TANAPA stirs more trouble for Tanzania’s tourism industry
ARBITRARY CONCESSION FEE INCREASES RAISE NEW FIRESTORM AMONG TANZANIAN TOURISM CIRCLES (Posted 17th May 2015) ‘These increases are arbitrary. These increases are not transparent. These increases will be opposed even if TANAPA once more holds vehicles and tourists hostage at the gates. They will see us’ let a regular commentator from Arusha off steam when […]
EAC protocols trump national laws as member states agree to amend tourism legislations
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY MEMBER STATES SET TO ALIGN TOURISM LAWS (Posted 17th May 2015) Spats between Tanzania and Kenya earlier this year – incidentally still to be comprehensively resolved as the envisaged meeting at the end of April by delegations of the two countries was inexplicably postponed ‘sine die’- have exposed the soft legislative underbelly […]
Seychelles and Mauritius, two leading tourism powers in the Indian Ocean
The Seychelles in particular and after the regime change in Mauritius, where a new tourism minister is now injecting a fresh breath of air into that island’s tourism industry, have always projected images of the Indian Ocean’s best destinations in travelers minds and the 2015 Travel and Tourism Report only confirms what was an open […]
Reunion, always finding novel ways to whip up a storm of attention
GETTING YOUR HAIR DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT A DESTINATION – ONLY REUNION CAN COME UP WITH SUCH NOVELTIES (Posted 16th May 2015) Reunion Island Tourism (IRT) in partnership with Rainbow, a Belgian tour operator, the Lux * hotel group and home airline Air Austral, participated in two day workshop on the theme of wellness holidays. […]
No 410 Wildlife Trade News: 16th May
Weekend or not, the bad news just keep coming in …. in the spotlight today …………………… CYPRUS: ‘Deceived by the government’ on bird hunting. EXTRACT: According to BirdLife Cyprus, 2014 was the worst year for bird trapping since a record 900,000 songbirds were killed by poachers in the British base area of Dhekelia alone last […]
Dangerous Goods Rwanda – Registration now open IATA course Nov’15
For aviation personnel this training workshop is a unique opportunity to learn about IATA’s Dangerous Goods Regulations and on completion of the course, and a successful exam, gets certification! Do Not Miss! IATA Dangerous Goods training – cat. 6 23-27 November 2015, Kigali, Rwanda Registration is now open to book your place for this unique […]
No 409 Wildlife Trade News: 15th May
Gorillas behind bars to show them off instead of more Chinese coming to Uganda or Rwanda to track them? Bad news just continued to roll in … in the spotlight today …………………… Welcome to Shanghai Zoo’s indoor gorilla ‘exhibit’. If this looks bad to you (and if it doesn’t, we suggest you check your pulse), […]
ATA sticks to Kenya, UNWTO stand by Kenya but Skal, tail between their legs, sneaks away
May 2015 Welcome to ATA’s May Newsletter! ATA Passport to Africa, our monthly newsletter, features the latest member and Africa travel industry news. If you are an ATA member and would like to share your stories, please email us and find submission guidelines here. We look forward to hearing from you! Experience Magical KenyaDuring ATA’s […]
Runway light failure leads to flight cancellations
