Another Eastleigh attack kills 6, injures a dozen
KENYA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY REELS FROM CONTINUED NEGATIVE REPORTS ON TERROR (Posted 01st April 2014) ‘It just does not end’ lamented a regular senior tourism source from Nairobi when discussing the latest explosion in the Eastleigh area of the capital Nairobi, a part of the city where repeatedly in the past explosives were thrown and […]
Jambojet – they finally take to the air
JAMBOJET TAKES TO THE SKIES TO THE DELIGHT OF PASSENGERS (Posted 01st April 2014) Come 06.30 hrs Nairobi time will Jambojet take off for their maiden flight, destined for Kenya’s lakeside city of Kisumu, followed by a 07.30 hrs take off for the city of Mombasa. Anticipated for months by the travelling public which got […]
Where Surf meets Turf at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel
IT IS SURF AND TURF NOW AT SHERATON KAMPALA’S SEVEN SEAS RESTAURANT (Posted 01st April 2014) Sheraton Kampala’s most popular restaurant, the Seven Seas, now offers patrons and in house guests wider choices with the introduction of additional menu items beyond crustaceans, sea fish, salmon and clam chowder. Those with their tastebuds screaming for a […]
IRT takes local DMC’s on day long factfinding tour
IRT ORGANIZES STAKEHOLDER INFORMATION DAY (Posted 01st April 2014) Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, the island’s tourism office, last week organized a day for DMC’s and other interested parties to visit a number of new tourism establishments to create awareness of new products and attractions. Several Destination Management Companies responded to the invitation, among them […]
IHG joins hands with Amadeus in new strategic technology partnership
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS PARTNER WITH AMADEUS FOR BETTER SERVICES (Posted 01st April 2014) The InterContinental Hotel Group, represented in the Eastern African region through the InterContinental Hotel Nairobi as well as franchised Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn operations, has yesterday announced a new strategic technology partnership with Amadeus, the world’s leading CRS. Consumer technology has become […]
Robert Brierley – Gone too soon
RIP ROBERT BRIERLEY (Posted 01st April 2014) Robert Brierley, one of the visionaries behind the rise of Uganda’s South West’s growing popularity for adventure tours, walking safaris and the establishment of hiking trails, is no more. Rob unexpectedly and suddenly passed away over the weekend, leaving behind a grieving family in Langenthal / Switzerland and […]
More green electricity for Kenya
KENYA GETS ANOTHER 280 MW OF GREEN ELECTRICITY (Posted 31st March 2014) Kenya will progressively get another 280 MW to feed the electricity starved country, as the latest of the geo thermal plants at Olkaria, located at the foot of Mt. Longonot in the Great African Rift Valley, started coming on line over the weekend. […]
Qatar Airways ups Melbourne capacity by 30 percent
QATAR AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES CAPACITY BOOST TO MELBOURNE (Posted 31st March 2014) Qatar Airways has over the weekend announced plans to boost their capacity on the route from Doha to Melbourne, largely as a result of the rapidly growing demand for seats. The airline will switch to their presently largest aircraft type, a B777-300ER, which offers […]
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority after 9 months lapse finally gets new board
UGANDA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY GETS NEW BOARD (Posted 31st March 2014) Following the expiry of the official term of office of the Board of Directors of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority in June last year has a vacuum existed on board level of Uganda’s aviation regulatory body, which had drawn critique from air operators and […]
Amb. Karitanyi takes over from Rica Rwigamba as new head of Tourism & Conservation at RDB
CHANGE OF GUARD AT THE HEAD OF RDB’S TOURISM AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT (Posted 31st March 2014) After four years at the helm of the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism and Conservation Department has Ms. Rica Rwigamba left the organization as Ambassador Karitanyi was appointed last Friday by the Rwandan cabinet to take over this critical position. […]
