Reunion prepares to host XTerra triathlon
REUNIONS CROSS COUNTRY TRIATHLON SET FOR APRIL 17TH (Posted 09th April 2016) 1.5 kilometres of swimming, 30 kilometres of mountain biking across some of the world’s most challenging terrain and then another 10 kilometre run along some of Reunion’s scenic trails, that is expected of the participants who come to Reunion next week for the […]
Rhino Fund Uganda names recently born baby ‘Nguzo’
‘NGUZO‘ MEANS ‘PILLAR‘ AS ZIWA’S LATEST BABY RHINO IS NAMED IN HONOUR OF THE LATE JOHAN GENADE (Posted 09th April 2016) (Picture by Sherry McKelvie via Rhino Fund Uganda) The late Johan Genade, husband to Angie Genade, the Executive Director of the Rhino Fund Uganda and of the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, is one of two […]
Plantation House restoration underway on La Digue
SEYCHELLES HERITAGE FOUNDATION RESTORES ‘GRANN KAZ‘ TO ITS FORMER GLORY (Posted 09th April 2016) Good news for history buffs is coming from the third most populated island of the Seychelles archipelago, La Digue, where the Seychelles Heritage Foundation has began major renovations on the famous plantation house, known as ‘Grann Kaz‘ in the local Creole […]
IIPT News Update April 2016
April 2016 Edition IIPT India Conducts First Global Awards for Empowered Women in Tourism at ITB In association with UNWTO and ITB Berlin, IIPT India conducted the first Global Awards for Empowered Women in Tourism this past month at ITB Berlin under the title “Celebrating Her.” Five exceptional women from across the world, including one […]
Seychelles works Reunion market at Wedding Fair
SEYCHELLES – A HONEYMOON DESTINATION IN EVERY MARKET PLACE (Posted 09th April 2016) Seychelles is at the 2016 wedding fair held from the 8th – 10th of April in Reunion, to re-position the destination as a high-end tourism honeymoon destination in the Indian Ocean region and creates its first consumer advertising buzz on the […]
The return of Lillian Gaitho …
Dozens if not more of messages and mails enquired over the past few months of the whereabouts of Lillian Gaitho, a regular guest writer on this blog. Common decency however dictated that her absence was kept under wraps and it was only recently that, when she herself came back on line and announced the birth […]
Wakanow announces new partnerships and initiatives at WTM Africa
WAKANOW TAKES THE LEAD IN LAUNCHING NEW INITIATIVES FROM AFRICA FOR AFRICA (Posted 08th April 2016) Discover Africa’s Best Is Africa worth travelling? What a question that is as the only answer can be an emphatic YES and Africa’s leading online travel agency Wakanow certainly think so too! Wakanow, a one stop travel portal, has […]
Orange set to invest 75 million Euros in Jovago.Com parent company
JOVAGO.COM AND JUMIA.COM SET TO BENEFIT FROM MAJOR INVESTMENT BY ORANGE IN PARENT COMPANY (Posted 08th April 2016) Africa Internet Group, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa and parent company of Jumia and Jovago, earlier today announced a partnership with Orange to accelerate the growth of the company and seize development opportunities on the continent. […]
Mid Season Bliss at Medina Palms
East African residents, which means the entire expat community in Uganda and Rwanda – but of course also Ugandans and Rwandans, can now enjoy one of the Kenya coast’s best beach resorts at very special rates. Read on to find out all about it. Note: Package rate valid out of Nairobi so add air fare […]
Air Madagascar’s woes continue
AIR MADAGASCAR STAFF HIT OUT AT AIR FRANCE IN MISPLACED ATTEMPT TO GAIN PASSENGER NUMBERS (Posted 08th April 2016) The choice of flying with Air Madagascar does no longer seem that natural, now that militants within the airlines’ ranks have boycotted the handling of Air France flights when landing at Antananarivo, compelling the French national […]
Reunion offers two lucky winners a dream holiday
ENTER THE REUNION DRAW FOR THAT HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME (Posted 08th April 2016) Since the 04th of April is Reunion Island Tourism (IRT), the Vanilla Islands and Air Austral offering a chance to win two airline tickets for a round trip to the island of Reunion. From Paris, the lucky winners will fly to […]
Elephant Slaughter Heading South
