Etihad wants to be the airline of love for a lucky Ugandan couple
ONE LUCKY UGANDAN VALENTINE’S COUPLE WILL SPEND TIME IN ABU DHABI (Posted 24th January 2016) Etihad Airways, presently flying four times a week between Abu Dhabi and Entebbe, has partnered with Kampala’s leading FM station Capital FM 91.3 to run a Valentine’s competition where a lucky couple will be able to spend a weekend in […]
RwandAir confirms Mumbai as first long haul destination
RWANDAIR CONFIRMS MUMBAI AS FIRST WIDE BODY DESTINATION COME SEPTEMBER (Posted 24th January 2016) RwandAir has given the clearest indication yet that the first route for their Airbus A330 – when deliveries start in September this year – will be Mumbai. The Indian city will, according to information received yesterday, be initially served four times […]
No. 606 Wildlife Trade News: 22nd January 2016
More bad news from around the world about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … Please note this long newsletter represents news collated over the last few days. We should be back to normal tomorrow, including extensive coverage of Indonesia’s extensive and out of control wildlife markets. in the spotlight today …………………… South Africa reveals rhino […]
South Coast residents triumph as Environmental Tribunal blocks sand harvesting
NO SAND HARVESTING AT SOUTH COAST UNTIL FULL ESIA SUBMITTED (Posted 23rd January 2016) Members of the South Coast Residents Association were jubilant yesterday when the National Environmental Tribunal ruled in their favour against the sand harvesting of corporate bogey man China Road and Bridge Corporation. In the judgment it was explained that no comprehensive […]
Reunion’s tourism marketers now take aim at India again
REUNION TOURISM RETURNS TO INDIA TO DRUM UP MORE SUPPORT (Posted 23rd January 2016) After being voted best emerging tourist destination in India in 2015 does the island of Reunion continue its charm offensive to Indian travel professionals. The Reunion Island Tourism Board, in short IRT, earlier this month participated in B2B events in Nagpur […]
Persia Benoit – a Seychellois success story worth telling
From the Four Seasons Seychelles to the Four Seasons Abu Dhabi (Posted 23rd January 2016) Seychelles’ tourism success is today the talking point in the four corners of the world. The success story of the island’s tourism industry is recognised as a text book example by many tourism experts and the promotion strategy put in […]
Seychelles Coast Guard gets additional navy ship
India hands over a fast interceptor boat to Seychelles Coast Guard (Posted 23rd January 2016) President James Michel met with Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, Director General of the Indian Coast Guard at State House in Victoria yesterday morning. Vice Admiral Bisht was in Seychelles for the handing over of a fast interceptor boat which will […]
UNWTO supports innovation towards greater energy efficiency in hotels
UNWTO AND NEZEH PARTNERS PRESENT E-TOOLKIT (Posted 23rd January 2016) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and its partners of the Nearly Zero Energy Hotels (NEZEH) initiative, have present the prototype of a new tool to engage the tourism sector in energy efficiency. The online tool was unveiled at the NEZEH International Conference held in the […]
Investour cements its place in spuring tourism developments
INVESTOUR CONSOLIDATES ROLE AS CATALYST OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA (Posted 23rd January 2016) Promoting sustainable development in Africa through the facilitation of networking and business opportunities in African tourism constitutes the main objective of the Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa, organized by the World Tourism Organization and Casa África at the FITUR […]
oneworld CEO set to leave the airline alliance
oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby to step down (Posted 23rd January 2016) Bruce Ashby is to step down as oneworld CEO later this year, after more than five years leading the world’s most highly prized airline alliance. He has made himself available to stay at oneworld’s helm until June to enable a seamless handover to his […]
Ethiopian returns to the Big Apple
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCES RETURN TO NEW YORK (Posted 22nd January 2016) Ethiopian Airlines yesterday confirmed their intended return to New York, from where they withdrew in 2004 in favour of flights to Washington DC at the time. The flights will commence by the end of June this year but unlike 12 years ago use JFK […]
Conservation projects under threat by gung-ho county officials
TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT CONSERVATION GROUP (Posted 22nd January 2016) One of Kenya’s most respected conservation groups, the Northern Rangelands Trust, has apparently come into the cross hairs of loose cannon county officials from Turkana, who have reportedly told them to pack their bags and get out of the county for allegedly not […]
One year of Airbus A350XWB operations – a cause for celebrations by Qatar Airways
QATAR AIRWAYS CELEBRATES A YEAR OF AIRBUS A350XWB OPERATIONS (Posted 22nd January 2016) Qatar Airways used their presence at the Bahrain Airshow to celebrate a year of Airbus A350XWB operations, which commenced in January 2015 with flights from Doha to Frankfurt. At the event were among many other high profile guests Qatar’s Minister of Transportation, […]
Apple first and Android next for App downloads of Seychelles’ latest maps
NEW MAP OF SEYCHELLES – NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD (Posted 22nd January 2016) Available for download now for all Apple devices including the iPhone and iPads has the 2016 Map of Seychelles gone paperless. Information from the islands confirms that instead of carrying the conventional folding maps can visitors to the archipelago equipped with an […]
Over 400 tourism and hospitality students graduate in Kigali
400 GRADUATE IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM COURSES AT RWANDA’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS STUDIES (Posted 22nd January 2016) Over 400 students of the former Rwanda Tourism University College, now known as the University of Technology and Business Studies or in short UTB, graduated yesterday in Kigali after completing their courses. Information relayed speaks of […]
