Serena Hotels Enewsletter: March Issue
The latest news from Serena Hotels … Having any problems seeing this newsletter? View it in your browser March News Zanzibar Serena Hotel Enjoy Early Easter Offers with Serena Hotels How are you planning on celebrating your Easter break? Easter symbolized the beginning of the harvest season. For modern day children, it means lots and […]
Lillian Gaitho takes a look at Kenya’s travel demographics
Lillian Gaitho, PR Manager for Jovago.com, has becomea regular feature writer on this blog and her choice of topics has made her a reader’s favourite. Today she is taking look at visitor streams, both inside Kenya and from abroad, and perhaps to the surprise of many are Nigerians now leading continental arrivals by some margin. […]
Codeshare deal between RwandAir and Zambia’s Proflight opens new destinations for both airlines
ZAMBIA’S PROFLIGHT AND RWANDAIR SIGN EXTENSIVE CODE SHARE DEAL (Posted 19th March 2015) It was confirmed a short while ago that RwandAir and Zambia’s Proflight will codeshare on the route between Lusaka and Johannesburg when the three times a week flights from Kigali commence on the 27th of March. It is understood that Proflight will […]
No 360 Wildlife Trade News 19th March 2015
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today ……………………more evidence of China’s open complicity in the illegal wildlife trade. Also, a call for trade suspensions – see below. Will any CITES members have the personal integrity to apply sanctions? Or, will they continue to turn a […]
Australia bans importation of Lion trophies
The latest news updates from the Conservation Action Trust Australia bans importation of Lion trophies Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Australia bans importation of Lion trophies Daily Maverick | March 16, 2015 | Peter Borchert | Australia’s Minister for the Environment has banned the importation of lion parts and […]
RwandAir’s second Q400 will be leased rather than owned
RWANDAIR’S NEW BOMBARDIER Q400NEXTGEN ‘GAINING SHAPE’ (Posted 19th March 2015) RwandAir has announced the acquisition, via a long term lease, of a second Bombardier Q400NextGen aircraft, after signing an agreement with lessor Palma Holdings. This state of the art turboprop aircraft has all the hallmarks of a small jet but operates much more cost efficiently […]
More choices to travel to Washington for East Africans
BRUSSELS AIRLINES ANNOUNCES RETURN TO WASHINGTON DC (Posted 19th March 2015) Brussels Airlines has commenced a determined marketing and sales drive to support their return to Washington DC, which will, come 29th March, again be served five times a week. The airline’s four East African destinations Entebbe, Kigali, Bujumbura and Nairobi will all see special […]
Egypt comes to Uganda – well at least food, song and dance do.
SHERATON KAMPALA AND EGYPT AIR JOIN HANDS TO ‘BRING EGYPT TO UGANDA’ (Posted 19th March 2015) Egyptian culture, song, dance and food will make a flying visit to Kampala / Uganda courtesy of Egypt Air, which has teamed up with the Sheraton Kampala Hotel to promote inter African exchanges. The airline flies several times a […]
Sport fishing thrives in Uganda on rivers and lakes
FISHING COMPETITION EARNS UWA A COOL 100 MILLION UGANDA SHILLINGS (Posted 18th March 2015) Fishing in Uganda is one of the more popular activities for expatriates but also fishermen from abroad and the many lakes and rivers offer plenty of opportunity to test the lines and the strength of one’s arms, especially when a Nile […]
Paris’ Salon Mondial du Tourisme is the next stop for Reunion’s relentless marketing drive
REUNION’S NEXT STOP – SALON MONDIAL DU TOURISME IN PARIS44 (Posted 18th March 2015) Starting tomorrow will Reunion Tourism, supported by six private sector participants, showcase the island’s attractions at the Salon Mondial in Paris, which is taking place at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Park. Among the companies present are Gites de France, the […]
No 359 Wildlife Trade News 17th March 2015
Another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and conservation crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… EU complicit in illegal deforestation claims report http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/sourcing/eu-complicit-in-illegal-deforestation-claims-report/515466.article No 359 Wildlife Trade News 17th March 2015 Rhino Squad in Training for Botswana as Country Battles Poachershttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-16/rhino-squad-in-training-for-botswana-as-country-battles-poachers Conservationists: Seven elephants killed in Tsavo last week. (NA comment: Case for […]
Choices have consequences – KCAA’ s refusal to grant Fastjet traffic rights backfires spectacularly
TANZANIA CAA FINALLY REACTS TO KCAA FAILURE TO APPROVE FASTJET TRAFFIC RIGHTS (Posted 18th March 2015) Coinciding with the start of bilateral talk over a range of issues related to tourism relations between Tanzania and Kenya yesterday, and perhaps intentionally timed to flex muscle, did news emerge from Dar es Salaam that the patience of […]
Your vote can help win £8,000 prize for Save the Rhino!