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust Elephants Wiped Out on Alarming Scale in Southern Africa 6 April 2016 | National Geographic | Adam Cruise | A chunk of territory in southern Africa about the size of France has long been considered one of the last strongholds of the African elephant. The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation […]
Former Finance Director sues Kenya Airways for wrongful termination
COURT GRANTS TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AGAINST RECRUITMENT OF NEW KENYA AIRWAYS FINANCE DIRECTOR (Posted 08th April 2016) Former Kenya Airways Finance Director Alex Mbugua reportedly obtained a temporary injunction against his former employers to prevent them filling his position as recruitment for a replacement has reached its final stages. Sources in Nairobi confirmed that Mbugua had […]
Wilderness Holdings acquires majority shares of Kenya’s Governors Camp businesses
MAJORITY ACQUISITION OF GOVERNORS AVIATION LTD RAISES REGULATORY CONCERNS (Posted 08th April 2016) News are emerging that South African eco-tourism group Wilderness Holdings Limited has completed negotiations about the acquisition of 51 percent of a range of businesses in Kenya, broadly referred to as Governors Camp. The 51 percent share acquisition, announced on the Wilderness […]
New Premium Lounges open at JKIA’s Terminal 2
TRADEWINDS AVIATION OPENS TWO LOUNGES AT TERMINAL TWO (Posted 08th April 2016) ISAGO [short for IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations] certified ground handler Tradewinds has earlier in the week opened two premium lounges at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s Terminal 2, formerly known as ‘Temporary Terminal‘, at last providing Business Class and First Class […]
Seychelles Carnival Edition 6 – Bigger and Better
MORE MEDIA, MORE PARTICIPANTS AND MORE VISITORS – THE SEYCHELLES CARNIVAL IS SET FOR A NEW RECORD (Posted 07th April 2016) Twenty three countries will this year be represented as ‘actors and performers‘ in the 2016 edition of the Carnaval de Carnivals, the Carnival International de Victoria. Among them is notably also Ethiopia, going by […]
Brussels Airlines is back at Zaventem
THANK YOU LIEGE, ANTWERP, FRANKFURT AND ZURICH – BUT IT IS TIME TO RETURN TO ZAVENTEM NOW (Posted 07th April 2016) Travelers from the Brussels Airlines destinations of Entebbe and Kigali will be happy to note that tonight’s flight SN 471 will make its landing in the morning at Zaventem again, now that the airline […]
Shaping a Sustainable Future with Amadeus
Roundup of East Africa’s CSR Activities Shaping the future of travel is not just about our technological leaps, it’s about coming together as a community, getting involved and driving sustainable social enhancement. Amadeus has worked with former alumni of St. George’s Primary School as well as forging a CSR partnership with Uniglobe Lets Go Travel. […]
Bench Events partners with ForwardKeys
FORWARD BOOKINGS FOR AFRICA LOOK PROMISING FOR 2016 – GET YOUR OWN COPY OF THE LATEST MARKET INTELLIGENCE REPORT! (Posted 06th April 2016) Bench Events, the organizers of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum, the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference, similar conferences in West Africa and, branching out into the aviation field, the first ever ‘AVIADEV‘ in […]
DUBAI TOURISM ANNOUNCES IT WILL HOST 500 AFRICAN TRAVEL TRADE TO EXPERIENCE DUBAI
A great opportunity to discover, explore and forge new business links of course … Read on to find out the finer details what it takes to be part of this initiative by Dubai Tourism! DUBAI TOURISM ANNOUNCES IT WILL HOST 500 AFRICAN TRAVEL TRADE TO EXPERIENCE DUBAI Cape Town, South Africa; 5 April 2016: Dubai’s […]
Zanzibar is ‘Wunderbar’
ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES EXPOSE WEST’S AGENDA AGAINST AFRICA AS ZANZIBAR ELECTION PASSES WITHOUT INCIDENTS (Posted 06th April 2016) (Sunset over Zanzibar as seen from the ancient Stone Town) The Zanzibar section of the Tanzanian stand at the ITB in Berlin in March this year was doing brisk business, showing that the destination, in particular the […]
More blood ivory seized
IVORY FOUND ON FLIGHT FROM KENYA AND AT NAIROBI AIRPORT (Posted 06th April 2016) Coming off a flight from Nairobi did customs officials in Bangkok yesterday confiscate 315 KG of blood ivory, which, while originally loaded in Mozambique, then transited Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport without being detected. The supposed recipient, when learning his contraband […]
Whose needs does IMEX cater for?
