Seychelles – WEF’s number two tourism destination in Africa
There is always more one can learn about destinations, especially African destinations and more specifically those way out in the Indian Ocean. Here certainly is another eye opener from the Seychelles, which may be small butfor sure is Oh La La … WEF GLOBAL TRAVEL & TOURISM REPORT 2015 PLACES SEYCHELLES IN 2nd. POSITION IN […]
Waterfalls? Yes, that is what Lillian Gaitho has in stock for you this weekend
With Lillian, a regular guest writer here on this blog, you can always expect to betaken places, unexpected places, and inspite of the wet weather, or maybe because of it, she is taking a look a waterfalls this weekend. YES, WATERFALLS … read on … Six Must Visit Breath taking Falls in East Africa Beside […]
Swaziland – shaking off the slumber and going places
News out of Indaba 2015 – The Kingdom of Swaziland set to build iconic convention centre and 5 star hotel, boosting economic growth Swaziland Tourism Authority (STA) recently visited Durban for South Africa’s leading inbound tourism trade show, Indaba, which took place at the Durban ICC between 9 and 11 May. Together with 15 industry […]
New Swiss / Kenyan hospitality college all ready for launch
A WEEK TO GO TO THE LAUNCH OF EAST AFRICA’S LATEST HOSPITALITY COLLEGE (Posted 15th May 2015) Next Saturday, 23rd of May, will all the newly signed up students of Eastern Africa’s latest and arguably best addition to the region’s hospitality and tourism training colleges, the Boma International Hospitality College | In Partnership with Alpine […]
Ready – Steady – CHARGE …
COMING UP – THE ANNUAL RHINO CHARGE FUNDRAISER (Posted 15th May 2015) One of Kenya’s most visible and most challenging conservation support events, the annual Rhino Charge, has gained popularity since it was first launched in 1989 to raise funds to fence the Aberdare National Park. It will be held this year on Sunday the […]
No 408 Wildlife Trade News: 14th May
The daily dose of bad news from around the world … Poaching, Wildlife and Environmental Crimes galore … in the spotlight today …………………… DOES THIS CHIMPANZEE LOOKED BORED OUT OF ITS MIND TO YOU? THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS. WELL YOU’D BE WOULDN’T YOU IF YOU WERE LOCKED IN A CONCRETE AND WIRE CAGE, SUCH AS […]
Nairobi, still a magnet for new hotel developments
PRICE WATERHOUSE STUDY SUGGESTS NAIROBI WILL REACH 20.000 HOTEL ROOMS BY 2017 (Posted 15th May 2015) Over the past months have several articles here made reference to the continued appeal Nairobi has for hotel developers, at both the top level but increasingly also in the three and four star segment. Global financial consultancy and audit […]
Oh La Digue – How I miss you already!
THE SECRETS OF LA DIGUE – THE EPICENTRE OF MY SEYCHELLOIS DREAM (Posted 15th May 2015) La Digue may not be the Bali of the 1970’s but then, who wants to really go back to the 1970’s in this day and age? Today we are used to being ‘connected’ and back then we commonly used […]
In a week from today it will all be about food on Reunion
REUNION’S CULINARY DELIGHTS – ALL 51 OF THEM (Posted 14th May 2015) The island of Reunion has a rich gastronomy fused together from many difference backgrounds. It is a subtle Chinese-inspired mosaic, European, Indian, African and even Malagasy. The Reunion Island Tourism (IRT), The Reunion of Food Club and the Union of Trades and the […]
Ethiopian’s latest new route now connects Addis with Sao Paulo
ETHIOPIAN NOW CONNECTS ADDIS NONSTOP TO SAO PAULO (Posted 14th May 2015) Ethiopian Airlines has launched nonstop flights connecting Addis Ababa with Brazil’s second largest city of Sao Paulo. A Boeing B787 Dreamliner is used for the presently three flights a week and offers passengers from Ethiopian’s Africa, India and Asia network the fastest connection […]
Vanilla Islands seek closer cooperation
Vanilla Islands of the Indian Ocean set to consolidate (Posted 14th May 2015) The most recent Vanilla Islands Ministerial Meeting that was held in the Seychelles just ahead of the Carnival International de Victoria, brought renewed determination from Tourism Ministers from Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Head of the Tourism Board from Madagascar and the Regional […]
Kenya Airways resumes full services to Monrovia
KENYA AIRWAYS SET TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO LIBERIA (Posted 14th May 2015) After Kenya’s Ministry of Health has lifted the ban for Kenya Airways to fly to Monrovia is the Pride of Africa expected to resume services to one their previously most profitable routes within days it was learned. The World Health Organization a few […]
No 407 Wildlife Trade News: 13th May
The daily dose of bad news … Read on about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… ORANGUTAN PRISON CELL, SHANGHAI ZOO, LAST WEEK. Just to show countries like the Philippines, who have sent lots of orangutans to Chinese zoos, the conditions these animals are kept in. photo […]
Kampala, once a city on 7 hills, now spread over more than 70 …
Be sure that if I do not write about my own patch, that Lillian Gaithowill pick up on it and fill the gap … Seven Hills for a Footstool: Discover Kampala Just a few kilometers away from Lake Victoria, and sprawled across seven hills, is the capital of Uganda-Kampala. The unique feel of this cosmopolitan […]
ECAir confirms host status for AFRAA’s 47th AGA
AFRAA CONFIRMS VENUE AND DATE FOR 47TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Posted 13th May 2015) Brazzaville will be the host city and ECAir | Equatorial Congo Airlines will be the host carrier for the 47th edition of the Annual General Assembly of AFRAA, the African Airlines Association. This was reconfirmed yesterday by ECAir’s CEO Mme. Fatima Beyina?Moussa, […]
Rain in Africa – both a blessing and a curse
TORRENTIAL RAINS COST AT LEAST TEN LIVES IN NAIROBI AS FLOODING SWEEPS THE CITY (Posted 13th May 2015) Nairobi County Governor Kidero, already fallen out of favour with many voters over grandstanding and poor service delivery, apart from being blamed for the perennial traffic jams into and out of the city, was yesterday faced with […]
Coalition of the Willing countries sweep leadership board at INDABA
RWANDA CAPTURES RUNNER UP SPOT AS SECOND BEST EXHIBITOR AT INDABA 2015 (Posted 13th May 2015) As the curtains came down on this year’s edition of the annual South African tourism and travel showcase popularly known as INDABA, were the best exhibitors once again named and honoured in the traditional prize giving ceremony. The three […]
Keen on flying on the Airbus A350XWB? Wannabe passengers now have two destinations to chose from.
