Uganda Wildlife Authority e-Newsletter March 2015
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has news for you … Dear Prof.Wolfgang Welcome to the March 2015 issue of the UWA e-Newsletter! UWA e-Newsletter as you will notice has now changed, it is now more interactive and dynamic. Follow this link to access it It is an essential source of news and knowledge about UWA’s Conservation […]
No 377 Wildlife Trade News: 7th April
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world …. Please note: For newsletter subscription and circulation details see message at the end of this newsletter. in the spotlight today …………………… Growing threat of wildlife trade. MALAYSIA. EXTRACT: Malaysia stands at the epicentre of the international network of […]
Taking a hike on the wild side …
‘TAKING A HIKE’ GAINS AN ENTIRELY NEW DIMENSION ON REUNION ISLAND (Posted 07th April 2015) Vacations on tropical islands are often singularly understood to be beach holidays, lazing at sun drenched beaches and enjoying the exotic food, perhaps nursing a sun burn but mainly occupying sunbeds and having fun. Reunion Island of course is very […]
Kwibuka 21 – but has the world learned any lessons since 1994?
21 AND COUNTING – RWANDA REMEMBERS AND THE KILLERS ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE (Posted 07th April 2015) 21 years ago did the world wake up to news that mass killings had started in Rwanda, learning later that one of the modern days’ worst genocide was underway. The world, once the full extent of the […]
Another Cessna C208B Grand Caravan EX heading to Tanzania
AURIC AIR EXPECTS ANOTHER CESSNA B208 GRAND CARAVAN EX TO JOIN FLEET THIS WEEK (Posted 07th April 2015) Another brand new Cessna C208B Grand Caravan EX, supplied by Africair Inc which is based in Miami / Florida, is enroute to Tanzania, where the aircraft will join the growing fleet of Auric Air. Operating out of […]
Seychelles and Reunion continue to strengthen tourism ties
SEYCHELLES’ TOURISM MINISTER HEADS DELEGATION TO REUNION (Posted 07th April 2015) Vanilla Island founder members Seychelles and Reunion will from later today discuss an even closer tourism cooperation when Minister Alain St. Ange will lead a high powered delegation to the French Indian Ocean island where he is expected to also hold bilateral talks on […]
No 376 Wildlife Trade News: 6th April
Your daily dose of bad news … Easter notwithstanding … It is all about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes here … in the spotlight today …………………… More than 10,000 acres of forested deep peatlands lost on APP supplier concession. INDONESIA · APP must temporarily suspend its contract with the supplier · APP needs to launch […]
Uganda secures 3.2 billion US Dollars for SGR rail project
CHINA SIGNS FINANCING DEAL WITH UGANDA FOR MULTI BILLION RAILWAY PROJECT (Posted 06th April 2015) The Ugandan portion of the new Standard Gauge Railway project between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan has now secured some 3.2 billion US Dollars in funding which will be provided by the Chinese government. While the Kenyan portion is […]
Aldabra, refuge of rare marine life
MORE REASONS TO VISIT THE ALDABRA ATOLL (Posted 05th April 2015) When expeditions from the Seychelles’main island of Mahe to the distant Aldabra Atoll recently resumed, those few who were on the inaugural trip were in for a treat, finding marine life galore during their visit. Aldabra, managed by the Seychelles Island Foundation together with […]
Your cash is no good here, use Western Union, hotel tells clients
BELGIAN CYCLIST GROUP EXPRESSES INCREDULITY OVER HOTEL PAYMENT TERMS (Posted 05th April 2015) A group of 15 Belgian cyclists, who have come to Uganda to follow in the footsteps of last year’s Brussels Airlines’ cycling event, expressed their consternation when they were told by the Hotel International on Muyenga Hill in Kampala that their cash […]
No 375 Wildlife Trade News: 4th April
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today ……………………because the CITES secretariat blocks such news about China from its web site. SHOCK number of border seizures exposes true scale of the slaughter of endangered animals. UK. EXTRACT: China is the most frequent country of origin for these […]
Kampi ya Kanzi’s Blog repost
Luca of Kampi ya Kanzi in the Chyulu Hills posted an interestingpiece on his blog yesterday which deserves to be shared: The safety (and immense pleasure) of being on safari in Kenya 3rd April 2015. Jacopo’s birthday. Today he is 8 years old. His Maasai name is Leshan, the one who brings the rains. And […]
Fresh hope for Kampala’s commuters as bus company strikes deal with city bosses
KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR RETURN OF PIONEER BUSSES (Posted 04th April 2015) Information has come to light that the Kampala Capital City Authority and Pioneer Easy Bus have finally struck a deal allowing several hundred busses back on the road by mid-April. The company was grounded last year over allegedly unpaid […]
Nairobi selected as venue for IATA’s 2015 Africa / Middle East Aviation Day
IATA ANNOUNCES AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST AVIATION DAY MEETING IN JUNE (Posted 04th April 2015) IATA has announced that their 2015 Aviation Day for Africa and the Middle East will take place from the 23rd to 24th of June at the InterContinental Hotel in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The global aviation body expects in […]
No 374 Wildlife Trade News: 3rd April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today ……………………because the CITES secretariat blocks such news about China from its web site. From tiger paws to bear testicles, the bizarre animal parts on sale in China’s ‘medicine markets’ where the more endangered a species is, the more healing […]
Travelling from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma? A new deluxe train awaits!
