Cape Town nonstop from November as Qatar Airways splits route from Jo’burg
QATAR AIRWAYS DELINKS CAPE TOWN FROM JO’BURG WITH NONSTOP FLIGHTS (Posted 03rd September 2014) The hitherto three flights a week to Cape Town via Johannesburg, by Qatar Airways, will be turned into nonstop flights come November 03rd. Nonstop flights to Johannesburg will remain as per the present schedule. The airline yesterday made the announcement that […]
Bujumbura marathon just the beginning vows Burundi Tourism’s CEO Carmen Nibigira
INAUGURAL BUJUMBURA MARATHON A GREAT SUCCESS (Posted 02nd September 2014) Big names from the world of athletics came to Bujumbura last weekend with the Kenyan contingent led by none other than Wilson Kipsang, holder of the world marathon record accompanied by 800 metres Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei and many others from the region, giving prominence […]
More European destinations for Emirates’ passengers
EMIRATES SET FOR OSLO AND BRUSSELS LAUNCH THIS WEEK (Posted 02nd September 2014) Later today will Emirates, Dubai’s award winning national airline, operate the inaugural flight to Norway’s capital city of Oslo, before on Friday then launching flights to the European and Belgian capital of Brussels. Both destinations will be served with daily flights, using […]
Great deals for Reunion vacations on offer in select European markets
GREAT HOLIDAYS AT GREAT PRICES (Posted 02nd September 2014) Vanilla Islands founder member Reunion, a French region deep in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mauritius, is clearly on the roll, capitalizing on increased visibility and positive publicity generated as a destination with no problems. IRT, Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, is presently working the […]
Sofema Aviation Service Autumn Newsletter
If you never get enough aviation news here, there is more to read from Sofema Aviation Services August 2014 Home About Us Our Services Aviation Recruitment Aviation Training Courses Sofema Aviation Service Autumn Newsletter In this Newsletter Introduction to Sofema Aviation Services Autumn Newsletter 20 Training Courses 7 Countries Sofema Aviation Services Business Developments Lease […]
Conservation Partner’s month
The latest news from Uganda’s Chimpanzee Trust CHIMPANZEE TRUST Conservation Partners’ month 10th September to 3rd October 2014 In order to increase partnerships and raise a voice for environment and chimpanzee conservation to the public, we are organising a "Conservation Partnership month’ This will be from 7th September-3rd October 2014". We have lined up three […]
News Alert – Climate change is a collective crime against humanity – President James Michel addresses the Samoa SIDS conference
President James Alix Michel of the Seychelles talks tough about the fallout of Climate Change calling it a ‘Collective Crime against Humanity‘ Climate change is a collective crime against humanity – President James Michel addresses the Samoa SIDS conference Mon, 01 September 2014 President James Michel has called for more decisive action against climate change, […]
Two new lounges lift Kenya Airways’ service levels to new heights
KENYA AIRWAYS INVESTS 120 MILLION SHILLINGS INTO NEW PRIDE AND SIMBA LOUNGES IN NEW TERMINAL 1A (Posted 02nd September 2014) Located in the new Terminal 1A, the future home of Kenya Airways and the airline’s SkyTeam partners, will soon two brand new premium lounges be launched, as progressively more flights move from the former Unit […]
Another crash claims three lives as cargo flight goes down in Serengeti District
SERENGETI DISTRICT PLANE CRASH KILLS ALL THREE ON BOARD (Posted 01st September 2014) (Picture by Peter Pabel @LOWL) A converted Fokker 27-500, operating as a cargo plane, crashed yesterday evening for yet to be determined reasons while enroute from Mwanza, Tanzania’s lake side city, to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The aircraft, registered with the […]
Fastjet announces Entebbe launch for 16th September
FASTJET CONFIRMS LAUNCH OF ENTEBBE FLIGHTS (Posted 01st September 2014) Fastjet, as previously indicated here, has now formally announced the launch of their 4th international destination out of Dar es Salaam and will commence flights to Entebbe from the 16th of September starting with initially two flights a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Two weeks […]
Food and Arts – a winning combination for a new festival on Praslin
ALL EYES TURN TO PRASLIN AS THEISLAND’S FIRST FOOD & ARTS FIESTA DRAWS NEARER (Posted 01st September 2014) This coming weekend is D-Day for Praslins’ first ever Culinary and Arts Fiesta, a new festival organized by residents and tourism stakeholders to create an event of which Pralinois can be proud of and which gives the […]
