The latest from the Tourism Tattler
News, Views, and Reviews for the Travel Trade in, to and out of Africa. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 07 – JULY 2016 The July edition front cover features a pair of cheetah at Tintswalo Safari Lodge in the Manyeleti Game Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa (see page 11). Classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation […]
The heART of Swaziland
Art and Tourism are two areas which mix very well even though, few would think of the Kingdom of Swaziland to put those two together … The heART of Swaziland The creativity of a nation shines through in the art work of its people and no country is more artful than the tiny little nation […]
Great Zimbabwe – as seen through the eyes of a local tour guide
PROSPER MUTERO’S EXPERT EXPLANATION ABOUT THE ANCIENT RUINS OF GREAT ZIMBABWE (Posted 12th July 2016) A recent return to Zimbabwe provided the opportunity to learn more about the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe, as the site museum was open, and separating from the main group gave me the chance to explore it, something I missed […]
RwandAir prepares for Mumbai launch with GSA appointment
BIRD TRAVEL BECOMES RWANDAIR’S GSA FOR INDIA (Posted 12th July 2016) Ahead of the December launch of flights from Kigali to Mumbai has RwandAir just announced the appointment of Bird Travels as their General Sales Agent for India. Bird Travels already represents a number of high profile airlines and their market standing and expertise will […]
Brussels Airlines supports the 2016 Kampala Adventure Cycling event
BRUSSELS AIRLINES MAINTAINS CYCLING SUPPORT IN UGANDA (Posted 12th July 2016) Brussels Airlines has a long tradition of supporting cycling events in Uganda and in fact across Africa. Last year did the airline sponsor two mountain bike outings which proved very successful and put the spotlight on another market niche Uganda’s tourism operators can promote. […]
Uganda’s Seguya lobbies the EU with Africa Elephant Coalition colleagues
UGANDA TOO SEEKS INCREASED ELEPHANT PROTECTION (Posted 12th July 2016) Uganda Wildlife Authority Executive Director Dr. Andrew Seguya, together with colleagues from the other nearly 30 African countries seeking a greater protective status for their elephant populations, lobbied the European Union last week to help them lift the dual classification of elephant – some Southern […]
Tourism, the Sun Program and ICTP means business and more visitors. Did you join us yet? ?
Join ICTP Go to www.ictp.travel Did you join the International Coalition of Tourism Partners yet? Current member profiles: Council Members Destination members Association members Corporate members Educational members Tourism Leaders Media Partners Check out our website: www.ictp.travel There is no cost . Click here to join Sincerely, Juergen T Steinmetz Chairman International Coalition of Tourism […]
Revenues up and operating cost down – this airline clearly does not need subsidies
NO NEED FOR SUBSIDIES AS QATAR AIRWAYS REELS IN RECORD PROFITS AGAIN (Posted 11th July 2016) Qatar Airways Group just announced a 3 billion QAR operating profit for its fiscal year 2016 – nearly three times greater than fiscal 2015 profit of 1.1 billion QAR, resulting in an 8.6 per cent operating profit margin, an […]
An insight of what is happening this year on one of Kenya’s top rated safari resorts
SEGERA RETREAT – ONE OF IF NOT KENYA’S FINEST (Posted 11th July 2016) The Segera Retreat, located in the central highlands of Kenya on a sprawling conservancy, perfectly fits the German description ‘Nur Vom Feinsten‘ or loosely translated into when only the very best will do. Some level of mystery always surrounds such places, like […]
Governor Ayade Wins West African Tourism man of the Year Award as Arik wins big
More news from West Africa, 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 […]
Reunion launches new promotional series
10 NEW VIDEO CLIPS – 10 OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT REUNION (Posted 11th July 2016) Starting tomorrow can readers interested in Reunion, until the 13th of September, follow the adventures of ten selected personalities while on Reunion island. Produced by Endemol , the web series was filmed against the backdrop of the natural settings of […]
Kwita Izina – naming young born gorillas is a uniquely Rwandan tradition
RWANDA PREPARES FOR THE 2016 EDITION OF ‘KWITA IZINA‘ (Posted 11th July 2016) Rwanda will host the 12th annual Kwita Izina, the gorilla naming ceremony inspired by the ancient Rwandan tradition of naming babies soon after they are born, on Friday the 02nd of September. In the 11 years since the event was established, two […]
Juba flights now formally suspended
UNCERTAINTY OVER ONGOING VIOLENCE PROMPTS AIRLINES TO HALT FLIGHTS (Posted 10th July 2016) Kenya Airways just issued a brief statement via social media that the airline has, for the time being, suspended flights to Juba, South Sudan’s capital. During the morning did fresh reports emerge of yet more gunfire and as a result has the […]
Yes, why do wildlife criminals get off scot free so often?