Mwambani port plans would spell the end of the Coelacanth habitat
CONSERVATIONISTS RESPOND WITH ANGER AND DERISION TO KIKWETE STATEMENT ON MWAMBANI PORT (Posted 30th March 2014) ‘He is just another wolf in sheepskin and our environment and conservation of natural, wildlife and marine resources is his prey’ blasted a regular conservation source from Arusha, understandably on condition of strictest anonymity, following news that Tanzania’s President […]
And the lights did go out as Earth Hour struck at Kampala’s leading hotels
KAMPALA’S LEADING HOTELS OBSERVE EARTH HOUR (Posted 30th March 2014) Feedback received from Kampala’s leading hotels, the Kampala Serena Hotel and the Sheraton Kampala Hotel, confirm that both establishments observed this year’s Earth Hour by switching off their main lights – safety and security lights did remain on in line with regulatory requirements – in […]
Terminal 4 will be ready by 04th of July – or so says Kenya’s Transport Secretary Michael Kamau
TRANSPORT SECRETARY NOW GIVES JULY 04TH AS OPENING DATES FOR NEW T4 (Posted 30th March 2014) Kenya’s Transport Secretary Michael Kamau came out swinging earlier this week, when at the launch of the Jambojet livery at the Kenya Airways / Jambojet base in Embakasi he announced that the new Terminal 4 will open its doors […]
Swahili Fashion Week postpones Nairobi event
SWAHILI FASHION WEEK NAIROBI EVENT POSTPONED (Posted 30th March 2014) The much anticipated ‘Swahili Fashion Week Nairobi’ was yesterday postponed until a later date by the organizers, citing logistical and other problems. The regular ‘Swahili Fashion Week’, created by Mustafa Hassanali in 2008 has been taking place ever since in Tanzania and has established itself […]
Rwanda, Uganda and Congo DR sign new cooperation deal for gorilla conservation
TRIPARTITE MEETING IN KIGALI MAPS OUT WAY FORWARD FOR VIRUNGA COOPERATION (Posted 29th March 2014) A tripartite meeting was held in Kigali yesterday where RDB’s Tourism and Conservation Department hosted their counterparts from the Uganda Wildlife Authority and Congo’s ICCN, to discuss closer cooperation vis a vis gorilla management and conservation in the Virunga […]
Another rhino killed in Nakuru
ANOTHER RHINO KILLED WITHIN A DAY OF PRESIDENT KENYATTA’S WARNING TO POACHERS (Posted 29th March 2014) President Kenyatta’s stern warning on poaching during his State of the Nation address earlier in the week, and KWS’s attempts to fend off growing criticism about their way of handling the national poaching crisis – a crisis they try […]
KAA under pressure to complete financing of JKIA’s Project Greenfield
JKIA’S PROJECT GREENFIELD IN ‘EXCAVATION STAGE’ (Posted 29th March 2014) While the Kenya Airports Authority is currently in talks to conclude the financing of their most ambitious project ever undertaken yet, the expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with the new ‘Project Greenfield’, is excavation work reportedly progressing well already, preparing for the start of […]
UWA set to digging trenches around Murchisons boundaries
UWA RESPONDS TO MURCHISONS PARK NEIGHBOURS REQUESTS TO KEEP GAME IN PARK (Posted 29th March 2014) The Uganda Wildlife Authority has responded to a series of requests from communities neighbouring the Murchisons Falls National Park to keep game and in particular elephants from raiding their shambas [Kiswahili for small scale farms] and destroying their crops. […]
Douala here we come – RwandAir adds Douala to growing network
RWANDAIR LAUNCHES COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO DOUALA (Posted 29th March 2014) RwandAir will next Monday launch their long awaited commercial flights from Kigali to Douala, a new route which the airline intends to serve 5 times a week using one of their new Bombardier CRJ900NextGen aircraft. The route will operate out of Kigali every Monday, Wednesday, […]
Mozambique Could Face Sanctions
More news from the Conservation Action Trust Mozambique Could Face Sanctions As It Fails To Meet CITES Deadlines and more Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za Mozambique Could Face Sanctions Is CITES Turning a Blind Eye to China’s Illicit Wildlife Imports? National Geographic | 19 March, 2014 | Karl Ammann Hear no evil, see no evil, and […]