Competing with lower fares – the upside of competition for travelers
EMIRATES REACTS TO MARKET CHANGES WITH REBATES OF UP TO 25 PERCENT (Posted 01st September 2014) Following the confirmation that FlyDubai will commence daily flights from Dubai to Entebbe has flag carrier Emirates reacted with an announcement of lower fares, available for bookings until the 06th of September and flights to be completed by 03rd […]
Former Mamba Point Guest House reopens as Urban by CityBlue
URBAN BY CITYBLUE SET FOR KAMPALA OPENING (Posted 01st September 2014) Following the opening of three CityBlue Hotels in Kigali / Rwanda between April and June last year has the first ‘Urban by CityBlue’ now opened in Kampala’s Nakasero suburb at the location of the former Mamba Point Guest House along Akii Bua Road. After […]
Born Free location to become a lion sanctuary
KORA NATIONAL PARK TO BE TURNED INTO A LION SANCTUARY (Posted 01st September 2014) When George Adamson’s life was celebrated at Kora National Park, where he spent much of his late adult life continuing the work started with his late wife Joy, good news were told to those assembled. With lion numbers getting critically low […]
Better roads for Nairobi to help reduce traffic jams
NAIROBI’S OUTER RING ROAD TO BECOME DUAL CARRIAGE HIGHWAY (Posted 31st August 2014) One of Nairobi’s remaining traffic bottlenecks, the Outer Ring Road, which allows to bypass the city centre and connect traffic coming from Central Kenya to the international airport and the main highway to Mombasa and the Tanzanian border at Namanga, is due […]
Newsletter: Lions Battle Crocodile, Working with Women, Climate Change
News from the Ewaso Lions If you’re having trouble viewing this email, view it on the web. CLICK HERE TO DONATE August, 2014 Lions and Crocodiles Battle Over Elephant Carcass When an elephant died (of natural causes) in the Ewaso Nyiro River, it became a battleground between two top predators: the Ewaso lions and the […]
Four Seasons Seychelles names winners of first Superchef contest
MEET SEYCHELLES’ FIRST SUPERCHEF WINNERS (Posted 30th August 2014) The Four Seasons Resort Seychelles was the venue where the archipelago’s first Superchef was to be selected from among nearly a dozen of contestants competing in the hot and cold dishes and the pastry categories. At cook-off the seven kitchen chefs in the competition received a […]
FDLR Generating U.S. $71 Million From Businesses With Wives of DRC Officers
The report shown below deserves to be more widely published, especially as I am regularly being accused, by what can only be described as genocide sympathizers, to be ‘a bought mouthpiece from the Kagame regime‘ while on other occasions I have been equally falsely accused by people of the same ilk to be ‘a blind, […]
Pandathlon? Check out the Reunion Tourism website to find out what it is all about
REUNION PREPARES FOR 3RDPANDATHLON (Posted 30th August 2014) Three Ponds will be hosting the 3rd annual Pandathlon in Reunion on the 14th of September. Launched in 2012 is the event a focal point for eco sport lovers, organized by the Regional Council of Reunion in conjunction with the World Wide Fund for Nature, in short […]
Coming soon to the Kenya Coast: The Inaugural Mombasa Hotel Show
MOMBASA HOTEL SHOW ON COURSE FOR NOVEMBER 13 – 15 (Posted 30th August 2014) After two hugely successful hospitality trade shows in 2013 and 2014 in Nairobi, alongside the Hotel Summit East Africa, has Slujan Events now announced the inaugural edition of the Mombasa Hotel Show which is due to take place between the 13th […]
Sheraton Kampala appoints new Director of Sales and Marketing
JENIFER MUSIIME JOINS SHERATON KAMPALA AS DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING (Posted 30th August 2014) The Sheraton Kampala Hotel has appointed Mrs. Jenifer Bamaturaki Musiime as their new Director of Sales and Marketing. Jenifer will be joining the hotel from here immediate past position as Head of Sales and Marketing at Air Uganda, Uganda’s quasi […]
All female crew brings home Kenya Airways’ fourth B787 Dreamliner
KENYA AIRWAYS MAKES HISTORY WITH ALL FEMALE CREW FERRY FLIGHT OF NEW B787 (Posted 30th August 2014) Aviation history was re-written when Kenya Airways’ fourth B787-8 Dreamliner was flown from the Boeing assembly plant to Nairobi by an all-female crew with Captain Irene Koki Mutungi at the controls. Captain Irene was the first African female […]
East African cooperation in action.
