a new high-speed rail link between Nairobi and Mombasa, is well underway. Modern transport links to the coast are critical for the nation’s development, but they also threaten to sever the Tsavo ecosystem (home to Kenya’s biggest elephant population) into two. This month Save the Elephants […]
Kenya Conservation Alliance launches in the morning
50 NGO’S UNITE TO FORM THE KENYA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (Posted 10th April 2016) Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Prof. Judy Wakhungu, will be officiating in the morning when the Conservation Alliance of Kenya is formally launched at the Nairobi Serena Hotel. More than 50 of Kenya’s leading conservation NGO’s have come together […]
Latest news from the Tourism Tattler
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 04 – APRIL 2016 IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL 01 | PDF | Front Cover. 02 | PDF | Contents. 03 | PDF | Mozambique Collection (Sponsor). 04 | PDF | Accreditation. 05 | PDF | Cover Story. By Guest Editor, Mandlakazi Skefile. ATTRACTIONS 06 | PDF | Explore Nelson Mandela Bay. 08 | […]
African travel businesses on the expansion path
THE NEW ‘WAKANOW‘ IS GEARING UP TO GLOBAL EXPANSION (Posted 10th April 2016) Following the rebranding of Wakanow.Com, Africa’s leading online travel agency and one stop centre, did the company at the just concluded WTM Africa in Cape Town launch their new TV series, promoting African destinations to African travelers. Destinations Africa will debut formally […]
And the winners in Africa are …
TRAVEL OSCAR NIGHT REWARDS WINNING TEAMS (Posted 10th April 2016) The Africa and Indian Ocean World Travel Awards Ceremony last night at the Diamond La Gemma dell’ Est, aka Star of the East, brought together CEO’s and top managers of the contenders for awards and prizes from across the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands and the […]
Qatar Airways hub airport becomes ‘intelligent’
SMART, SMARTER BUT HAMAD INTERNATIONAL IS SET TO BECOME SMARTEST (Posted 10th April 2016) Hamad Hamad International Airport (HIA) announced earlier in the week that it has commenced the testing phase of its program to transform into a ‘smart airport’ by integrating best of breed technologies that would offer passengers more control and independence over […]
Kenya reaps big again at World Travel Awards for Africa
KENYA’S TOP TOURISM BRANDS CLAIM LIONS SHARE OF WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS IN EAST AFRICA (Posted 09th April 2016) Kenya’s leading tourism, hospitality and aviation brand names have once again shown their regional dominance, when the verdicts came in this evening at the World Travel Awards for Africa ceremony held at the Diamond La Gemma dell’ […]