Air Uganda adds more flights to key destinations
AIR UGANDA INCREASES FLIGHTS TO KEY DESTINATIONS ACROSS EASTERN AFRICA (Posted 29th March 2014) Air Uganda has yesterday announced the increase in flights to a number of their East African destinations effective 14th of April. New is that Mombasa will now be served five times a week directly up from previously four flights a week, […]
Reunion scoops Gold Award for best web app
IRT WINS GOLDEN TRAVEL AWARD FOR BEST ON THE WEB (Posted 29th March 2014) Following a previous Gold award in 2012 has the islands’ tourism office once again bagged this prestigious prize for their innovative application ‘Reunion Island’ which has turned out to be a hit among visitors to the island as well as those […]
Emirates names Kenya in their top five African destinations
KENYA FEATURES HIGH IN EMIRATES’ AFRICAN DESTINATION RANKING (Posted 29th March 2014) Nairobi came in as a respectable fifth of Emirates’ top African destination cities, with Johannesburg leading the pack, Cape Town coming in third after Lagos which claimed the runner up spot and Cairo, inspite of the many problems Egypt has been facing over […]
The Art Of Pairing
EatOut is talking aboutThe Art Of Pairing A worthwhile read for foodies, connoisseurs and gourmets … Can’t see images? Click here… The Art Of Pairing Everyone has their own favorites when it comes to washing down a meal, whether it’s that ice cold bottle of Kenyan beer with your nyama-choma, or the frosty mug of […]
Presidential comments on VAT may cost Kenya’s airlines dearly
FORGET ABOUT REVERSING VAT MEASURES KENYATTA TELLS KENYANS (Posted 28th March 2014) In his first ever State of the Nation address to the joint session of Parliament did Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta shut the door in the faces of those seeking changes in the present VAT bill, which the national assembly is in the process […]
Reunion expands marketing footprint in Belgium and Switzerland this week
REUNION TOURISM SHOWCASES THE ISLAND IN BELGIUM AND SWITZERLAND (Posted 28th March 2014) Reunion’s tourism industry, led by Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, the island’s tourism office, are once again working on their European markets, this week in Belgium, where in conjunction with tour operator ‘Rainbow’ they held two seminars for travel agents in Flanders […]
KAA gets 17.5 billion Kenya Shillings funding from World Bank
WORLD BANK SIGNS LOAN DEAL FOR AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION (Posted 28th March 2014) News that the World Bank has signed a major loan deal with the Kenya government worth 17.5 billion Kenya Shillings, all due to be channeled into the reconstruction and expansion of facilities at the region’s main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International, will be received […]
Hello Jambojet as livery unveiled at airline’s Embakasi base in Nairobi
JAMBOJET REVEALS THEIR LIVERY (Posted 27th March 2014) Kenya Airways’ owned Jambojet, a new low cost carrier due to start operations on 01st of April, this evening formally revealed their livery, showing off the colours they will be flying across Kenya from Nairobi to Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisumu. With fares starting from Kenya Shillings 2.850 […]
Daily Mail on Sunday repays Tanzania’s hospitality with an even more damning article
TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT IN SHOCK OVER NEW DAILY MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORT (Posted 27th March 2014) Regular and usually well informed sources in Dar es Salaam confirmed that there is a mood of incredulity if not outright shock in Tanzanian government circles, as a sponsored visit by a Daily Mail on Sunday journalist spectacularly backfired with […]
Key speakers and novel activities announced for HOSEA 2014
HOSEA 2014 PUTS FINAL TOUCHES ON SPEAKER LIST (Posted 27th March 2014) Final touches are being put to the speaker lineup for this year’s Hotel Summit East Africa, while the list of confirmed attendees has been growing in leaps and bounds, according to Kelai Wanjiru, who is in charge of PR and Corporate Communications at […]
