Reunion heads to ITB
REUNION TOURISM DELEGATION ENROUTE TO BERLIN FOR 50TH ITB (Posted 02nd March 2016) Germany is the second most important European market for destination Reunion after mainland France. The International Tourism Exchange Fair (ITB), is held in Berlin from 9 to 13 March, and largely considered as the most important fair of the tourism industry internationally. […]
Google Street View now extends to Reunion
The island of La Réunion on Google Street View (Posted 02nd March 2016) Reunion Island Tourism (IRT) and Google have partnered to enable users around the world to discover on the Internet 255 km’s of trails and paths of this diverse and scenic island. Viewers will have the opportunity to admire the landscapes, one more […]
Sauti Za Busara news update
The gap is huge this year on the annual calendar of events for Zanzibar, without one of Africa’s top most music and performing arts festival taking place. There is hope however for 2017, so read on what the organizers have in store for fans of Sauti Za Busara. This newsletter is sent to 66,767 subscribers […]
Kenya’s ‘Tourism Professional Association’ – getting ready for take off
TOURISM PROFESSIONALS GET READY TO LAUNCH NEW ASSOCIATION (Posted 02nd March 2016) A new professional trade body is in the final stages of incorporation in Kenya, finally bringing together in an organized way a very large number of tourism practitioners and managers from all the various segments which make up the tourism industry. Mr. Sam […]
Rwanda Tourism – this week in LA and next week in Berlin
RWANDA STAND DRAWS IN CROWDS AT THE LOS ANGELES TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW (Posted 01st March 2016) The 13th edition of the Los Angeles based Travel and Adventure show brought large numbers of people to the stand of Rwanda. The Land of a Thousand Hills is an adventure destination par excellence and with over 40 […]
UNWTO’s Sustainable Development Through Tourism Conference takes shape
DATES SET FOR UNWTO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CONFERENCE (Posted 01st March 2016) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China will organize the First World Conference on Tourism for Development in Beijing from 18th – 21st of May 2016. Under the theme ‘Tourism for Peace and Development’, the event aims […]
TIME CHANGE: MEDIA BRIEFING WITH UNWTO SECRETARY-GENERAL DR. TALEB RIFAI
Going to ITB next week and keen to hear from the UNWTO Secretary General? Take note of the time change just announced for that event. MEDIA BRIEFING WITH UNWTO SECRETARY-GENERAL, TALEB RIFAI WHAT: UNWTO Secretary-General will meet the media to have an open discussion on the latest […]
The long awaited February 2016 update from the Northern Rangelands Trust
News updates from one of Kenya’s most respected conservancy groups … View Online | send to a friend | Support us Welcome to Wild Frontiers! Here are three snippets of NRT from February: Hirola population doubles in 3 years: Conservation efforts by the Ishaqbini community are bringing back the world’s most endangered antelope from the […]
The latest news from Serena Hotels – February Issue
Having any problems seeing this newsletter? View it in your browser Recurve Archery Introduced at Serena Lodges & Camps. February News Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel Undergoing Renovations In keeping with Serena Hotels’ focus on improving our properties to ensure that they continually meet the highest standards, Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel has embarked on […]
Balala outlines measures to support the tourism sector recovery
Quod erat demonstrandum! Najib Balala is the right man for the job … and while I regret the time lost under the past leadership in the ministry, now is the time to look forward and transform the new focus and vision into reality to revive Kenya’s tourism industry and once more turn it into the […]
Ten-year tourism recovery strategy is mooted
If anyone still had any doubts about the return of Najib Balala as Minister of Tourism, this goes to show what a competent and knowledgeable individual can accomplish in a short period of time after Kenya wasted years due to a lack of serious leadership in the sector. Now the country, and KTB, got new […]
Ethiopia and Rwanda sign new aviation deal
NEW BILATERAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT LIFTS ALL RESTRICTIONS BETWEEN RWANDA AND ETHIOPIA (Posted 01st March 2016) RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines will be the two airlines to benefit from a revised aviation deal between the two countries after Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority and the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority put pen to paper a few days ago. […]
Kenya’s Holiday Expo at Sarit Centre opens tomorrow
HUGE TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR THE 2016 EDITION OF KENYA’S HOLIDAY EXPO (Posted 01st March 2016) As the traditional low season in Kenya draws nearer will fans of #TembeaKenya – the tag line of the Kenya Tourism Board to promote domestic travel – no doubt look forward to the opening of this year’s edition of the […]
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Kenya’s Moses Mbugua wins Seychelles Eco Marathon
MBUGUA TAKES SEYCHELLES MARATHON CROWN (Posted 29th February 2016) The Seychelles Eco-Friendly Marathon, which took place over the weekend, was this year won by Kenya’s Moses Mbugua, beating a field of some fifty other runners over the full distance of 42 kilometres. Over 3.200 participants took part this year in the various categories, which also […]
UNWTO at ITB 2016
