One year of Airbus A350XWB operations – a cause for celebrations by Qatar Airways
QATAR AIRWAYS CELEBRATES A YEAR OF AIRBUS A350XWB OPERATIONS (Posted 22nd January 2016) Qatar Airways used their presence at the Bahrain Airshow to celebrate a year of Airbus A350XWB operations, which commenced in January 2015 with flights from Doha to Frankfurt. At the event were among many other high profile guests Qatar’s Minister of Transportation, […]
Apple first and Android next for App downloads of Seychelles’ latest maps
NEW MAP OF SEYCHELLES – NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD (Posted 22nd January 2016) Available for download now for all Apple devices including the iPhone and iPads has the 2016 Map of Seychelles gone paperless. Information from the islands confirms that instead of carrying the conventional folding maps can visitors to the archipelago equipped with an […]
Over 400 tourism and hospitality students graduate in Kigali
400 GRADUATE IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM COURSES AT RWANDA’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS STUDIES (Posted 22nd January 2016) Over 400 students of the former Rwanda Tourism University College, now known as the University of Technology and Business Studies or in short UTB, graduated yesterday in Kigali after completing their courses. Information relayed speaks of […]
Nominations & Registration – 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards Being Accepted
African Diaspora Tourism’s update on their World Tourism Award Ceremony in April African Diaspora Tourism Explorer Press Release Registration and Nominations Open for 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards and Travel Expo (Atlanta, April 15-17) Register now to attend the historic premier 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards (ADWT-Awards). The only event of its kind, […]
UCOTA wishes you all a Happy New Year 2016
Enjoy the first news bulletin of 2016 from Uganda’s grass root tourism organization UCOTA! UCOTA MONTHLY NEWS View this email in your browser Welcome to our last quarter of the year 2015 UCOTA monthly e-newsletter. This issue features news from UCOTA, our member community enterprises, Uganda tourism industry stakeholders and other tourism related information. Our […]
UNWTO’s list of Sustainable Tourism Award Winners for 2016
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INITIATIVES GET UNWTO’S NOD OF APPROVAL (Posted 22nd January 2016) The Itaipu Technological Park (Brazil), the Treetop Walking Path (Lithuania), the Sisterhood of Survivors Program (Nepal) and Re-Inventing the Government in Tourism (Indonesia) were the winners of the 12th UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism. The projects were selected among more […]
? Fly with Brussels Airlines to Europe at fantastic fares! ?
This blog of course does fly with Brussels Airlines but with such fare offers, everyone else should too … Online version Dear friend of Brussels Airlines, Make 2016 the year that you explore the world further! Whether you choose to travel to London, to Paris or to New York, in 2016, the world is your […]
Reunion Tourism – Promoting their island here, there almost everywhere …
FERIEN MESSE WIEN TOPS 150.000 VISITORS (Posted 21st January 2016) This year, the Ferien-Messe Wien show welcomed a staggering 150,000 visitors over the three days which ended a few days ago. This public event dedicated to the tourism sector is one of the largest in the Austrian capital. The Frankfurt branch of the Reunion Island […]
SA opposes burning of ivory stockpiles
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust SA opposes burning of ivory stockpiles 19 January 2016 | News24 | | FREE TO PUBLISH CREDIT CAT South Africa opposed a resolution that lauded CITES for supporting the destruction of government stockpiles of ivory seized from poachers and traffickers. It asserted that CITES acted out […]
Militant unions – the bane of business
KENYA AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION STARTS NEW YEAR WITH MORE THREATS (Posted 21st January 2016) A year older but not a shred wiser and – who knows, perhaps still tipsy from the New Year’s champagne intake – has the Kenya Airline Pilots Association, in short KALPA, once again shown that they are utterly incapable to dealing […]
Reunion Tourism announces trade fair attendance schedule for early 2016
IRT PUBLISHES TRADE FAIR SCHEDULE FOR Q1 IN FRANCOPHONE MARKET PLACES (Posted 21st January 2016) Travellers intending to visit Reunion have the opportunity to meet the team from the island at the following forthcoming tourism trade shows in France and Belgium: FRANCE B2B Trade Fair DITEX Avignon – Avignon Parc des Expositions – 30 and […]
The never ending woes of what was to become the Kampala Hilton Hotel
HILTON MANAGERS LEAVE KAMPALA IN HASTE AS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOTEL’S OWNERS REPORTEDLY BREAKS DOWN (Posted 21st January 2016) Full mouthed utterances bare of any sense of reality have been the hallmark of the owners of the so called Kampala Hilton Hotel, of late in hospitality trade circles referred to as the ‘Kampala WHAT Hotel’. […]
EATP reaps big at the 12th UNWTO Award Ceremony
EAST AFRICA TOURISM PLATFORM BAGS 1ST RUNNER UP AT UNWTO’S AWARD CEREMONY (Posted 21st January 2015) East Africa’s tourism industry last night enjoyed a major success story when the regional tourism body EATP, short for the East Africa Tourism Platform, received the 1st Runner Up trophy in the field Innovation of Public Policy and Governance. […]
Kampala bids farewell to the Sheraton General Manager Ian Duncan
CHANGE OF GUARD AT THE SHERATON KAMPALA HOTEL (Posted 20th January 2016) (From left to right outgoing General Manager Ian Duncan, Director of Sales and Marketing Jenifer Musiime and incoming General Manager Jean-Philippe Bittencourt) The Kampala Sheraton Hotel this evening laid on a splendid farewell function where it proverbially snowed food and rained drink, as […]
Conservation versus ‘Development’ … is mankind on the way to destroy its own habitat?