QATAR AIRWAYS INTRODUCES THEIR STATE OF THE ART AIRBUS A350XWB TO SINGAPORE (Posted 13th May 2015) After the double daily service from Doha to Frankfurt, the first Airbus A350XWB destination after the global launch of the aircraft in January this year, has Qatar Airways now brought the world’s most advanced passenger jet to Singapore where […]
New systems, new aircraft – which airline in East Africa could that be?
RWANDAIR UPGRADES TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AHEAD OF NEXT AIRCRAFT DELIVERY (Posted 13th May 2015) With RwandAir’s next aircraft delivery coming closer, the airline will soon receive a second Bombardier Q400NextGen on a long term lease, are passenger numbers relentlessly rising, in particular transit traffic from across Africa via Kigali into the growing WB network. The launch […]
No 406 Wildlife Trade News: 12th May
Your daily dose of bad news … about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes Please note: For newsletter subscription and circulation details see message at the end of this newsletter. in the spotlight today …………………… WildScan is a comprehensive species identification and response mobile application designed to combat wildlife trafficking. The application is designed to help […]
Where is there a sudden light at the end of a long dark tunnel?
COULD THERE BE CHANGE IN THE AIR FOR KENYA’S TOURISM FORTUNES? (Posted 12th May 2015) News are emerging from Nairobi that the budget estimate, emphasis on budget ESTIMATE, for the country’s tourism promotion for the financial year 2015/2016 has been increased over sixfold from the current year’s 1.1 billion Kenya Shillings to some 7 billion […]
Which African airline just bagged another cargo award as Africa’s top cargo dog
KENYA AIRWAYS BAGS ANOTHER CARGO AWARD (Posted 12th May 2015) Air Cargo News, the prestigious publication dedicated to air cargo services since 1983, has just awarded Kenya Airways their ‘African Air Cargo Airline of the Year 2015 Award’ for the third year running. This comes soon after Kenya Airways also bagged the STAT Trade Times […]
Sauti za Busara 2016, if funds permit!
Sauti Za Busara 2016 – only if everyone comes on board … Do not reply to this email address. To get in touch please use busara Read the newsletter on: Swahili / Français View newsletter on browser Call for Partners Contact us Call for Artists Sauti za Busara is included in CNN’s list of 7 […]
Updates from the Aviation Africa 2015 Conference
Day Two of Aviation Africa 2015 Focuses on Open Skies (Posted 12th May 2015) After a welcome address by Alan Peaford, editor in chief of “Arabian Aerospace” and “African Aerospace”, the sessions got under way with a keynote address by Dr Hamdi Chaouk, managing partner, Aviation Minds, Lebanon “Open Skies and the challenges facing regulators […]
Why can’t we do that ask tourism stakeholders in Mombasa
MOMBASA TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS ASK ‘WHY TENERIFE AND NOT MOMBASA’ (Posted 12th May 2015) When news broke yesterday that Brussels Airlines, which in Eastern Africa serves Nairobi besides Entebbe, Kigali and Bujumbura, was adding a weekly service to the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife, did reactions not take long to come in from the Kenya coast. […]
Which Kenyan residents association does not take the planned rape of their beaches laying down?
SOUTH COAST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO DISCUSS EIA PROPOSALS FOR DREDGING THE AWARD WINNING DIANI BEACHES (Posted 12th May 2015) The South Coast Residents Association is organizing a workshop on Wednesday 27TH May 2015 at 10.00 a.m., at Kaskazi Beach Hotel to discuss the EIA on the sand dredger/harvester along the South […]
Conservation and Development, potential partners or perennial enemies
SOUTHERN BYPASS THROUGH THE PARK FACES MORE RESISTANCE (Posted 12th May 2015) Emotions are running high again among conservation circles in Kenya over plans by the Kenya National Highway Authority to take possession of some 89 acres of Nairobi National Park land, once the National Assembly has degazetted the stretch of land which runs along […]
Which country in Eastern Africa is setting the pace in aviation developments
TANZANIA’S AVIATION SECTOR EXPANDS WITH MORE OPTIONS FOR PASSENGERS (Posted 12th May 2015) The domestic aviation scene in Tanzania is clearly getting more vibrant and many pundits actually credit the arrival of Fastjet in the country two years ago, which fundamentally shook up the industry in East Africa’s largest country. Instead of exterminating other airlines […]
Conservation Trust News
The most important content in this news update is the Wildlife in Crisis Conference in Cape Town next week from 18th to 20th of May. This will be a hugely important forum and for those unable to be there in person follow the proceedings through cyberspace via hashtags and other means. Is this email not […]
No 405 Wildlife Trade News: 11th May
The week has barely started and yet, there is already more bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Seven African governments support illegal Ivory trade – Report http://www.ventures-africa.com/archives/62599 When you look at the headline above and the quote below, what are you thinking – about CITES and all […]