ILSE MWANZA, AUTHOR OF ‘GUIDE TO THE LITTLE KNOWN WATER FALLS OF ZAMBIA‘ TAKES AIM AT WILDLIFE CRIMINALS (Posted 10th July 2016) An author in her own right, the second volume of the Guide to Little Known Waterfalls of Zambia has just been published, has Ilse traveled her country and the wider region around Zambia […]
Feast of Assumption – only in La Digue
FIVE WEEKS AND COUNTING AS LA DIGUE GETS READY FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT OF 2016 (Posted 10th July 2016) Some may of course disagree and name the upcoming elections for Parliament as the biggest event of the year, or looking back the Presidential elections but yours truly has something very different in mind. Between the […]
Zimbabwe’s ancient ruins
ZIMBABWE IMPRESSES AS ALL KEY BOXES ARE TICKED (Posted 10th July 2016) (All pictures courtesy of Mr. David Bowden, Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia) Travel has many upsides, one of them, for me at least, to meet fellow travel writers, or writing travelers, equally keen to explore a destination and often seeing the same things with […]
Zimbabwe’s Matetsi Game Reserve awaits opening of new lodge
MATETSI RIVER LODGE SET FOR AUGUST 01ST OPENING (Posted 10th July 2016) Following a recent visit to Zimbabwe for the Sanganai 2016 World Tourism Expo in Bulawayo, did opportunity arise to meet a number of stakeholders from locations right across the country. As a result did information come to light now that a new lodge, […]
What’s new at Campi ya Kanzi? Read on to find out …
Website The Camp Air Safari The Maasai Beliefs Media Rates Location July 2016 There have been so much happening at Campi ya Kanzi that we do not know where to start telling you about it all! Announcing our 2017 rates…The Yoga retreat…The coming Ethiopian air safari… Lions entertaining us every single night (and chewing on […]
Stalled Likoni ferries – the bane of South Coast tourism
FERRY FAILURES PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF US ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES (Posted 10th July 2016) ‘Just a few days ago I complained to you about the latest US travel advisories which had named Likoni and the ferries as a hot spot. Today have two ferries again stalled and left thousands of traders, wananchi and even […]
Seychelles comes out as top Indian Ocean holiday island
TRAVEL & LEISURE READERS NAME SEYCHELLES TOP ISLAND DESTINATION (Posted 10th July 2016) It is no doubt scenes and vistas like the one shown which have impressed the readers of one of America’s foremost travel publications, Travel & Leisure, when they voted the Seychelles as the Indian Ocean’s top holiday islands, ahead of Mauritius and […]
More news updates from the Porini Safari Camps
Jake Grieves-Cook, one of Kenya’s tourism trademark names, once again shares stories from the Porini Camps which are worth reading! Also part of his latest news is an HD video about what is happening in the bush around the camps. Enjoy! An Update from Gamewatchers Safaris This week guests staying at all our Porini Camps […]
President Kagame opens new Kigali Convention Centre
KIGALI’S RADISSON BLU HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTRE NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN (Posted 09th July 2016) Coinciding with Rwanda’s Liberation Day celebrations, the day when the then RPF drove the last remnants of the killer regime out of the country, was yesterday afternoon the new national convention and exhibition centre opened by President Paul Kagame. This follows […]
Flights to Juba uncertain today after gunfire rocks the city again
LACK OF SALARIES BLAMED FOR RENEWED UNREST IN SOUTH SUDAN’S CAPITAL (Posted 09th July 2016) Both of South Sudan’s political principals were caught at the Presidential Compound yesterday evening as renewed violence rocked the city of Juba. With them are reportedly a number of journalists who had come for a press conference and were trapped […]
Kenya Airways moves into restructuring phase in earnest
KENYA’S NATIONAL AIRLINE AIMS TO LEAVE TURBULENCES BEHIND (Posted 08th July 2016) Kenya Airways over the past few months embarked on a determined exercise to map out the financial turnaround of the airline, dubbed ‘Operation Pride‘. Today does phase one go underway being part of the more painful exercises, to streamline staff deployment. Operation Pride […]
UNWTO top post bid has clear frontrunner after RETOSA endorsement
Updates and comments on activities by UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP and other global organization leading the global travel & tourism industry www.worldtourismwire.com 07 JULY 2016 Zimbabwe tourism minister clear front runner for top UNWTO position after RETOSA endorsement July 8, 2016 Following the earlier endorsement by SADC, the Southern African Development Community, of Dr. […]
Mauritius leaves RETOSA
MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BOTSWANA REGRETS MAURITIUS’ TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP (Posted 08th July 2016) News that the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius had terminated the membership in RETOSA, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa, were discussed during the just concluded 07th Ministerial Meeting of RETOSA in the Botswana capital of Gaborone. The ongoing board meeting […]
RETOSA endorses Mzembi candidacy for UNWTO Secretary General
MZEMBI NOW CLEAR FRONTRUNNER TO SUCCEED UNWTO’S DR. TALEB RIFAI (Posted 08th July 2016) Following the earlier endorsement by SADC, the Southern African Development Community, of Dr. Engineer Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Industry, has now RETOSA, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa also thrown its support behind Dr. Walter’s candidacy […]
Top Tips for savvy travellers
As the week slowly draws to a close does Lillian Gaitho take a look at how to make travel easier … Top Tips for the Millennial Business Traveler From a conference in Accra to a high power luncheon and workshop in Cape Town, and a weekend with family back home; nothing says ‘global village’ more […]
EATP Highlights and New Perspectives
News updates from the East Africa Tourism Platform, in short EATP EATP Highlights and New Perspectives Share Tweet Forward Jambo, It is with great pleasure that I extend heartfelt greetings to the readers of the second issue of the East Africa Tourism Platform Newsletter. As the third EATP Executive Board Chairman, I would personally like […]
Arkia set for return to Kenya
ISRAEL CLEARS ARKIA FOR KENYA FLIGHTS (Posted 07th July 2016) The just concluded visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yielded instant results on several fronts, all benefiting Kenya as a country and the Kenyan tourism industry. While in Nairobi, where host President Uhuru Kenyatta correctly addressed the visiting PM as coming from Israel […]