A LITMUS TEST FOR SANITY – KENYA’S LATEST PLANS FOR A RAILWAY ROUTE THROUGH THE PARK (Posted 20th January 2016) The commitment towards conservation of the Kenyan government will be put to the test, for this and for generations to come, when a final decision is being made on the routing of the SGR, short […]
Qatar Airways’ new safety video turns into a global hit
QATAR AIRWAYS’ NEW SAFETY VIDEO A REAL HIT ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Posted 20th January 2016) Qatar Airways’ new safety video featuring FC Barcelona players Messi, Suarez, Neymar, Pique, Rakitic and Mascherano landed as a hit across all social media channels, generating nearly 40 million views since its debut in December, a record among airline safety […]
News from ‘Further down South’
Gill Staden just completed her first ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’ of 2016 and just moments later here it is for you to read some news from the parks in Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond … https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/tlbw20jan16-compressed-1.pdf Inside: Solar Power in Livingstone Earthquake near Kariba Dam Lower Zambezi is the World’s First Carbon Neutral National Park ZESCO tariffs […]
Fly in and stay with us
Watamu, make it your choice destination in Kenya … Packages are available for East African citizens and East African residents (Residents of Uganda and Rwanda can travel on Interstate Passes free of any Visa fees) No Images? Click here ? Fly in and stay with us! Need to unwind after the busy festive period? Then […]
Dusit Ushers in a New Chapter with Appointment of New Group CEO
For friends of the Dusit D2 in Nairobi, this may interest you … If you cannot view this page or see only part of it, please visit this link Dusit Ushers in a New Chapter with Appointment of New Group CEO Bangkok, 19 January 2016 – Leading Asian hospitality group Dusit International welcomes a new […]
Flavours and Cultures
It is all about food this January at Constance Hotels and Resorts … and yes, there are two Constance Resorts in the Seychelles, the Constance Ephelia on the main island of Mahe and the Constance Lemuria, Seychelles’ only golf resort, on the second largest island of Praslin … Is this email not displaying correctly? View […]
Kenya Tourism minister goes sky diving hoping to drag the industry up
More West Africa updates courtesy of Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News 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 […]
Kenya Airways announces changes on their Board
KENYA AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES CHANGES ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Posted 19th January 2016) The Board of Kenya Airways earlier today announced the appointment of Mr. Dick Murianki as the Acting Group Finance Director, replacing the immediate former post holder Mr. Alex Mbugua with effect from today. Making the announcement, the Chairman of the Board Amb. […]
Blue Economy Summit concludes in Abu Dhabi
The Blue Economy is about empowering Seychelles’ local fisheries industry (Posted 19th January 2016) The Second Blue Economy Summit, held under the theme “One Ocean, One Future” and a key component of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), concluded successfully on the 19th January 2016 with adoption of the Abu Dhabi 2016 Blue Economy Declaration. […]
Make 2016 a year to remember
RhinoNews from Save the Rhino International Exciting upcoming events from Save the Rhino! View this email in your browser Make 2016 the year you help Save the Rhino, from taking on a challenge to attending an event, there are plenty of ways you can be a rhino hero. Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture Thursday 10 March […]
Seychelles’ President at World Future Energy Summit
President Michel joins world leaders for discussions at World Future Energy Summit 2016 (Posted 19th January 2016) Seychelles President James Michel yesterday attended the opening ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit 2016, as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). Prior to the ceremony, President Michel met with […]
Canine unit at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport nabs ivory smugglers
MORE CHINESE NABBED WITH BLOOD IVORY WHILE IN TRANSIT VIA NAIROBI (Posted 19th January 2016) The message went out loud and clear, after four arrests of transit passengers were made last week at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport: ‘DO NOT CARRY IVORY OR WE SHALL ARREST YOU, PROSECUTE YOU AND JAIL YOU!‘. Three of the […]
2015 ends with new record with over 1.2 billion people travelling but Africa continues to trail global trends
International tourist arrivals up 4% reach a record 1.2 billion in 2015 (Posted 18th January 2016) International tourist arrivals world wide grew by 4.4% in 2015 to reach a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Some 50 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled to international destinations around […]
Reunion targets Luxemburg for more tourists
IRT REPORTS SUCCESS AT THE 25TH VAKANZ TOURISM FAIR IN LUXEMBURG (Posted 18th January 2016) Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, in short IRT, together with home airline Air Austral and the Saint Alexis Hotel & Spa kicked off their European marketing circuit with an attendance at the Vakanz Tourism Fair in Luxemburg earlier over the […]
What’s new with Ol Pejeta – Webinar
Ol Pejeta offers a Webinar to spread the good news about Kenya’s most complete wilderness experience … Don’t miss it, sign up now for free! view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta | book online Participate in our Webinar and find out what’s new with Ol Pejeta Dear Friend of Ol […]
South African aviation authorities yield to growing Zimbabwean pressure and grant Fastjet landing rights
FASTJET FINALLY GETS LANDING RIGHTS FOR HARARE – JOHANNESBURG ROUTE (Posted 18th January 2016) Effective February 01st will Fastjet Zimbabwe launch daily flights from Harare to Johannesburg, finally filling the gap which was left when in late October rival LCC FlyAfrica lost their AOC over what the High Court in the capital Harare later described […]
