Profit warning for 2015 but better days ahead again for Serena as visitor numbers to Kenya rise
SERENA HOTELS ISSUE PROFIT WARNING AS ARRIVAL NUMBERS BEGIN TO CLIMB AGAIN (Posted 22nd December 2015) TPS Eastern Africa, trading as Serena Hotels, has issued the mandatory profit warning as required under the rules of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, where the company is quoted. East Africa’s leading hotel group expects a drop of about 69 […]
Reunion tourism woos French tourists to celebrate New Year three hours early
SPECIAL FARES MAKE REUNION VACATION FOR NEW YEAR AFFORDABLE (Posted 22nd December 2015) Being able to celebrate the New Year 2016 three hours ahead of their compatriots in mainland France should be one reason to opt for a year end vacation on Reunion, the other being the special fares Corsair has now launched to travel […]
Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St. Ange retains portfolio as President Michel swears in his cabinet
PRESIDENT JAMES ALIX MICHEL KEEPS HIS MINISTERIAL TEAM AS MINISTERS SWORN IN AT STATE HOUSE VICTORIA(Posted 22nd December 2015) The Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture, Alain St. Ange, retained his portfolio when President Michel earlier in the day held a swearing in ceremony at State House Victoria. All other Ministers also retained their respective […]
A Very Merry Christmas from the Colobus Conservation Team
A year end update from Colobus Conservation in Diani and their best wishes for the festive season … Merry Christmas from Team Colobus! View this email in your browser It has been an incredibly busy year here at Colobus Conservation! We would first like to give an enormous thank you to all our supporters, without […]
UNWTO partners with UNESCO for World Conference on Tourism and Culture
Serena Hotels Enewsletter – December Issue
No news from East Africa are complete without some news from Serena Hotels … and see how they are celebrating Christmas, by lighting up a life rather than a traditional Christmas tree … Having any problems seeing this newsletter? View it in your browser Light Up a Life This Christmas December News Christmas Tree at […]
Release of October arrival figures seen as Christmas present for Kenya’s tourism industry
OCTOBER ARRIVAL DATA SHOW FIRST RISE FOR THREE YEARS (Posted 22nd December 2015) Information just received from the Kenya Tourism Board are the Christmas gift the country’s tourism industry has been waiting for. While the year on year figures were still down by 13.7 percent – showing significant slowing down of the trend however – […]
Nairobi gets destination boost as Luxury Network opens shop
PREMIUM BRANDS CHOOSE NAIROBITO OPEN SHOP IN EAST AFRICA (Posted 22nd December 2015) The Luxury Network earlier this week announced its entry into Kenya, a testament to the continued growth of high net-worth individuals and the big spending consumer segment seeking premium experiences within the local market. The Luxury Network is a private consortium of […]
Derek Houston announces Spotlight Roadshows for early 2016
Derek Houston, very well known in Eastern Africa for his workshops promoting travel to and from the region, has just announced the first Spotlight Roadshow dates for next year: Now that the 2015 series of exhibitions and roadshows are completed I am sure you are planning your March 2016 ITB and beyond sales activity If […]
Ndege News – December 2015 to February 2016
Aviation news from Air Kenya … HOME GM’S MESSAGE FEATURES NEWS UPDATES FEATURES Meeting the gods at Angama Mara Set on the slopes where the film, Out of Africa was shot 30 years ago is Angama Mara, the newest property taking the world renowned Masai Mara by storm.. Rupi Gill recently visited the property and […]
Former Seychelles President Sir James Mancham’s statement puts rabid critics to shame
Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE was the first President of the Republic of the Seychelles from 1976 to 1977. eTurboNews, the global market leader in its field and a news organization I write for, covering Africa from the Sudans to Zimbabwe and from Congo to the Indian Ocean islands, reached out to Sir James. […]
Safari Trails Newsletter – December 2015
More tourism industry news from Kenya and beyond … THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON LAMU! Rich in history and culture and blessed with exquisite natural beauty, the Lamu archipelago, located on the Indian Ocean along the northern coast of Kenya is a magical place of long white sandy beaches, rolling sand dunes dotted with palms and […]
Seychelles’ Tourism Minister appeals for calm among opposition supporters
Seychelles must not loose its safety label says the island Minister of Tourism Seychelles must not lose its safety label and every citizen must remain conscious that a period of instability will cause the tourism industry to suffer. ‘We need to remain united in safeguarding the image of Seychelles as a safe destination, and we […]
News Alert – ³I remain determined to bring together the people of Seychelles, to work together²- Pres ident Michel is sworn into office
President James Alix Michel’s address to the Seychelles nation on the occasion of being sworn in for his third and final term. “I remain determined to bring together the people of Seychelles, to work together”- President Michel is sworn into office Sunday, the 20th of December 2015 President James Michel has officially started his third […]
Seychelles tourism future depends on moving beyond the election frenzy
TREAD SOFTLY BECAUSE YOU MIGHT TREAD ON YOUR LIFELINE CALLED TOURISM (Posted 21st December 2015) Election observers and media representatives who had come to the formal announcement of the results of the Seychelles Presidential Elections last Friday night, held their combined breath when the runner up, one Wavel Ramkalawan, took to the stage. They were […]
Majestic Burundi Drummers to perform at Carnival Calabar
News updates from West Africa – enjoy Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News sent from Lagos / Nigeria 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 […]
Calabar Carnival – Africa’s largest street party … only in Nigeria