If you truly need to search for that answer, well, then it maybe is not for you but regular MICE operators know all about IMEX in Frankfurt of course. If you want your piece of the MICE action, attending IMEX is a must! Operators, hotels, convention centres and tourism boards from around the world will […]
Qatar Airways launches second daily flight to New York
B777-300ER VERSUS AIRBUS A350-XWB – QATAR AIRWAYS NOW OFFERS A CHOICE ON FLIGHTS TO NEW YORK (Posted 05th April 2016) The launch this week of a second daily flight from Doha to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport has seen the airline’s most advanced aircraft, the Airbus A350-900 deployed on the route. The addition of […]
The race is on again for tourism and hospitality students scholarships
MADHVANI FOUNDATION SETS ASIDE 700 MILLION UGANDA SHILLINGS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS (Posted 05th April 2016) Uganda’s largest private foundation, the Madhvani Foundation, has just kickstarted the race for this year’s scholarship awards, in 2016 reaching 700 million Uganda Shillings. Among the many scientific and professional fields are again tourism and hospitality included, as are environmental courses, […]
The air is thin up there in the East African air space
FASTJET DROPS KILIMANJARO – NAIROBI ROUTE (Posted 05th April 2016) Fastjet’s East Africa management took reality into account when they dropped their remaining two flights between Kilimanjaro and Nairobi, which the airline launched on the 11th of January alongside their Dar es Salaam to Nairobi flights. Low traffic numbers, inspite of the lowest fares on […]
SiAA 2016 Call for papers – One more week to go
Now is the time for all those with great ideas to talk with us. The AviAssist Foundation invites you to submit your presentation ideas for the 5th annual Safety in African Aviation (SiAA) Conference, to be held November 24-25, 2016 in Livingstone, Zambia and hosted by Proflight. The SiAA Conference is Africa’s premier forum for […]
Swaziland Tourism Authority welcomes you to WTM Africa 2016
Keen to learn more about the Kingdom of Swaziland as a tourism destination in Southern Africa? Read on or visit them at WTM Africa 2016 in Cape Town later this week. Posted 04th April 2016 Swaziland Exhibits at WTM Africa 2016 This year, visitors to World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town […]
ATQ News – Nigeria sets world record as it generates Zero Kilowatt for 3 hours on Wednesday
Courtesy of Ikechi Uko, here comes another edition of his ATQ News from Nigeria and West Africa. Enjoy! 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 […]
Gulf carriers ‘Battle for Britain’ benefits passengers
10 DAILY FLIGHTS TO LONDON MAKE EMIRATES THE LARGEST FOREIGN LONG HAUL CARRIER TO LONDON’S CAPITAL CITY (Posted 04th April 2016) Once upon a time did British Airways advertise their services with the slogan ‘The World’s Favourite Airline‘ but those days are long gone, as is British Airways itself from the skies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, […]