TANZANIA RAILWAYS ADDS NEW PASSENGER WAGONS (Posted 03rd April 2015) In time for the Easter weekend travel rush did the Tanzania Railway Corporation yesterday launch 22 brand new passenger wagons, which are already enroute from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma. The new equipment, sourced from South Korea at a cost of nearly 29 billion Tanzania […]
AFRAA’s latest news bulletin with aviation industry updates from across Africa
WAYN’s love affair with Reunion
WAYN FOLLOWERS WANT TO VISIT REUNION (Posted 03rd April 2015) In 2013 was the island of Reunion voted as the ‘most beautiful island in the world’ by members of Wayn. Since then has the destination continued to attract fans from members of this social network dedicated to travelers around the world. Nearly 7,000 members claim […]
Le Duc de Praslin’s founder Frank Payet passes on
ONE OF SEYCHELLES’ HOSPITALITY PIONEERS IS NO MORE (Posted 03rd April 2015) Mr. Frank Payet, founder of one of Praslin’s leading and one of the island’s oldest hotels, the Le Duc de Praslin, is no more. The sad news reached yesterday that the 83 years old tourism veteran passed away at the end of March […]
Chimpanzee Trust March bulletin
More news from Uganda’s Chimpanzee Trust Chimpanzee Trust March 2015 bulletin DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda info Baby chimpanzee born to Ngamba Community Ngamba Island’s chimpanzee community is celebrating the birth of a […]
Elephant calves Await Fate as Africa Seeks to Save Species
News update from the Conservation Action Trust Elephant calves Await Fate as Africa Seeks to Save Species Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Elephant Calves Await Fate as Africa Seeks to Save Species March 27, 2015 | National Geographic | Paul Steyn | The world is losing the war on […]
No 373 Wildlife Trade News: 2nd April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … CHINA and the CITES SECRETARIAT in the spotlight yet again. A media report which, if the past is anything to go by, will never appear on the CITES secretariat’s web site.http://www.cites.org/ If the media can easily find and photograph such illegalities in […]
Fastjet gets new interim Chairman as airline raises 75 million US Dollars in new capital
SHARE PLACEMENT HELPS FASTJET TO RAISE AN ADDITIONAL 75 MILLION US DOLLARS (Posted 02nd April 2015) News from London just in confirm that Fastjet’s issue of additional shares was fully taken up and has helped to raise a further 50 million UK Pounds or about 75 million US Dollar equivalent in new capital. It was […]
Corporate Social Responsibility taken seriously
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL (Posted 02nd April 2015) (Alan Dixson of Uniglobe Let’s Go Travel seen here with Juan Torres, CEO of Amadeus EA and some of the Let’s Go staff) Uniglobe Let’s Go Travel of Nairobi, owned by Alan Dixson, has ahead of the Easter Holidays undertaken a series of […]
Hotels and restaurants in Rwanda’s capital under scrutiny this week
KIGALI CITY AUTHORITIES LAUNCH INSPECTION DRIVE (Posted 02nd April 2015) As reported here have one off cases of complaints by customers of hotels and restaurants in Kigali led to one off inspections to ensure that remedial measures are taken by the owners. Kigali city authorities have now launched a full scale across the board visit […]
Creole food made popular by new recipe book from Reunion
CREOLE CUISINE – AT THE VERY HEART OF THE REUNION EXPERIENCE (Posted 02nd April 2015) The very Creole nature of the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion becomes apparent in many ways, language, art, poetry, dance but perhaps mostly in the cuisine of the island, which is a unique blend of French fusion with the […]
Nairobi’s new Terminal 2 starts test phase
TERMINAL 2 AT JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES FIRST TEST FLIGHT (Posted 02nd April 2015) Progress can finally be reported about the new Terminal 2 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, which anticipated opening at the beginning of March had to be delayed to complete pending work. Yesterday did the new temporary terminal as it […]
Diani resort reopens in defiance of current tourism trends
A GLIMMER OF HOPE AS THE INDIAN OCEAN BEACH RESORT IN DIANI RE-OPENS (Posted 02nd April 2015) Considering the challenges Kenya’s coastal tourism industry is currently facing, can the re-opening, after major renovations and modernization, of the Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort only be described as a leap of faith, counting on better times to […]
Ever heard of ‘Herd Tracker’ ???
If you have never heard of Herd Tracker you are forgiven. After all, I too had not heard of it until they contacted me a few weeks ago, asking if I were interested to get updates from them about the movement of the great herds of wildebeest and zebras constantly moving between the Serengeti and […]
A guest post from Amadeus EA on some novel concepts and tools
Panelists explore preferences of millennials, see mobile and social as keys for travel players By: Malek NejjaiHead of Global Corporate Communication, Amadeus IT Group ‘Inspiring the new explorer generation of travellers’ panel Many millennial travellers (born after 1980) are already taking trips, but what do they expect from the travel industry? How will they re-shape […]