SAFETY FIRST – NO NIGHT FLIGHTS TO AND FROM KISUMU AS RUNWAY LIGHTS FAIL (Posted 16th May 2015) An inexplicable failure of the runway lights at Kisumu’s airport yesterday evening led to the cancellation of all flights in and out of Kenya’s lakeside city. Aviation source in Nairobi expressed their consternation that the lights failed […]
The charade about ‘Doing Business with Friends’
SKAL DECISION LEAVES KENYA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY REELING (Posted 16th May 2015) Skal, or so I thought, prides itself to ‘Doing Business among friends’ but when the news came through yesterday that the organizations big wigs voted to pull the Skal Congress from Mombasa’s beaches this coming October, it became utterly clear that they were not […]
Seychelles – WEF’s number two tourism destination in Africa
There is always more one can learn about destinations, especially African destinations and more specifically those way out in the Indian Ocean. Here certainly is another eye opener from the Seychelles, which may be small butfor sure is Oh La La … WEF GLOBAL TRAVEL & TOURISM REPORT 2015 PLACES SEYCHELLES IN 2nd. POSITION IN […]
Waterfalls? Yes, that is what Lillian Gaitho has in stock for you this weekend
With Lillian, a regular guest writer here on this blog, you can always expect to betaken places, unexpected places, and inspite of the wet weather, or maybe because of it, she is taking a look a waterfalls this weekend. YES, WATERFALLS … read on … Six Must Visit Breath taking Falls in East Africa Beside […]
Swaziland – shaking off the slumber and going places
News out of Indaba 2015 – The Kingdom of Swaziland set to build iconic convention centre and 5 star hotel, boosting economic growth Swaziland Tourism Authority (STA) recently visited Durban for South Africa’s leading inbound tourism trade show, Indaba, which took place at the Durban ICC between 9 and 11 May. Together with 15 industry […]
New Swiss / Kenyan hospitality college all ready for launch
A WEEK TO GO TO THE LAUNCH OF EAST AFRICA’S LATEST HOSPITALITY COLLEGE (Posted 15th May 2015) Next Saturday, 23rd of May, will all the newly signed up students of Eastern Africa’s latest and arguably best addition to the region’s hospitality and tourism training colleges, the Boma International Hospitality College | In Partnership with Alpine […]
Ready – Steady – CHARGE …
COMING UP – THE ANNUAL RHINO CHARGE FUNDRAISER (Posted 15th May 2015) One of Kenya’s most visible and most challenging conservation support events, the annual Rhino Charge, has gained popularity since it was first launched in 1989 to raise funds to fence the Aberdare National Park. It will be held this year on Sunday the […]
No 408 Wildlife Trade News: 14th May
The daily dose of bad news from around the world … Poaching, Wildlife and Environmental Crimes galore … in the spotlight today …………………… DOES THIS CHIMPANZEE LOOKED BORED OUT OF ITS MIND TO YOU? THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS. WELL YOU’D BE WOULDN’T YOU IF YOU WERE LOCKED IN A CONCRETE AND WIRE CAGE, SUCH AS […]
Nairobi, still a magnet for new hotel developments
PRICE WATERHOUSE STUDY SUGGESTS NAIROBI WILL REACH 20.000 HOTEL ROOMS BY 2017 (Posted 15th May 2015) Over the past months have several articles here made reference to the continued appeal Nairobi has for hotel developers, at both the top level but increasingly also in the three and four star segment. Global financial consultancy and audit […]
Oh La Digue – How I miss you already!
