Lillian Gaitho’s weekend topic talks about tricks …
Tricks means someone is being tricked … Lillian has a look this weekend what that can mean for your travel arrangements … Cheap Holiday Tricks for your Next Vacation Whatever your tour operator or agent tells you, treat it as sales pitch! It’s utter brinkmanship as we all know; the end result is to nail […]
YouTube comedy shot on Reunion proves to be a hit in France
TWO MONTHS DOWN THE LINE AND OVER A MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS FOR REUNION PRODUCED COMEDY (Posted 29th August 2015) It took not even two months to reach the million view mark on YouTube following the release of the comedy produced by ‘The Golden Moustache’ on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. The main characters, […]
Raising flights from four to daily is just a matter of time.
AIR SEYCHELLES BANKS ON INDIA TRAFFIC FOR GROWTH (Posted 29th August 2015) Air Seychelles, now flying four times a week between Mahe and Mumbai, appears keen to turn the route into a key platform for future growth. Cooperation with Jet Airways, also an Etihad partner airline, is at the centre of this strategy which gives […]
Uganda safaris made easier through new road projects
NEW ROAD DEAL SET TO OPEN UP UGANDA’S ALBERTINE TOURISM ATTRACTIONS (Posted 29th August 2015) A financing deal worth at least 145 million US Dollars was signed between Uganda and the World Bank during the week, aimed to improve the road network in and around the Albertine Graben. Access to Lake Albert, in particular the […]
South Sudan tourism update
Bahr el Jebel Safaris, which remains South Sudan’s only licenced safari operator at this stage, will reopen their office in Juba next month and is planning to commence expedition style safaris from January next year. This follows the signing of the IGAD Peace Agreement which was finally signed earlier this week by the regime in […]
News from Serena Hotels
Golf in Uganda has seen a game changing development as the Lake Victoria Serena Resort has soft opened its own lakeside golf course recently – a full review is coming up in mid September when I have returned from Rwanda. The first 9 of eventually 18 holes are now open for play and the resort, […]
Harshest sentence yet by a Kenyan court for blood ivory offenses
100 MILLION KENYA SHILLINGS FINES OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT – KENYAN COURT GETS TOUGH ON POACHING (Posted 28th April 2015) A magistrate’s court in Narok, a town seen as the springboard to the Masai Mara Game Reserve and the a string of conservancies around it, has handed down the toughest sentence yet on two Kenyan men […]
Kenya Airways turns up the heat on potential blood ivory smugglers
KENYA AIRWAYS LAUNCHES ‘WILDLIFE FRIENDLY SKIES’ INITIATIVE (Posted 28th August 2015) Kenya Airways, IATA, the Kenya Wildlife Service and conservation NGO Freeland have joined forces to prevent the illegal shipment of blood ivory and other illicit wildlife products from being loaded on one of their flights, either as cargo or concealed in passenger baggage. The […]
Big Reunion team plans to be in Paris next month for Top Resa
REUNION’S TOURISM SECTOR GEARS UP FOR TOP RESA (Posted 28th August 2015) Over 90 participants from Reunion’s tourism private sector and IRT, Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, are expected to head to Paris in a month to attend France’s largest tourism trade show, Top Resa. Reunion will exhibit alongside fellow Indian Ocean Vanilla Island members […]
Air Seychelles joins STB for tourism promotion in India
SEYCHELLES TOURISM PROMOTES ISLAND HOLIDAYS AS PRESIDENT MICHEL VISITS INDIA (Posted 28th August 2015) President James Alix Michel’s State Visit to India provided the ideal springboard for Seychelles Tourism and private sector stakeholders to also head to the subcontinent to promote honeymoons and regular island holidays. Air Seychelles, now flying four times a week from […]
Undying traditions? Read on what Lillian Gaitho is talking about …
TGIF is almost upon us again and with the weekend looming large has Lillian put pen to paper, or rather in modern day terms put fingers on the keyboard to share her thoughts on Kenya traditions. Undying Traditions in Various Kenyan Cultures Image credits: fotolibra.com Kenya can be said to have one of the most […]
Six weeks to go to a key airport conference in Munich
Less than a month left to register for SMART Airports Conferences 2015 Forward to a friend View in your browser Less than a month left to register for SMART Airports Conferences 2015 BOOK NOW Hear from leading industry experts including: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Organiser Click here if you are interested in becoming a sponsor […]
Kenya set to invest multi billions in added road infrastructure at the coast
NEW HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT TO PUT AN END TO TRAFFIC JAMS IN AND OUT OF MOMBASA (Posted 27th August 2015) A new proposed six lane highway project, connecting the port city of Mombasa to the outskirts of the greater Mombasa metropolitan area in Mariakani – some 40 kilometres enroute the main highway to Nairobi – has […]
This Pan African low cost carrier is on the expansion drive
FASTJET’S SIXTH AIRBUS A319 DUE FOR DEPLOYMENT TO ZAMBIA (Posted 27th August 2015) After clearing all regulatory requirements for the issue of an air operator certificate, in short AOC, for their soon to be launched new operation in Zambia, has Fastjet yesterday put pen to paper to acquire their sixth such aircraft. The new bird […]
More seats to Kigali and Entebbe for heavy year end bookings
BRUSSELS AIRLINES ANNOUNCES EXTRA ENTEBBE FLIGHTS OVER FESTIVE SEASON (Posted 27th August 2015) Brussels Airlines has just announced two added Monday flights over the Festive Season 2015/16, both of them routing from Brussels via Kigali to Entebbe and then returning nonstop to Brussels. These two services are over and above the twice a week nonstop […]
Conservation news updates
The figures provided by the Conservation Action Trust about lion hunting in Africa put that continent to as much shame as does the elephant slaughter and the rhino poaching figures of recent years.Read on to get the latest news updates about conservation issues from around Africa. Hunters Bagged 10,000 Lions in Africa Since 2003, Trophy […]
The latest Rhino News
AUGUST 2015 This month we bring you rhino news and updates from Malaysia, Vietnam, Uganda and Southern Africa. Don’t forget – World Rhino Day is less than one month away! Find out how you can get involved in supporting the world’s five rhino species below. Wild Sumatran rhinos considered extinct in Malaysia A new paper […]
New Year’s surprise for Frankfurt passengers on Emirates
EMIRATES ANNOUNCES DOUBLE DAILY AIRBUS A380 FLIGHTS TO FRANKFURT COME NEW YEAR (Posted 26th August 2015) Travelers from Emirates’ East Africa destinations Entebbe, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, destined for Frankfurt, can from New Year’s Day 2016 look forward to both daily flights being operated on the award winning airline’s giant Airbus A380. The move […]
Early bird fees for ATA’s Nairobi Congress available till 31st of August ONLY
REGISTER BY AUGUST 31ST FOR EARLY BIRD RATES FOR ATA’S 40TH ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS IN KENYA Register by August 31st for special early bird rates! Early bird registration is $400/person for ATA members. After this date, ATA members can register for $500/person, while the non-member registration fee is $600/person. Find more information on ATA’s 40th […]
One airline goes nonstop while another goes one-stop.
