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Hideaway of Nungwi coming to Zanzibar’s North West coast

HIDEAWAY OF NUNGWI COMING TO ZANZIBAR A new luxurious 5 star resort and Spa complex is nearing completion at the far North West side of the main Zanzibari island of Unguja, set in nearly 25 acres of prime land with over 300 metres of direct beach access from within the resort. Located about an hour’s […]

Is the air getting thin up there for FastJet?

IS THE AIR GETTING THIN UP THERE FOR FASTJET? Already embroiled in a potentially major lawsuit with erstwhile buddies Fly540 in Kenya, where some nearly 7 million US Dollars are at stake over alleged outstanding payments claimed by one but strenuously denied by the other, FastJet is now faced with yet more such woes in […]

A rare guest post by Zina Dale of My Destination Tanzania

The Ultimate Once In A Lifetime Travel Experience! MyDestination.com is offering punters from all around the world a chance to win the ultimate round-the-world trip. The “Biggest Baddest Bucket List” is a fantastic opportunity to think of everything you have EVER wanted to do – and then go and do it! Go bungee jumping in […]

Air Uganda may see Uganda Government take a stake

UGANDA GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING STAKE IN AIR UGANDA When some time ago a few individuals tried to make hay with their chatter to once again start up a national airline in Uganda – Uganda Airlines was liquidated in 2001 after several failed attempts to privatise the carrier as a result of strong arm tactics and political […]

Seychelles uses FITUR presence to promote UNESCO WHS bid for Mission Lodge

SEYCHELLES PROMOTE UNESCO WHS BID FOR MISSION LODGE IN MADRID MEETING Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism and Culture met at the sidelines of Spain’s premier tourism exhibition FITUR with the UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai, to discuss, among other issues of mutual interest, the country’s bid to be elected to the prestigious Executive Council later this […]

Precision ups flights to Mbeya to daily

PRECISION AIR ANNOUNCES DAILY FLIGHTS TO MBEYA When on the 16th of January Precision Air, Tanzania’s premier airline, launched their flights to Mbeya’s revamped Songwe Airport, they cautiously announced that the new destination would be served four times a week, linking the commercial capital Dar es Salaam with this western Tanzanian municipality. The airline’s strategy […]

More action needed to stem rising poaching tide in Kenya

KENYA GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON POACHING BUT FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS The Kenyan government has at last taken some action vis a vis the poaching crisis which is gripping the country and which has seen elephant and rhinos poached now almost at will. A meeting yesterday between senior government officials and leading members of the conservation […]

Precision resumes scheduled flights to Kigoma

PRECISION AIR RESUMES KIGOMA FLIGHTS Precision Air has confirmed that the airline has on Wednesday this week resumed operations to Kigoma, a town located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The airline is using an ATR 42 for the service, which now operates 5 times a week, originating in Dar es Salaam and routing via […]

HTTI staff go on strike over unpaid wages and benefits

HTTI STAFF GO ON STRIKE Reports are coming in from Jinja that staff at Uganda’s national Hotel and Tourism Training Institute, located at the Crested Crane Hotel, have down their tools demanding payment of salary arrears and other dues, which according to one source have been outstanding in some cases for several months. Insiders were […]

Blankets and Wine goes to Carnivore

BLANKETS AND WINE MOVES TO CARNIVORE GROUNDS Kenya’s premier monthly music and social event, Blankets and Wine, will with the February 03rd edition for the first time move to the popular Carnivore grounds in Nairobi, having burst at the seams at the previous location as a result of its growing popularity. Blankets and Wine is […]

RwandAir relaunches Mombasa nonstop to Dubai flights

RWANDAIR RESUMES MOMBASA STOP FOR DUBAI FLIGHTS Effective tomorrow will RwandAir re-launch their Mombasa stop for three of their 7 weekly flights between Kigali and Dubai. The airline is using their B737-800NG for this service, which gives travelers from Mombasa once more a nonstop access to Dubai, without having to travel through Nairobi or other […]

More rhinos fall to poaching in Lake Nakuru National Park

4 RHINOS FALL TO POACHERS IN NAKURU NATIONAL PARK News are emerging from conservation sources in Nairobi that as many as four rhinos were found dead in Lake Nakuru National Park, their prized horns hacked off, as the pestilence of poaching has now swept from South Africa to East Africa. Nakuru is one of the […]

Singapore seizes 1.8 tons of blood ivory

SINGAPORE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SEIZE 1.8 TONS OF BLOOD IVORY Blood ivory worth over 2.5 million US Dollars was confiscated yesterday in Singapore, when a container load from a yet to be named African country, supposedly comprising waste paper, was found to be actually elephant tusks and ivory pieces. Nearly 1.100 cut pieces of tusks were […]

