Innovation is the key word for Reunion tourism
ALON BAT KARE – REUNION LAUNCHES A NEW LOCAL BRAND (Posted 03rd December 2014) Vanilla Islands founder member Reunion recently brought together the main tourism office IRT, short for Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, the 16 tourist centres across the island and 7 partners from the private sector, to launch a novel approach in marketing […]
No 283 Wildlife Trade News 2nd December 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … And who is and remains under the spotlight again? Yes, China … in the spotlight today …………………… Wildlife Abducted From Hwange National Park For Chinese Zoos extract: Earlier in the year a damning report by Born Free USA noted that Zimbabwe has […]
Don’t miss to travel this festive season
Lillian Gaitho gives you her take on places to see and places to bethis upcoming festive season. MARK THE END OF 2014 IN STYLE: UNMISSABLE PARTIES AND PLACES TO BE THIS CHRISTMAS Whether or not you have kept last year’s New Year’s resolution, the year is once again coming to an end. As John Ciardi […]
Fastjet Tanzania expects a record number of passengers and flights for December
SUSTAINED STRONG GROWTH FOR FASTJET AS LATEST FIGURES ARE RELEASED IN LONDON (Posted 03rd December 2014) After reaching the two year landmark since commencing operations in Tanzania has Fastjet just released their latest operational and financial data, as required of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Pre-bookings for December are almost twice the number […]
WIN Tickets to Attend #sfw2014
Want to be at the Swahili Fashion Week & Awards this weekend and FOR FREE? Here is a chance to win tickets for #SFW2014 though NOT for air tickets or bus tickets … SWAHILI FASHON WEEK & AWARDS 2014 The showcase will be from 5-7 December from 8PM onwards NORMAL Tickets available ONLY @ EPIDOR […]
Mahe to Dar es Salaam – new flights offer long awaited nonstop service
AIR SEYCHELLES LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO DAR ES SALAAM (Posted 03rd December 2014) Dar es Salaam, Antananarivo and Mumbai – three action packed days are now underway as the Seychelles national airline is launching three new destinations on three subsequent days after taking delivery of their latest bird, an Airbus A320 named ‘Amirantes’ two days ago. […]
From daily to 12 to double daily in the space of 10 weeks – only by Emirates
EMIRATES ANNOUNCES DOUBLE DAILY FLIGHTS FOR DAR ES SALAAM COME JANUARY 2015 (Posted 02nd December 2014) While in fact in Dar es Salaam to cover several events over the coming days did news reach, that only a few weeks after upping their daily flights to 12 per week (effective as of 27th of October) has […]
Technology the key to survival in competitive markets
NEW TICKETING SOLUTION LAUNCHED IN NAIROBI TO CATER FOR NON IATA AGENCIES (Posted 02ND December 2014) Kenya’s march into the cyber age has in some areas been nothing short but spectacular and a number of service providers have of late teamed up to hold workshops and seminars to show the travel trade how to make […]
No 282 Wildlife Trade News 1st December 2014
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… ‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging extract: "China is now effectively exporting deforestation around the world," Faith Doherty, head of EIA’s Forests Campaign, explains in a statement. Logs smuggled across the border from Myanmar […]
More lions killed by cattle herders in Kenya
HERDERS POISON FOUR LIONS NEAR MWATATE (Posted 01st December 2014) Kenya’s conservation fraternity will be waking up this Monday morning to emerging news that four lions, a male adult, a female adult and two cubs were poisoned on the Mramba Ranch near Mwatate, Taita Taveta, a location in between the Tsavo West National Park and […]
Lamu Cultural Festival ends but lacked enough visitors
LAMU CULTURAL FESTIVAL ENDS ON HIGH NOTE (Posted 01st December 2014) The annual Lamu Cultural Festival ended yesterday evening, with considerably less visitors than on previous occasions but also without any security incidents, affirming the message the organizers had sent out in the run up to the fete that it was safe to visit. The […]
Airbus A320 ‘Amirantes’ joins the Air Seychelles fleet
AIR SEYCHELLES TAKES DELIVERY OF AIRBUS A320 (Posted 01st December 2014) Air Seychelles yesterday took delivery of an Airbus A320 aircraft, leased from partner Etihad. The aircraft is configured in a two class layout offering 16 seats in Business Class and 120 in Economy Class and is painted in Air Seychelles’ livery. The aircraft, named […]
No 281 Wildlife Trade News 30th November 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… With S’wak tackling illegal logging, what about Sabah? http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/letters/2014/11/30/with-swak-tackling-illegal-logging-what-about-sabah/ No 281 Wildlife Trade News 30th November 2014 Illegal wildlife trading rampant in China http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/11/30/Illegal-wildlife-trading-rampant-in-China-Obstacles-remain-in-eradicating-the-criminal-activity-part/ CITES ISN’T WORKING IT’S TOOTHLESS – IS IT? WHEN DID […]
Are you attending? #sfw2014
You will be at the Swahili Fashion Week & Awards – YES ??? SWAHILI FASHON WEEK & AWARDS 2014 The showcase will be from 5-7 December from 8PM onwards NORMAL Tickets available ONLY @ EPIDOR in Masaki VIP FRONT ROW Tickets SMS: +255767222441 SHOPPING FESTIVAL- 5-7 December From 11AM onwards -FREE ENTRANCE SECOND POP UP […]
Bringing back memories – Hunters Lodge re-opens with a new sparkle
HUNTERS LODGE RELOADED – A BLAST FROM THE PAST (Posted 30th November 2014) Many of Kenya’s if not East Africa’s old hands will remember those days, when driving from Nairobi to Mombasa, or vice versa, was an adventure of sorts. Cars, not nearly as reliable back then as they are today, had oil checked and […]
Anti poaching helicopter crashes on return to Dar es Salaam
HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS FOUR (Posted 30th November 2014) (Pictures via www.facebook.com/Kenya.Pilots A Robinson R44 Raven II went down around 10 a.m. local time yesterday morning while on final approach into Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport, killing all four on board the ill-fated flight. Information from Dar indicates that the occupants were pilots of […]
No 280 Wildlife Trade News 29th November 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Zimbabwe’s baby elephants getting sold to China zoos: activists SHAME ON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ZIMBAWE – AND CHINA http://world.einnews.com/article__detail/236993059?lcode=sMqsa0jdrmsk4ziH7pNBzNYfguUYalDD4Xg-V14_P_k%3DvA Will you ever see this news report on the CITES web site, Facebook page or Twitter? Or, will […]
Another good year so far for the Seychelles but will it bring a new arrival record?