Silk Road and Child Protection – UNWTO’s focus for ITB 2016 (Posted 29th February 2016) On the 50th anniversary of ITB Berlin, UNWTO’s activities at the fair will focus on the development of the Silk Road and the World Tourism Network on Child Protection. ITB 2016 will take place between 09th and 13th of March. […]
New Tanzanian government reviews logging policies
FINALLY TAKEN SERIOUSLY: TANZANIA’S ALARMING DEFORESTATION (Posted 29th February 2016) One of the most positive changes of direction, the new Tanzanian government under President John Magufuli has taken, is a fresh determination to come down hard on poaching and more recently to tackle the alarming deforestation across the country and its key water towers. Under […]
Target the Ethiopian outbound market to Uganda at Spotlight travelexpo in Addis
Derek Houston of Houston Marketing in South Africa, yesterday announced a new Spotlight city, Addis Ababa. Read on if you are keen to get a slice of the Ethiopian outbound market. I am pleased to advise that we have added Addid Ababa, Ethiopia to our Spotlight schedule for 2016 Why Addis ?? Ethiopia has one […]
Meet Whitecap … A Colobus, not the Kenyan beer …
News updates from Colobus Conservation in Diani Meet Whitecap View this email in your browser Meet Whitecap, a young male Angolan black and white colobus monkey. Whitecap came to Colobus Conservation, a primate conservation organization based in Diani, Kenya, early November 2015. He was a victim of electrocution on exposed electricity cables, a common cause […]
Otunba Runsewe, former DG NTDC, breaks silence on Tourism in Nigeria
And more information from West Africa courtesy of 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 […]
Huge Tanzanian delegation heading to ITB in Berlin
TANZANIA HEADS TO ITB IN RECORD NUMBERS (Posted 28th February 2016) According to information received from Dar es Salaam will nearly 170 representatives of Tanzanian tourism businesses head to Berlin to attend the world’s largest tourism show, ITB. The delegation will be spearheaded by the Tanzania Tourist Board, which put the participation for the exhibition […]
A month and counting to the launch of Brussels Airlines’ Toronto flights
Travelers from Uganda and Rwanda will, come 27th of March, be able to connect in Brussels to Toronto, one of the fastest connections to one of Canada’s top destinations.Brussels Airlines will at that stage also raise the number of flights between the European capital to Entebbe from four to five, making the choice to experience […]
It is World Travel Awards season – one more day to cast your vote!
February 29th is the last day to cast your vote for your best liked hotel, resort, Spa, local airline, safari operator and provider of other tourism related services. Don’t miss your chance to see some of your favourite places bring a trophy home! Please vote by Mon 29 Feb WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2016 – VOTE […]
More Uganda News from The Pearl Guide: Best of February 2016
The Pearl Guide’s Best of February 2016 View this email in your browser It was certainly a tense month last February. However, one of the qualities of Ugandans is the love for peace. Shout out to all those who exercised their civic right to vote. We have some ideas for how to kick the stress […]
Another Mogadishu hotel attack shakes confidence in security arrangements
IS ENOUGH DONE TO ROUT AL SHABAB IN SOMALIA? (Posted 27th February 2016) Somalia remains a sore in the side of Eastern African countries as well as those in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia included. Nearly ten years down the line after the first foreign intervention by Ethiopia, aimed to create a forward security buffer […]
Massive New Projects Threaten African Conservation
Article provided by SERENGETI WATCH Massive New Projects Threaten African Conservation The Road Ahead. The Challenge of Development & Conservation Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Dear Serengeti Supporters, In the coming decade the Serengeti ecosystem will increasingly be caught up in efforts to bring health, prosperity, and better lives to all East Africans. […]
RwandAir gives tentative timeframe for new aircraft deliveries
RWANDAIR – THE AIRLINE TO WATCH IN EASTERN AFRICA (Posted 26th February 2016) RwandAir, one of Africa’s fastest growing airlines with the arguably youngest fleet on the continent, is set to spread its wings even further this year. Airline sources have confirmed that following the delivery of RwandAir’s first Airbus A330-200 in September a third […]
Mahe – Johannesburg soon going to five times a week
AIR SEYCHELLES ANNOUNCES FIFTH FLIGHT TO SOUTH AFRICA JUST DAYS AFTER ADDING FOURTH (Posted 26th February 2016) When the Seychelles Tourism Board earlier this week opened their new office in Johannesburg did Air Seychelles add to the sustained marketing drive to attract more South Africans to visit the Seychelles, by announcing a fourth weekly flight […]
Icecream – to eat or to scrub with, that is now the question
NAIROBI’S DUSIT D2 SPA OFFERS SORBET SCRUBS (Posted 26th February 2016) To eat or to treat, that will be the question guests to the Dusit D2 in Nairobi will have to ask themselves as the hotel group has launched a new series of treatments in their Spa’s for several of their hotels, Nairobi included. Sorbet […]
Customer Service Excellence Seminar – 17th & 18th March 2016 – Radisson Blue Hotel, Nairobi Upperhill
Customer Service Excellence Seminar – 17th & 18th March 2016 – Radisson Blue Hotel, Nairobi Upperhill Click on this link to book your slot http://graysoncl.com/training-booking-page/?course=Customer%20Service%20Excellence