THE SECRETS OF LA DIGUE – THE EPICENTRE OF MY SEYCHELLOIS DREAM (Posted 15th May 2015) La Digue may not be the Bali of the 1970’s but then, who wants to really go back to the 1970’s in this day and age? Today we are used to being ‘connected’ and back then we commonly used […]
In a week from today it will all be about food on Reunion
REUNION’S CULINARY DELIGHTS – ALL 51 OF THEM (Posted 14th May 2015) The island of Reunion has a rich gastronomy fused together from many difference backgrounds. It is a subtle Chinese-inspired mosaic, European, Indian, African and even Malagasy. The Reunion Island Tourism (IRT), The Reunion of Food Club and the Union of Trades and the […]
Ethiopian’s latest new route now connects Addis with Sao Paulo
ETHIOPIAN NOW CONNECTS ADDIS NONSTOP TO SAO PAULO (Posted 14th May 2015) Ethiopian Airlines has launched nonstop flights connecting Addis Ababa with Brazil’s second largest city of Sao Paulo. A Boeing B787 Dreamliner is used for the presently three flights a week and offers passengers from Ethiopian’s Africa, India and Asia network the fastest connection […]
Vanilla Islands seek closer cooperation
Vanilla Islands of the Indian Ocean set to consolidate (Posted 14th May 2015) The most recent Vanilla Islands Ministerial Meeting that was held in the Seychelles just ahead of the Carnival International de Victoria, brought renewed determination from Tourism Ministers from Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Head of the Tourism Board from Madagascar and the Regional […]
Kenya Airways resumes full services to Monrovia
KENYA AIRWAYS SET TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO LIBERIA (Posted 14th May 2015) After Kenya’s Ministry of Health has lifted the ban for Kenya Airways to fly to Monrovia is the Pride of Africa expected to resume services to one their previously most profitable routes within days it was learned. The World Health Organization a few […]
No 407 Wildlife Trade News: 13th May
The daily dose of bad news … Read on about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… ORANGUTAN PRISON CELL, SHANGHAI ZOO, LAST WEEK. Just to show countries like the Philippines, who have sent lots of orangutans to Chinese zoos, the conditions these animals are kept in. photo […]
Kampala, once a city on 7 hills, now spread over more than 70 …
Be sure that if I do not write about my own patch, that Lillian Gaithowill pick up on it and fill the gap … Seven Hills for a Footstool: Discover Kampala Just a few kilometers away from Lake Victoria, and sprawled across seven hills, is the capital of Uganda-Kampala. The unique feel of this cosmopolitan […]
ECAir confirms host status for AFRAA’s 47th AGA
AFRAA CONFIRMS VENUE AND DATE FOR 47TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Posted 13th May 2015) Brazzaville will be the host city and ECAir | Equatorial Congo Airlines will be the host carrier for the 47th edition of the Annual General Assembly of AFRAA, the African Airlines Association. This was reconfirmed yesterday by ECAir’s CEO Mme. Fatima Beyina?Moussa, […]
Rain in Africa – both a blessing and a curse
TORRENTIAL RAINS COST AT LEAST TEN LIVES IN NAIROBI AS FLOODING SWEEPS THE CITY (Posted 13th May 2015) Nairobi County Governor Kidero, already fallen out of favour with many voters over grandstanding and poor service delivery, apart from being blamed for the perennial traffic jams into and out of the city, was yesterday faced with […]
Coalition of the Willing countries sweep leadership board at INDABA
RWANDA CAPTURES RUNNER UP SPOT AS SECOND BEST EXHIBITOR AT INDABA 2015 (Posted 13th May 2015) As the curtains came down on this year’s edition of the annual South African tourism and travel showcase popularly known as INDABA, were the best exhibitors once again named and honoured in the traditional prize giving ceremony. The three […]
Keen on flying on the Airbus A350XWB? Wannabe passengers now have two destinations to chose from.
QATAR AIRWAYS INTRODUCES THEIR STATE OF THE ART AIRBUS A350XWB TO SINGAPORE (Posted 13th May 2015) After the double daily service from Doha to Frankfurt, the first Airbus A350XWB destination after the global launch of the aircraft in January this year, has Qatar Airways now brought the world’s most advanced passenger jet to Singapore where […]
New systems, new aircraft – which airline in East Africa could that be?
RWANDAIR UPGRADES TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AHEAD OF NEXT AIRCRAFT DELIVERY (Posted 13th May 2015) With RwandAir’s next aircraft delivery coming closer, the airline will soon receive a second Bombardier Q400NextGen on a long term lease, are passenger numbers relentlessly rising, in particular transit traffic from across Africa via Kigali into the growing WB network. The launch […]
No 406 Wildlife Trade News: 12th May
Your daily dose of bad news … about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes Please note: For newsletter subscription and circulation details see message at the end of this newsletter. in the spotlight today …………………… WildScan is a comprehensive species identification and response mobile application designed to combat wildlife trafficking. The application is designed to help […]