SEYCHELLES OPTS FOR MARKETING MIX BETWEEN OLD AND NEW MARKETS (Posted 29th November 2014) The year 2014 proved to be unexpectedly more challenging for tourism in the Seychelles than anticipated, as the archipelago’s tourism marketers had optimistically projected a 3 percent growth over their record breaking year of 2013, when new arrival records were set. […]
Kenya’s tourism recovery now stands on knife’s edge
TOURISM PRIVATE SECTOR GETS RESTLESS OVER GOVERNMENT IN-ACTION (Posted 29th November 2014) The meeting earlier in the week between the tourism recovery task force and members of the tourism fraternity in Mombasa once again showed the widening rift between the official government position and the reality on the ground, described by some to be ‘as […]
Equal opportunities – not an empty phrase at Serena Hotels
IT IS NOT JUST WOMEN AT WORK – AT SERENA THE LADIES CAN BUILD A CAREER (Posted 29th November 2014) Serena Hotels is one of East Africa’s most sought after employers with many of their staff having joined fresh out of college or from school and staying, some in fact right up to retirement age, […]
ALERT: Zimbabwe’s baby elephants getting sold to China zoos: activists
Another dose of bad news … and I am told this is only the tip of a very large iceberg … Will CHINA never stop plundering the world’s wildlife? Do you want to see baby elephants shipped all the way to China to be cruelly treated, regularly abused, and commercially exploited? If you are a […]
Meet the horses protecting rhinos in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
Help Save the Rhino International to save rhinos Find out how horses are helping to protect rhinos in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. How are horses helping protect rhinos in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park? Doris, Derick, Igamalikho, Nkunzana and Nkhalakatha are five very special horses. These incredible animals are […]
Reunion’s marketing methods in Germany attract the attention of France’s TV Channel O
FRENCH CHANNEL O DOCUMENTS REUNION’ TOURISM PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY (Posted 28th November 2014) Vanilla Islands founder member Reunion has for some time now worked the German market with innovative advertising and marketing methods, attracting the attention of French TV Channel O which sent a team to Frankfurt to look behind the scenes of IRT’s […]
Cheaper fares and larger aircraft on three routes – only by Emirates
EMIRATES’ OFFERS UGANDANS 30 PERCENT REBATES AND MORE A380 CONNECTIONS (Posted 28th November 2014) Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, continues to offer Ugandan travelers up to 30 percent rebate on published airfares to a wide range of destinations, valid until end of business of the 30th of November and for travel to be completed by […]
More flights and more destinations for Air Seychelles
AIR SEYCHELLES – ETIHAD PARTNERSHIP TO UP FLIGHTS FROM MAHE TO ABU DHABI TO 13 A WEEK (Posted 28th November 2014) Effective 01st of December, just days away, will the archipelago’s national airline Air Seychelles increase their weekly flights between Mahe and Abu Dhabi by two while partner Etihad will add one more flight, bringing […]
Happy Second Birthday to Fastjet
FASTJET TANZANIA CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TAKING TO THE AIR (Posted 28th November 2014) Two years can be an eternity for a startup airline and there are examples in East Africa that some did not survive even the first two months of operations before folding again. Not so with Fastjet Tanzania which is tomorrow celebrating […]
Routes News Issue 7 Out Now
Aviation News? Many of my readers just can’t get enough of those it seems and will no doubt be happy to read this latest edition of Routes News Routes News magazine issue 7, is available online now View this email in your browser Routes News magazine Issue 7, Volume 10 Send to a friend Issue […]
No 278 Wildlife Trade News 27th November 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests Illegal deforestation occurring despite Guyana’s ground-breaking low carbon development strategy – See more at: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1126-gfrn-cannon-loggers-raid-guyana-forests.html#sthash.xVqBf7fm.dpuf ( NA COMMENT: How/why is CHINA allowed to remain a member of CITES when it […]
It is as much about travel to Uganda and Kenya as it is about travel to Africa per se
UGANDA TAKES STOCK AS ATA 2015 HEADS TO NAIROBI (Posted 27th November 2014) All the 500+ delegates who attended the 39th Africa Travel Association Annual World Congress in Kampala have now returned home, with most of the foreign delegates having toured the Pearl of Africa either before or after the congress to take with them […]
RwandAir – an essential part of Rwanda Incorporated
RWANDAIR SET TO WELCOME IATA DELEGATION (Posted 27th November 2014) When in two weeks’ time a delegation from IATA will be in Kigali to formally present RwandAir with their IOSA Certificate, which catapulted the airline into the global elite of safety audited airlines, will the guests from near and far see a lot more than […]