KLM SET TO DITCH NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO ENTEBBE IN FAVOUR OF ROUTING VIA KIGALI (Posted 26th August 2015) Information is emerging that at the start of the 2015/16 Winter schedule will KLM discontinue the selected nonstop services introduced earlier this year from Amsterdam to Entebbe and revert to a fully triangular routing with a stopover […]
EACJ’s Appeals Division hands down decision on Serengeti Highway case
EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE’S APPEAL DIVISION AFFIRMS LOWER COURT RULING AGAINST THE SERENGETI HIGHWAY (Posted 26th August 2015) In a recent decision handed down did the Appeals Division of the Arusha based East African Court of Justice uphold three of four points from the ruling of the lower court in regard of a permanent […]
Eruption chasers head to Reunion again
ANOTHER SPECTACULAR ERUPTION AS THE PITON DE LA FOURNAISE MAKES IT FOUR THIS YEAR (Posted 26th August 2015) An unprecedented fourth major eruption this year has seen the French island of Reunion once again make headlines as more visitors, in particular volcano spotters, head there. More recently did the island make headlines when debris from […]
Lillian Gaitho’s midweek thoughts on the latest technology gadgets
Travel can be a curse, or so the saying goes, but there is help on the way … some of the latest gadgets on the market make the life of frequent travellers easier … Read on what Lillian Gaitho has discovered and shares with you tonight, in particular the wrist worn ‘live translator’ which comes […]
No 497 Wildlife Trade News: 25th August 2015
That never ending story of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Row over Chinese loggers reflects poor understanding of Myanmar http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150824000001&cid=1501 No 497 Wildlife Trade News: 25th August 2015 Black Markets in China Still Driving World’s Tiniest Porpoise to Extinction http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/black-markets-in-china-still-driving-worlds-tiniest-porpoise-to-extinction/?smid=tw-share&_r=0 Pangolins in Peril: rallying the world […]
Regional tourism cooperation the key to success
East African countries commit to advance regional tourism cooperation The first UNWTO East Africa Tourism Development Forum brought together Tourism Ministers and representatives from East Africa and the Vanilla Islands to explore areas of further regional cooperation (Mombasa, Kenya, 20-22 August 2015). In an effort to unlock the tourism potential of East Africa, the first […]
No ‘Sauti Za Busara’ in 2016 as soul searching begins
Blame is already being directed against the government in Zanzibar and in Dar es Salaam for failing to support Eastern Africa’s single most important performing arts, music and film festival. The cancellation of the 2016 event is a damning indictment of ‘official Tanzania’s’ failure to support the event which year after year drew growing crowds […]
Kenyan hospitality businesses show renewed confidence
SUN AFRICA HOTELS CONFIRMS PLANS TO REBUILD THE LAKE BARINGO CLUB (Posted 25th August 2015) The Lake Baringo Club of Sun Africa Hotels, submerged like a number of other lakeside properties when the lake levels started to rise three years ago, is according to the company’s Group CEO Mr. Rahul Sood being rebuilt, naturally above […]
Runway condition at Mbuji-Mayi’s Bipemba Airport is an accident waiting to happen
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO KORONGO B737 CAUSES LONGER FLIGHT SUSPENSION (Posted 25th August 2015) The damage caused recently to a Korongo Airlines B737 aircraft at Bipemba Airport in Mbuji-Mayi, when loose runway tarmac slabs hit the stabilizers of the plane as it sped down the runway for takeoff, appears to be more extensive than initially thought. […]
Serena Hotels set to invest for a brighter future
SERENA HOTELS SIGN FINANCE DEAL WITH FRANCE’S PROPARCO (Posted 25th August 2015) Serena Hotels and Proparco last evening signed a 20 million US Dollar financing deal which East Africa’s leading hotel group will use to expand and refurbish its Kenyan portfolio of resorts, safari lodges and hotels. Serena’s Kenyan flagship property, the Nairobi Serena Hotel, […]
Fastjet announces another special one day sale
How to book Plan your trip Destinations FAQs Our famous One Day Sale is back! Calling all fastjetters! Our famous One Day Sale is back on Friday 28th August starting at 8am EAT and finishing at midnight. We’re releasing 35,000 sale price tickets across our routes: Flights between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, Mbeya & […]