NEW BRIDGE EASES TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN RWANDA AND TANZANIA (Posted 29th August 2014) The Rusumo Bridge over the Kagera River was officially opened earlier in the week, easing the flow of traffic between Rwanda and neighbouring Tanzania. The new bridge took two years to construct and adjust the roads on both sides of the river, […]
IRT holds high tech training session for stakeholders
REUNION TOURISM TRAINS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE USE OF GOOGLE ADWORDS (Posted 29th August 2014) Changing times and changing technologies have led to changed market conditions and IRT, Reunion’s tourism board, has clearly gone with the times when they decided to train the island’s tourism stakeholders in the use of the latest techniques to become ‘tech […]
A first for Bujumbura and Kigali as Fly Dubai announces flights from Dubai
FLY DUBAI ANNOUNCES FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR ENTEBBE, KIGALI AND BUJUMBURA (Posted 29th August 2014) Fly Dubai has announced that besides Entebbe in Uganda they will combine the daily flights between Dubai and Uganda with onward connections to Kigali, three times a week and Bujumbura, the latter with 5th freedom traffic rights, twice a week. Entebbe, […]
Kreol Magazine Issue 10
Keen to read and learn more about what I call the Kreol Nation? Here you go, the latest news from around the Kreol world courtesy of the Kreol Magazine Welcome to issue 10 of Kreol Magazine. View this email in your browser Welcome to Issue 10 If we recognise a face while clicking through channels […]
In Uganda right now? Be ready to be counted!
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED – UGANDA CENSUS 2014 UNDERWAY (Posted 29th August 2014) A ten day long census started yesterday across Uganda to obtain updated population data, conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Ugandan citizens, residents but even tourist and business visitors from abroad who are in country at present are due to […]
152 young Ugandans get scholarships from the Madhvani Foundation
MULJIBHAI MADHVANI FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TOP 150 (Posted 29th August 2014) A selection process spanning over 3 months and dealing with thousands of applications by Ugandan students earlier in the week concluded as the work of the scholarship selection committee of the Madhvani Foundation came to a close this year. The Trustees then announced that […]
More flights announced for Lokichar already
MORE CONNECTIONS TO LOKICHAR AS SAFARILINK COMMENCES FLIGHTS IN 10 DAYS (Posted 29th August 2014) Safarilink, Kenya’s premier safari airline, will add flights to Lokichar effective 08th September. An announcement received from the airline informs their clients and public at large that the flight will leave Wilson Airport and then route via Lokichar to Lodwar, […]
Tax savings bound to lift Kenya Airways’ share price
14 BILLION VAT TAX RELIEF HUGE BONUS FOR KENYA AIRWAYS (Posted 29th August 2014) Amendments to the Finance Bill 2014 passed this week have finally removed the hotly disputed VAT taxation on new aircraft and aircraft spare parts, which not only saw Kenya Airways and other Kenyan airline relentlessly lobby parliament but also brought such […]
