Lamu’s little lister? Try Wasini island as the closest ‘relative’
Guest posts are becoming increasingly popular here and in particularhas Lillian Gaitho opened the door for posts with a different theme and offering insights into topics. Today is it Amina Sabel’s turn to write about her adopted home, Wasini Island and I hope readers will appreciate her unique take on it. Did you know Lamu […]
No 361 Wildlife Trade News 20th March 2015
Another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Three countries receive CITES trade bans for failing elephants (NA Comment: Keep in mind the reports the secretariat have received from Thailand etc, are all kept secret: WHY? Elephants don’t belong to CITES do they? CHINA – CITES […]
Tit for Tat Spats escalate into full scale confrontation between Tanzania and Kenya
WILL IT BE DOOM FOR EAST AFRICAN RELATIONS AS TOURISM TALKS BETWEEN KENYA AND TANZANIA BREAK DOWN? (Posted 20th March 2015) The more sober tourism stakeholders on both sides of the border earlier today expressed their exasperation, disappointment and often outright anger over the fact that the long overdue tourism talks between the two countries […]
News from Kenya’s leading safari airlines
SAFARILINK SHARE FUTURE PLANS AS AIR KENYA ALSO PROVIDES UPDATES ON CHANGES (Posted 20TH March 2015) Safarilink, one of Kenya’s premier ‘safari’ airlines with an equal part of ‘regular’ flights across their network, has today announced the launch of their own frequent flyer programme. Passengers, in particular on their routes regularly used by local travelers […]
Is Ethiopian eyeing Boeing’s mothballed early B787 models?
ETHIOPIAN LOOKING AT FURTHER B787 PURCHASES (Posted 20th March 2015) News are emerging from Addis Ababa that Ethiopian Airlines is apparently in talks with Boeing over the purchase of up to 6 more B787 Dreamliner aircraft. Still saddled with an ageing fleet of B767-300ER’s, some in fact fitted with blended winglets to reduce fuel burn, […]
Two more B777-300ER’s lined up for Air Austral
AIR AUSTRAL PLANS FLEET EXPANSION WITH TWO MORE B777-300ER’S (Posted 20th March 2015) Reunion’s home airline Air Austral will in late 2016 take delivery of two more Boeing B777-300ER aircraft, acquired through a lease agreement with the Air Lease Corporation ALC. The announcement was made yesterday by ALC and is yet to be confirmed by […]
Kreol Magazine Issue 12
News from around the Creole world … Welcome to issue 12 of Kreol Magazine. View this email in your browser Welcome to the first edition of 2015. On 8th March every year many countries would have celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD), also called International Working Women’s Day. The focus of the celebrations varies from general […]
Reunion embraces a holistic view on tourism developments and excellence
EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE DELIVERY IS A KEY TO SUCCESS AS IRT MEET LOCAL MEDIA (Posted 20th March 2015) IRT, aka Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, yesterday met the local media at their offices in St. Paul to brief them on a range of activities and measures taken to further improve tourism services for visitors to […]
General Electric delivers four more locomotives to Rift Valley Railways
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS ADDS FOUR MORE GENERAL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES TO FLEET (Posted 20th March 2015) The delivery yesterday at the port of Mombasa of four more brand new locomotives, part of an order for 20, has boosted capacity of Rift Valley Railways to operate more trains and carry larger loads along the Mombasa – Nairobi […]
Serena bags second Gold Status from Ecotourism Kenya
ECOTOURISM KENYA AWARDS ‘ELEMENTAITA SERENA’ GOLD STATUS (Posted 20th March 2015) Ecotourism Kenya has, following an extensive audit, awarded the Lake Elementaita Serena Camp the coveted Gold Standard, the second such honour for Serena Hotels after their Sweetwaters Safari Camp on Ol Pejeta was certified some time ago. There are only 18 Gold Standard properties […]
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 […]
