Valentine’s Day on Reunion – a month to decide
Valentine’s Day in the sun on the island of Reunion When the dream becomes reality … February 14th is Valentine’s Day the world over. Read on to find out what the island of Reunion offers to love birds ready to take the journey to the Indian Ocean. The hotels on the island of Reunion offer […]
The Vanilla Islands are ready for 2016’s challenges
FIRST MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE VANILLA ISLANDS TAKES PLACE IN MAURITIUS (Posted 14th January 2016) The Rt. Hon. Xavier-Luc Duval, Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius chaired the first meeting of 2016 of the Vanilla Islands organization, which brings together Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, the Comoros, the Seychelles and the Maldives, most of them key players […]
Easy Visa help promote travel
Visa openness levels continue to progress (Posted 14th January 2016) The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has been long advocating for the need to advance travel faciliation as a means to promote tourism development and multiply its socio-economic benefits. According to UNWTO’s latest Visa Openess Report, the share of tourists requiring to obtain a visa prior […]
Qatar Airways celebrates inaugural flight to the City of Angels at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
QATAR AIRWAYS ENTERS ‘LAX’ WITH SWAGGER (Posted 13th January 2016) Qatar Airways’ Group CEO Akbar Al Baker was joined on the high table yesterday by Mr. Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of the City of Angels, aka Los Angeles or in airline speak LAX, when the celebrations took off after the inaugural nonstop flight from Doha […]
No. 600 Wildlife Trade News: 13th January 2016
The bad news continue into the year 2016 with no apparent let up to yet more wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………… MALAYSIA: The brutal truth about captive elephants January 12, 2016 The public must know that every elephant in captivity is systematically abused to break their spirit and submit to […]
How long before CITES crashes
The first news update of the year from the Conservation Action Trust Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. How Long Before CITES Crashes? 11 December 2015 | Annamiticus | John M. Sellar | In a little over a month’s time, the CITES Standing Committee will meet for five days in […]
Fastjet PLC seeking new CEO as Ed Winter announces his resignation
ED WINTER STEPS DOWN AS CEO OF FASTJET (Posted 13th January 2016) Hot on the heels of Fastjet Tanzania adding three new routes over the past two days, flights from Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro to Nairobi on the 11th of January and flights from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar yesterday, are news emerging from […]
Tourism Tattler Newsletter JANUARY 2016
Enjoy the January 2016 edition of the Tourism Tattler NEWSLETTER ISSUE 01 – JANUARY 2016 Our January 2016 cover shows an image of the universe – an appropriate metaphor for the 2015 Luxury Hotel Awards winners – each of whom have attained stardom in their respective fields of recognition (see our Accolades story on pages […]
Two down and two to go as Kenya Airways sells two B777-200ER planes
KENYA AIRWAYS STARTS DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS LONG HAUL FLEET (Posted 13th January 2016) US based Omni Air Internatinal has been named as the buyer of two of Kenya Airways surplus long haul Boeing B777-200ER’s, the start of the disposal phase of several such planes which were replaced with state of the art Boeing B787-8’s. Already […]
Winners Announced for the ATW 2016 Airline Industry Achievement Awards
And the winners are … If you have trouble viewing this email, read the online version. Group Winners Announced Established in 1974 to recognize excellence in the air transport industry, an ATW Airline Industry Achievement Award is the most coveted honor an airline or individual can receive. Group winners for the 2016 awards are: Airline […]
Chinese TV team on Reunion to help promote travel to the island
The island of Reunion in the spotlight of Chinese TV (Posted 12th January 2016) Originally was the World Film Report a television program broadcast on the CCTV chain in China. Today has the World Film Report become one of the most influential programmes for a billion Chinese viewers. It’s been fifteen years since the Chinese […]
Air Kenya News Update
Updates from Air Kenya about staff changes and fares … 12th January 2016 HAPPY NEW YEAR from all of us at AIRKENYA! We hope you have had a great start to 2016. Please find attached the AIRKENYA FLIGHT SCHEDULE 2016. DIANI Special Fares: what better excuse to get into Diani than AIRKENYA’s special S class […]
12 UNWTO AWARDS Registration
Register for the 12th UNWTO Tourism Awards …
President Kenyatta announces major support measures for Kenya’s tourism sector
PRESIDENT KENYATTA ANNOUNCES MAJOR SUPPORT MEASURES TO BOOST TOURISM (Posted 12th January 2016) When officially opening the 4.8 billion Kenya Shillings English Point Marina in Mombasa earlier today did Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta announce major reversals on a range of measures taken over the past years, which had made the destination uncompetitive and which had […]
Save 20% with early bird rates! – ACI 8th Annual Airport Economics & Finance Conference and Exhibition
Early bird rates for the ACI Annual Airport Economics and Finance Conference have been extended until the 22nd January … Save 20% with early bird rates! – ACI 8th Annual Airport Economics & Finance Conference and Exhibition View in browser Unsubscribe Forward to a friend HOME | ABOUT | PROGRAMME | SPONSORSHIP | LOCATION | […]
East Africa’s first e-payment provider gets global certification
3G DIRECT PAY GETS GLOBAL CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSACTION SECURITY (Posted 12th January 2016) The Global Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has awarded East Africa’s leading payment solution providers, 3G Direct Pay, their seal of approval for secure operations for their branches in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia after an audit lasting for the […]
Zanzibar makes it the 11th destination for Fastjet out of Dar es Salaam
FASTJET MAKES IT THREE INAUGURAL FLIGHTS IN TWO DAYS (Posted 12th January 2016) Yesterday did Fastjet Tanzania launch two new services, from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi and from Kilimanjaro to Nairobi amid much fanfare and media attention, that real low cost flights were finally coming to Kenya. Today will the airline, which aims to […]
CITES meeting in Geneva
CITES Standing Committee will review progress made in preparing ?and implementing National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation, and additional measures to protect Asian big cats, cheetahs, African grey parrots, pangolins, rhinos, sharks and timber Geneva, January 11, 2016 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the world’s wildlife […]
GeoSure Global announces new iOS + Android. For essential travel safety information, download GeoSure today!