Nominations & Registration – 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards Being Accepted
African Diaspora Tourism’s update on their World Tourism Award Ceremony in April African Diaspora Tourism Explorer Press Release Registration and Nominations Open for 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards and Travel Expo (Atlanta, April 15-17) Register now to attend the historic premier 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards (ADWT-Awards). The only event of its kind, […]
UCOTA wishes you all a Happy New Year 2016
Enjoy the first news bulletin of 2016 from Uganda’s grass root tourism organization UCOTA! UCOTA MONTHLY NEWS View this email in your browser Welcome to our last quarter of the year 2015 UCOTA monthly e-newsletter. This issue features news from UCOTA, our member community enterprises, Uganda tourism industry stakeholders and other tourism related information. Our […]
UNWTO’s list of Sustainable Tourism Award Winners for 2016
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INITIATIVES GET UNWTO’S NOD OF APPROVAL (Posted 22nd January 2016) The Itaipu Technological Park (Brazil), the Treetop Walking Path (Lithuania), the Sisterhood of Survivors Program (Nepal) and Re-Inventing the Government in Tourism (Indonesia) were the winners of the 12th UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism. The projects were selected among more […]
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This blog of course does fly with Brussels Airlines but with such fare offers, everyone else should too … Online version Dear friend of Brussels Airlines, Make 2016 the year that you explore the world further! Whether you choose to travel to London, to Paris or to New York, in 2016, the world is your […]
Reunion Tourism – Promoting their island here, there almost everywhere …
FERIEN MESSE WIEN TOPS 150.000 VISITORS (Posted 21st January 2016) This year, the Ferien-Messe Wien show welcomed a staggering 150,000 visitors over the three days which ended a few days ago. This public event dedicated to the tourism sector is one of the largest in the Austrian capital. The Frankfurt branch of the Reunion Island […]
SA opposes burning of ivory stockpiles
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust SA opposes burning of ivory stockpiles 19 January 2016 | News24 | | FREE TO PUBLISH CREDIT CAT South Africa opposed a resolution that lauded CITES for supporting the destruction of government stockpiles of ivory seized from poachers and traffickers. It asserted that CITES acted out […]
Militant unions – the bane of business
KENYA AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION STARTS NEW YEAR WITH MORE THREATS (Posted 21st January 2016) A year older but not a shred wiser and – who knows, perhaps still tipsy from the New Year’s champagne intake – has the Kenya Airline Pilots Association, in short KALPA, once again shown that they are utterly incapable to dealing […]
Reunion Tourism announces trade fair attendance schedule for early 2016
IRT PUBLISHES TRADE FAIR SCHEDULE FOR Q1 IN FRANCOPHONE MARKET PLACES (Posted 21st January 2016) Travellers intending to visit Reunion have the opportunity to meet the team from the island at the following forthcoming tourism trade shows in France and Belgium: FRANCE B2B Trade Fair DITEX Avignon – Avignon Parc des Expositions – 30 and […]
The never ending woes of what was to become the Kampala Hilton Hotel
HILTON MANAGERS LEAVE KAMPALA IN HASTE AS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOTEL’S OWNERS REPORTEDLY BREAKS DOWN (Posted 21st January 2016) Full mouthed utterances bare of any sense of reality have been the hallmark of the owners of the so called Kampala Hilton Hotel, of late in hospitality trade circles referred to as the ‘Kampala WHAT Hotel’. […]
EATP reaps big at the 12th UNWTO Award Ceremony
EAST AFRICA TOURISM PLATFORM BAGS 1ST RUNNER UP AT UNWTO’S AWARD CEREMONY (Posted 21st January 2015) East Africa’s tourism industry last night enjoyed a major success story when the regional tourism body EATP, short for the East Africa Tourism Platform, received the 1st Runner Up trophy in the field Innovation of Public Policy and Governance. […]
Kampala bids farewell to the Sheraton General Manager Ian Duncan
CHANGE OF GUARD AT THE SHERATON KAMPALA HOTEL (Posted 20th January 2016) (From left to right outgoing General Manager Ian Duncan, Director of Sales and Marketing Jenifer Musiime and incoming General Manager Jean-Philippe Bittencourt) The Kampala Sheraton Hotel this evening laid on a splendid farewell function where it proverbially snowed food and rained drink, as […]
Conservation versus ‘Development’ … is mankind on the way to destroy its own habitat?
A LITMUS TEST FOR SANITY – KENYA’S LATEST PLANS FOR A RAILWAY ROUTE THROUGH THE PARK (Posted 20th January 2016) The commitment towards conservation of the Kenyan government will be put to the test, for this and for generations to come, when a final decision is being made on the routing of the SGR, short […]
Qatar Airways’ new safety video turns into a global hit
QATAR AIRWAYS’ NEW SAFETY VIDEO A REAL HIT ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Posted 20th January 2016) Qatar Airways’ new safety video featuring FC Barcelona players Messi, Suarez, Neymar, Pique, Rakitic and Mascherano landed as a hit across all social media channels, generating nearly 40 million views since its debut in December, a record among airline safety […]
News from ‘Further down South’
Gill Staden just completed her first ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly’ of 2016 and just moments later here it is for you to read some news from the parks in Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond … https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/tlbw20jan16-compressed-1.pdf Inside: Solar Power in Livingstone Earthquake near Kariba Dam Lower Zambezi is the World’s First Carbon Neutral National Park ZESCO tariffs […]
Fly in and stay with us
Watamu, make it your choice destination in Kenya … Packages are available for East African citizens and East African residents (Residents of Uganda and Rwanda can travel on Interstate Passes free of any Visa fees) No Images? Click here ? Fly in and stay with us! Need to unwind after the busy festive period? Then […]