11TH CALABAR CARNIVAL ATTRACTS 11 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES (Posted 20th December 2015) Mr. Ikechi Uko, who can in broad terms be described as doing in West Africa, based in Lagos, what this correspondent does in East Africa, has just passed on information about the upcoming final week of the annual Carnival Calabar. This is Africa’s biggest […]
Air France flight AF463 from Mauritius to Paris diverts to Mombasa
‘TEMPORARY’ MOMBASA AIRPORT CLOSURE TODAY IMPACTS ON KENYA AIRWAYS FLIGHTS (Posted 20th December 2015) In breaking news had Kenya Airways in the early hours of the morning announced that their flights KQ600, KQ601, KQ602, KQ603, KQ604, KQ605 and KQ 625 will be affected by what they called a ‘temporary airport closure’ of Moi International Airport […]
France, hit hard by terror, finally lifts anti travel advice against Kenya
FRANCE JOINS THE UK AND THE US TO LIFT ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES (Posted 20th December 2015) France has at last followed suit in lifting anti travel advisories published last year, warning her citizens not to visit Malindi and the rest of the Kenya coast. Following the lifting of similar negative publications by the US and […]
10th WTO Ministerial Conference – good for Kenya tourism and good for African businesses
WTO MEETING IN NAIROBI HANDS AFRICA SOME HOPE FOR FAIRER TRADE (Posted 20th December 2015) An estimated 7.000 delegates, accompanying spouses and of course the global media streamed into Nairobi ahead of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference which Kenya hosted between the 15th and 19th of December – a first also for the African continent. […]
Fly Africa Namibia hung out to dry by erstwhile partner Nomad Aviation
FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR FLY AFRICA NAMIBIA AS ERSTWHILE PARTNER TAKES OUT LARGE COMMERCIAL WASHING HIS HANDS OF THE MESS (Posted 19th December 2015) The Revolution has eaten its child as the latest development involving FlyAfrica in Namibia, not just Zimbabwe, amply demonstrates. It is clear that there is now very bad blood between […]
Savoir Vivre comes to Toronto as Brussels Airlines announces new destination for next summer
MORE FLIGHTS NOW AND COME 2016 MORE DESTINATIONS TOO (Posted 19th December 2015) The Burundi crisis brought Ugandan fans of ‘Savoir Vivre’ in the air an unexpected windfall, when Brussels Airlines pulled one of their two weekly frequencies from Bujumbura and gifted Uganda a fourth flight in combination with Kigali. Besides the three nonstop services […]
A weekend of elections and referenda comes to an end
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AS 98 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS ENDORSE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN RWANDA (Posted 19th December 2015) It was a busy Saturday yesterday as several breaking news hotspots needed to be monitored late into the night. Uganda’s national electricity provider UMEME tried their hardest to keep this correspondent off the air by inflicting […]
ATW Congratulates Tony Tyler, Director General IATA for Leadership Excellence
ATW Airline Awards … and the winners are … If you have trouble viewing this email, read the online version. Congratulations Tony Tyler, Director General IATA Winner of the 2016 ATW Leadership Excellence Award Complete winners list will be announced through early January! Established in 1974 to recognize excellence in the air transport industry, an […]
President James Alix Michel wins runoff election for a third and final term
PRESIDENT JAMES ALIX MICHEL SECURES RE-ELECTION AS RUNOFF RESULTS ARE IN (Posted 18th December 2015) Results of the Seychelles runoff election for President have just been confirmed by the Electoral Commission in Victoria, Seychelles’ capital city, with President James Alix Michel being declared the winner with a margin of 50.15 percent of the votes cast. […]
Seychelles votes for President today
Seychelles votes today in its Presidential RunOff Election – President James Alix Michel v/s Wavel Ramkalawan (Posted 18th December 2015) The first round of the Seychelles Presidential elections that was held on the 5th December saw James Michel from the Parti Lepep (PL) with red as their campaign colour and Wavel Ramkalawan from the Seychelles […]
Four more A380 destinations announced for first five months of 2016
EMIRATES ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF AIRBUS A380 NETWORK TO FOUR MORE DESTINATIONS IN EARLY 2016 (Posted 18th December 2015) Travelers from Emirates’ East Africa destinations Entebbe, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam can in 2016 look forward to four more current destinations out of Dubai being upgraded to Airbus A380 flights. The airline has now confirmed that […]
RN2D members tour Reunion on fact finding mission
REUNION TOURISM HOSTS RN2D MEMBERS ON FAMILIARISATION TOUR (Posted 18th December 2015) Last week were heads of works councils and associations of members of the National Network of Departmental Group Club Destination (Rn2D) on the island of Reunion as part of a journey of discovery. For five days they were able to discover the tourist […]
It is constitutional referendum day in Rwanda
RWANDA VOTES ON NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSES (Posted 18th December 2015) Rwandans are, come daylight, heading to a referendum over proposals made by the country’s lawmaking bodies, Parliament and Senate, to change several clauses of the current constitution. This proposal was arrived at following wide consultations among the population and intense interaction between members of parliament […]
PRESS RELEASE: WYSE Travel Confederation restructure – positive voting results
WYSE Travel Confederation View this email in your browser Amsterdam, 17 December 2015 WYSE TRAVEL CONFEDERATION SECURES MEMBER SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONAL RESTRUCTURE Voting for the restructure of the WYSE Travel Confederation has closed today with overwhelming support from members for the change. A majority of the membership took part in the online vote with 89% […]
