CITES meeting in Geneva
CITES Standing Committee will review progress made in preparing ?and implementing National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation, and additional measures to protect Asian big cats, cheetahs, African grey parrots, pangolins, rhinos, sharks and timber Geneva, January 11, 2016 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the world’s wildlife […]
GeoSure Global announces new iOS + Android. For essential travel safety information, download GeoSure today!
Following a recent article on GeoSure Global’s serviceshere is a follow up with more technical details of what the company offers in terms of destination safety assessments. And because it is free you have no one to blame but yourself if you don’t download it and check the status of your present location or locations […]
Reunion bags two travel awards in China
The island of Reunion, popular with the tourist industry and Chinese travelers! (Posted 11th January 2016) Best outdoors destination and third best honeymoon destination in the world: The island of Reunion just won these two key travel awards in China at the beginning of the year. For eight years now, the Chinese media house specialised […]
Ol Pejeta The top 10 moments of 2015
Ol Pejeta News Updates January 2016 Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: Ol Pejeta’s CEO admits that 2015 has been one of the most difficult years in the history of the Conservancy. Tourism numbers were 40% lower than the previous year due to Kenya’s isolated insecurity incidents and the Ebola crisis in West Africa. On top […]
Seychelles’ tourism enjoys new record arrivals in 2015
‘Year 2015 was a successful one for the Seychelles’ tourism industry’ says Minister St. Ange (Posted 11th January 2016) The year 2015 was a successful one for the tourism industry of Seychelles as the private sector and government have been able to work together and achieve a higher number of visitor arrivals to our shores […]
Air Madagascar’s skies are shrinking as flights to Asia are axed
AIR MADAGASCAR – WHERE TO NEXT? (Posted 11th January 2016) Reports coming in from Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital city and hub of national airline Air Madagascar, suggest that the airline has effective immediately halted flights to Asia and suspended operations to Bangkok and Guangzhou. Reasons cited were low yield and lower than expected load factors, leading […]
Rwanda Tourism returns to Holland for the 7th time to attend Vakantie Beurs
RWANDA EXHIBITING AT VAKANTIEBEURS 2016 (Posted 11th January 2016) A group of Rwandan tour operators and hoteliers, together with a team from the Rwanda Development Board, are heading to the Netherlands today to attend the 2016 edition of the Utrecht based Vakantie Beurs, a five day event showcasing tourism destinations to the Dutch. Kigali, connected […]
Fastjet makes its maiden appearance in Kenya
FASTJET’S NAIROBI LAUNCH TRIGGERS INSTANT REACTIONS (Posted 11th January 2016) When Fastjet’s flight FN 103 lands at 11.10 hrs local time at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will red carpets await as will the traditional water cannon shower from the airport’s fire brigade, celebrating the inaugural flight, the first of two on the same day. […]
Kasubi Tomb reconstruction to be complete by December
BUGANDA KINGDOM CONFIRMS RECONSTRUCTION OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE ‘KASUBI TOMBS’ TO BE COMPLETED BY END OF 2016 (Posted 10th January 2016) Following a devastating fire in 2009, which razed the main structures of one of Kampala’s most visited historical monuments, the ‘Kasubi Tombs’ to the ground have efforts been ongoing to have this UNESCO […]
More global hospitality brand names coming to Uganda
BEST WESTERN SET TO OPEN IN ENTEBBE IN Q2 OF 2016 (Posted 10th January 2016) After Sheraton, which entered the Ugandan hospitality market in the second part of the 1980’s and Protea – now a Marriott brand – which came to the country ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in 2007 and now operates two hotels […]
Emirates Cargo delivers bridge materials to Entebbe to speed up Nile bridge construction
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NILE BRIDGE AT JINJA GETS BOOST AFTER EMIRATES CARGO DELIVERS CRUCIAL HARDWARE TO ENTEBBE (Posted 09th January 2016) An Emirates B777F aircraft delivered crucial components and hardware to Uganda to give new momentum to the construction of the second Nile bridge in Jinja, which has been slowing down considerably due to lack […]
Kenya’s transport ministry gives aviation regulators a dressing down to force Lamu runway approval
REGULATORS CAVE IN AS THREATS TO DITCH THE LAMU ROUTE WORKED (Posted 09th January 2016) A few days ago did Jambojet’s CEO Willem Hondius, without blinking an eye, announce the withdrawal of his airline from the Lamu route, citing the regulators’ slow pace in approving for operations the extended part of the runway at the […]
Mountain Dispatches Sept – Dec 2015
Updates from the Mount Kenya Trust … Share Tweet Forward to Friend :MOUNTAIN DISPATCHES News and highlights from the Mount Kenya Trust Sept – Dec 2015 Happy New Year to all our friends, partners and supporters! 2015 saw the Trust continue to develop more projects, employ more staff and reach out to larger community base. […]
Have You Set Your Sustainability Resolutions
Take advantage of STTA’s offers to support your own ‘sustainability’ agenda and mark the dates for the ‘Green Tourism Summit 2016‘ which will be held in Nairobi on 16th and 17th of June this year! Welcome to 2016- Have You Set Your Sustainability Resolutions? Welcome to 2016 is gone. There are 51-weeks left. Have you […]
Will Air Tanzania managers and board face charges over lack of audited accounts?