Following a recent article on GeoSure Global’s serviceshere is a follow up with more technical details of what the company offers in terms of destination safety assessments. And because it is free you have no one to blame but yourself if you don’t download it and check the status of your present location or locations […]
Reunion bags two travel awards in China
The island of Reunion, popular with the tourist industry and Chinese travelers! (Posted 11th January 2016) Best outdoors destination and third best honeymoon destination in the world: The island of Reunion just won these two key travel awards in China at the beginning of the year. For eight years now, the Chinese media house specialised […]
Ol Pejeta The top 10 moments of 2015
Ol Pejeta News Updates January 2016 Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: Ol Pejeta’s CEO admits that 2015 has been one of the most difficult years in the history of the Conservancy. Tourism numbers were 40% lower than the previous year due to Kenya’s isolated insecurity incidents and the Ebola crisis in West Africa. On top […]
Seychelles’ tourism enjoys new record arrivals in 2015
‘Year 2015 was a successful one for the Seychelles’ tourism industry’ says Minister St. Ange (Posted 11th January 2016) The year 2015 was a successful one for the tourism industry of Seychelles as the private sector and government have been able to work together and achieve a higher number of visitor arrivals to our shores […]
Air Madagascar’s skies are shrinking as flights to Asia are axed
AIR MADAGASCAR – WHERE TO NEXT? (Posted 11th January 2016) Reports coming in from Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital city and hub of national airline Air Madagascar, suggest that the airline has effective immediately halted flights to Asia and suspended operations to Bangkok and Guangzhou. Reasons cited were low yield and lower than expected load factors, leading […]
Rwanda Tourism returns to Holland for the 7th time to attend Vakantie Beurs
RWANDA EXHIBITING AT VAKANTIEBEURS 2016 (Posted 11th January 2016) A group of Rwandan tour operators and hoteliers, together with a team from the Rwanda Development Board, are heading to the Netherlands today to attend the 2016 edition of the Utrecht based Vakantie Beurs, a five day event showcasing tourism destinations to the Dutch. Kigali, connected […]
Fastjet makes its maiden appearance in Kenya
FASTJET’S NAIROBI LAUNCH TRIGGERS INSTANT REACTIONS (Posted 11th January 2016) When Fastjet’s flight FN 103 lands at 11.10 hrs local time at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will red carpets await as will the traditional water cannon shower from the airport’s fire brigade, celebrating the inaugural flight, the first of two on the same day. […]
Kasubi Tomb reconstruction to be complete by December
BUGANDA KINGDOM CONFIRMS RECONSTRUCTION OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE ‘KASUBI TOMBS’ TO BE COMPLETED BY END OF 2016 (Posted 10th January 2016) Following a devastating fire in 2009, which razed the main structures of one of Kampala’s most visited historical monuments, the ‘Kasubi Tombs’ to the ground have efforts been ongoing to have this UNESCO […]
More global hospitality brand names coming to Uganda
BEST WESTERN SET TO OPEN IN ENTEBBE IN Q2 OF 2016 (Posted 10th January 2016) After Sheraton, which entered the Ugandan hospitality market in the second part of the 1980’s and Protea – now a Marriott brand – which came to the country ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in 2007 and now operates two hotels […]
Emirates Cargo delivers bridge materials to Entebbe to speed up Nile bridge construction
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NILE BRIDGE AT JINJA GETS BOOST AFTER EMIRATES CARGO DELIVERS CRUCIAL HARDWARE TO ENTEBBE (Posted 09th January 2016) An Emirates B777F aircraft delivered crucial components and hardware to Uganda to give new momentum to the construction of the second Nile bridge in Jinja, which has been slowing down considerably due to lack […]
Kenya’s transport ministry gives aviation regulators a dressing down to force Lamu runway approval
REGULATORS CAVE IN AS THREATS TO DITCH THE LAMU ROUTE WORKED (Posted 09th January 2016) A few days ago did Jambojet’s CEO Willem Hondius, without blinking an eye, announce the withdrawal of his airline from the Lamu route, citing the regulators’ slow pace in approving for operations the extended part of the runway at the […]
Mountain Dispatches Sept – Dec 2015
Updates from the Mount Kenya Trust … Share Tweet Forward to Friend :MOUNTAIN DISPATCHES News and highlights from the Mount Kenya Trust Sept – Dec 2015 Happy New Year to all our friends, partners and supporters! 2015 saw the Trust continue to develop more projects, employ more staff and reach out to larger community base. […]