Helping ‘Save the Rhino’ helps saving rhinos Use one or two sentences in this area to offer a teaser of your email’s content. Text here will show in a preview area in some email clients. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. March 2015 You can vote for Save the Rhino […]
No 358 Wildlife Trade News 16th March 2015
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today ……………………starting with two news reports that are unlikely to appear on the CITES web site. A ravenous market for wildlife parts is pushing Earth’s biota to the brink. LOS ANGELES TIMES. EXTRACT: China is the […]
Djibouti will be the seat of Lufthansa Consulting’s Africa office
LUFTHANSA CONSULTING SETTING UP AN AFRICA OFFICE IN DJIBOUTI (Posted 16th March 2015) Lufthansa Consulting has just announced the establishment of an office in Djibouti which will serve Africa and help expand business across the continent. The opening of a continental office in this region is an extension of the company’s successful performance on the […]
Reunion ends ITB2015 on a high
ITB PRESENCE BY REUNION A HUGE SUCCESS (Posted 16th March 2015) Vanilla Islands founder member Reunion recorded a big success at the recently concluded ITB2015 in Berlin when over 1.500 trade visitors thronged the stand to learn about the island and sign deals with hotels, resorts, DMC’s and Air Austral. Besides the team from IRT, […]
Air Seychelles announces a return to nonstop flights to Paris
AIR SEYCHELLES ANNOUNCES RESUMPTION OF NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO PARIS (Posted 16th March 2015) Come July will Air Seychelles resume nonstop flights between Mahe and Paris CDG with three services per week, using the airline’s two class Airbus A330-200 aircraft. This will substitute the flights which hitherto routed via Abu Dhabi considerably added to the flying […]
Congo Oh Congo …
KINSHASA REGIME HELLBENT TO EXPLORE FOR OIL IN UNESCO PROTECTED VIRUNGA PARK (Posted 16th March 2015) The regime in Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, already notorious for stolen elections, human rights abuses and for harbouring militias hostile to neighbours Rwanda and Uganda, is adding another dimension to their tainted record. News are emerging from Kinshasa that the […]
Mauritius heads to the Seychelles Carnival as Mootoosamy’s influence wanes
MAURITIUS JOINS THE SEYCHELLES CARNIVAL BANDWAGON – AT LAST (Posted 16th March 2015) All is well which ends well came to mind when confirmation was received that finally, at the fifth Seychelles Carnival, will Mauritius be represented with an official delegation and participate in the juggernaut of carnivalistas who will throng the island at the […]
More international hotel brands are heading to Kenya
HILTON GARDEN INN SET FOR Q2 OPENING NEXT YEAR NEAR JKIA IN NAIROBI (Posted 16th March 2015) A new 175 bedroom hotel is due to open along Mombasa road, not too far from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in just over a year’s time. The proposed Hilton Garden Inn will be operated under the brand’s […]
More money for communities living around Bwindi National Park
UWA DOUBLES COMMUNITY SHARE FROM EACH SOLD GORILLA PERMIT (Posted 16th March 2015) The announcement over the last weekend by the Executive Director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority Dr. Andrew Seguya, that effective 01st of July this year the community share from each sold gorilla tracking permit in Bwindi will be doubled, evoked swift reactions […]
No 357 Wildlife Trade News 15th March 2015
And yet another dose of bad news, following hot on the heels of an update filed yesterday about the killing of two rhinos in Kenya … in the spotlight today …………………… Chinese lust for ivory could kill of world’s weirdest bird – the helmeted hornbill whose ivory fetched £4,000 per kilo (three times that of […]
Australia bans import of all lion parts to stop canned hunting
Australia says NO to ‘cruel and barbaric’ canned lion hunting By Peter Borchert March 13, 2015 CAPTION Two full-maned lions bred in captivity: animals such as these are at the very top of international trophy hunters wishlists.. © Ian Michler The Hon. Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister for the Environment has delivered a broadside against the […]
Seychelles Carnival – a magnet for carnivalistas and the global media
Come April the 24th will the 5th edition of the Seychelles Carnival kick off on the main island of Mahe. The parade is due to be held on the 25th of April when the juggernaut of carnivalistas will roll through the streets of Victoria in a display of colour, music, dance and much more.Here are […]
Two more rhinos mowed down for their horns in Kenya
TWO RHINOS POACHED AT OL JOGI THREATEN THE SURVIVAL OF THE CONSERVANCY (Posted 15th March 2015 reporting from the Mombasa Serena Resort & Spa) (File photo of a poached rhino courtesy of meebal.com) Only a few hours ago was an article posted here about the renewed poaching in the Tsavo area of Kenya where over […]
And don’t forget to mention tariff rises and VAT do tourism stakeholders remind KWS
TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS BLAME VAT ON PARK FEES FOR DOWNTURN (Posted 15th March 2015) Less visitors on safari, less park fees earned – this is a simple equation. KWS, the Kenya Wildlife Service, suffered a serious downturn in financial fortunes over the past year but when the organization attributed the negative trend simply to the prevailing […]
Tanzania National Parks set to keep tariffs in place for at least one more year
TANAPA TO HOLD PARK FEES UNTIL 2016 (Posted 15th March 2015) Confirmation was received over the weekend that TANAPA, the Tanzania National Park Authority, has apparently decided to hold park entrance tariffs which were due for upward revision, until 2016. Last revised from 01st July 2013, and initially due to be valid until 30th June […]
No 356 Wildlife Trade News 14th March 2015
The daily dose of bad news … about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… PM+: EU must take action to close ivory trade loopholes. extract: In 2011 Belgium issued just eight certificates for raw ivory. The following year that increased to 18. 2013 saw a huge jump to 97 and […]
Lillian Gaitho today takes a look at Addis Ababa
This particular guest writer has over the past months really established herself and readers of my blog repeatedly expressed their gratitude about the direction of her articles and the topics selected. Well here is another one of her reviews, discussing a visit to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, seat of the African Union. Addis-Ababa – Africa’s […]
News from the Kenya coast …
The South Coast Residents Association is more and moreestablishing itself as the primary authoritative voice of the private sector in the wider Diani, Tiwi, Ukunda and Msambweni areas. Readers often ask for more information from the grassroots and the SCRA Newsletter is one way to find out more about activities, challenges and reactions. Enjoy the […]