LACK OF AUDITED ACCOUNTS PUTS AIR TANZANIA SURVIVAL IN PERIL (Posted 08th January 2016) ‘If this new government needs still more reasons to sack the ATCL bosses and shut this so called airline down, then I honestly don’t know. It took a lot less suspicion to sort out the boards and bosses at Tanzania Revenue, […]
Reunion – a diving paradise
Nearly 400,000 people practice scuba diving in France. With this in mind will Reunion Island Tourism (IRT) once again participate in the 2016 Dive Show to help promote and market the exceptional richness of the marine biodiversity of the island. This year the show has the theme ‘Hands off my sea!‘ setting the tone for […]
Game census helps to generate crucial data on population sizes and demographics
KENYA LAUNCHES GREVY ZEBRA CENSUS HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE LARGEST EVER ELEPHANT CENSUS IN AFRICA (Posted 08th January 2016) When the results of Africa’s greatest ever game census, mainly directed at establishing elephant population numbers, were recently published, did the conservation world sit up and take notice of the massive […]
Constance Hotels set to invest 11 million Dollars in Lemuria refurbishment programme
Lemuria Resort of Praslin in the Seychelles presents an 11 million US Dollars refurbishment and upgrade program (Posted 08th January 2016) Bruno Le Gac, the General Manager of the Constance Lemuria Seychelles earlier this week presented Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture with the resort’s 11 million US Dollars upgrading […]
INVESTOUR 2016 again key element at FITUR 2016
INVESTOUR 2016 brings new opportunities to do business in Africa to FITUR (Posted 08th January 2016) The 7th edition of the Investment and Tourism Business Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR), will be held on 21st January 2016 and will bring new business and investment projects from Africa to the Spanish Tourism Fair, FITUR. Organized by the […]
Whitley and Segre join hands to form new conservation trust
(Posted 08th January 2016) New international wildlife conservation fund announced A new fund to support the conservation of endangered species and their habitats across the developing world was launched in London yesterday, 07th January 2016 by the Whitley Fund for Nature and the Geneva based Fondation Segré. Grants in the region of £50,000 per year, […]
White Leaders Who Have Championed Black History and Cultural Heritage
A news update from the African Diaspora Tourism organization African Diaspora Tourism Explorer Press Release Crossing Bridges: White Leaders Who Have Championed Black History and Cultural Heritage Even though most leaders and professionals in the field of black history and cultural heritage have been people of African descent, many whites have crossed the race bridge […]
The Africa Travel Association joins the Corporate Council on Africa
AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION BECOMES PART OF THE CORPORATE COUNCIL ON AFRICA (Posted 08th January 2016) The Corporate Council on Africa, based in Washington DC, will effective immediately take over the New York based Africa Travel Association. The CCoA, formed in 1993, is a non-governmental organization with the purpose of promoting business relations between the United […]
An Update on the Mount Kenya 10to4 Challenge
David Kinjah & The Sossi Simbaz take on the 10to4 Challenge David Kinjah, mentor to Chris Froome, and his Sossi Simbaz will be aiming for glory at the Fly540 10to4 Mountain Bike Challenge on February 12th, 13th & 14th this year. They will be taking on teams & individuals from around East Africa, South Africa, […]
Airline alliance news from ‘oneworld’
oneworld News oneworld is best airline alliance for on-time flights again (Posted on 07th January 2016) oneworld® is the best alliance for on-time flights, according to FlightStats, Inc., the leading airline industry data services and solutions technology company, which today presented oneworld with its Airline Alliance On-Time Performance Service Award for 2015. It is the […]
Keen on UNWTO events? Click and read on for the 2016 calendar …
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Turbulent board meeting ends in sacking of three Kenya Ferry Services bosses
FERRY BOSSES SACKED – AT LAST (Posted 07th January 2016) It did not take long for heads to roll at the Kenya Ferry Services after President Kenyatta a few days ago visited the company’s head office in the company of his Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala. It was in particular a vocal tourism sector demanding […]
Going – Going – Gone come Tuesday …
KENYA AVIATION REGULATORS IN FIRING LINE AS JAMBOJET PREPARES FOR LAMU PULLOUT (Posted 07th January 2016) Aviation pundits are divided in their opinion over Jambojet’s announcement and reasons given earlier in the week that the airline will pull out of the Lamu route effective next Tuesday. Initial mention of this move was already made weeks […]
Thumbs up for the Lewa Conservancy
The Lewa Conservancy in Laikipia has much to celebrate in 2016 Now a part of Mount Kenya’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in eastern Laikipia has some exciting news to share with the world as we start 2016. The conservation efforts that they have undertaken and the setup of the anti-poaching team have […]
News from ‘Further Down South’ – courtesy of Gill Staden and her ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’
Enjoy the latest edition of ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’ … https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/tlbw6jan16-compressed.pdf Inside: Water woes but thanks and well done Tourist numbers down at Livingstone Airport 8,000 trees for Western Province Batoka Dam gets a mention Kariba Bush Club and photos of Lake Kariba How to make the best of the new ZESCO tariffs Lions at Wildlife […]
AirlineRatings.com publishes new airline safety list
NOT ONE AFRICAN AIRLINE MAKES IT INTO THE TOP 20 SAFEST IN THE WORLD (Posted 06th January 2016) When AirlineRatings.com released their latest list of the world’s 20 safest airlines and the 10 safest LCC’s, short for Low Cost Carriers, was not one African airline among those listed. The rankings were again topped by Qantas, […]