Brussels Airlines adds DC in summer 2013

BRUSSELS AIRLINES ANNOUNCES FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON AS SECOND US DESTINATION A regular source from Brussels Airlines has today confirmed what the grapevine has been talking about for a while, that after the launch of daily flights to New York in June last year, Washington DC will be the airline’s second destination in the United States. […]

Four Seasons set to build major resort complex in Zanzibar

FOUR SEASONS AIMS AT ZANZIBAR With only six properties at present in Africa, including a 77 room and suite safari lodge in the central part of the renown Serengeti, it comes as little surprise that Four Seasons seems keen to expand their presence on the continent. The group presently operates properties in Africa in Marrakech […]

Did someone pull a fast one on FastJet?

THE FASTJET VERSUS FLY 540 SAGA – WHAT OTHERS SAY Warned severally over their choice of partner in East Africa for their attempt to form a Pan African LCC network, FastJet is now paying the price for dismissing out of hand information availed to them at the time, while initially jumping enthusiastically to the defense […]

Seychelles makes Mission Lodge a priority to attain UNESCO World Heritage status

MISSION LODGE REDEVELOPMENT GATHERS MOMENTUM AS UNESCO BID GOES UNDERWAY The Seychelles Ministry of Culture and Tourism is now working with the Seychelles Heritage Foundation to bring the Mission Lodge back to life with new displays tracing the freed young slaves as they made this place their home. Representatives from the Seychelles Destination Management Companies […]

Chinese blood ivory smugglers escape justice with 340 US Dollar fine in Nairobi court

KENYA FINES IVORY SMUGGLERS 340 DOLLARS AS UGANDA PROPOSES 10 YEAR JAIL TERM Conservationists were up in arms when a court in Nairobi yesterday handed fines worth 340 US Dollars to four Chinese citizens caught smuggling blood ivory through Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, enroute from Lubumbashi in the Congo DR. The magistrate, when handing […]

Air Seychelles second A330-200 emerges from paintshop with new livery

AIR SEYCHELLES GETS SECOND AIRBUS A330 Air Seychelles, Etihad’s Indian Ocean islands partner airline, has seen a second Airbus A330-200, emerge from the Etihad maintenance facility’s paintshop this week. The new aircraft will soon fly to Mahe before formally being put into service with the inaugural flight to Hong Kong in early March as well […]

STA signs MoU with Shanghai Tourism Institute

SEYCHELLES TOURISM ACADEMY SIGNS MOU WITH SHANGHAI COUNTERPARTS The Seychelles Tourism Academy and China’s Shanghai Institute of Tourism have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, paving the way for lecturers and students to follow internship programs within both institutions. The MOU was officially signed by Mr. Flavien Joubert, the Principal of Seychelles Tourism Academy and Weiwu […]

Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association Chairman Louis D’Offay speaks out

SEYCHELLES PRIVATE SECTOR MEETS TO DISCUSS INDUSTRY AFFAIRS Members of the SHTA, the Seychelles Hospitality & Tourism Association from Praslin and La Digue Islands met at a General Meeting at La Reserve Hotel on Praslin last Saturday. The Praslin and La Digue tourism professionals meeting was organised by their SHTA to be better updated on […]

New Jetlink/FastJet alliance on the horizon as Fly540 deal at verge of collapse?

JETLINK SUBJECT TO SPECULATIONS OVER FASTJET LINK Reports are emerging from Nairobi that Jetlink, a privately owned airline based in Nairobi and grounded some months ago over South Sudan’s failure to permit repatriation of funds kept in Juba’s banks from ticket sales worth over 2 million US Dollars, may be in talks with FastJet for […]

Kenya Airways publishes operating performance details for Q3

KENYA AIRWAYS RELEASES 3RD QUARTER RESULTS Kenya Airways just published the following statement about their operating performance in the third quarter of the financial year 2012/13. The company put into the market capacity totalling 3,613m seat kilometres which was 1.1% above prior year’s level. The growth during the period was as a result of introducing […]

Pan African Dance Festival comes to Rwanda in February

COUNTING DOWN TOWARD THE PAN AFRICAN DANCE FESTIVAL IN KIGALI FESPAD, the Pan African Dance Festival, is coming to Kigali and will launch with a big ceremony on the 23rd of February before reaching its climax in March 02nd. Hosted by the Ministry of Sports and Culture in conjunction with the Rwanda Development Board’s Tourism […]

Four poachers killed in Serengeti after fire fight with rangers

ANTIPOACHING OPERATION IN SERENGETI SEES 4 POACHERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT News were confirmed over the weekend that 4 poachers, caught red handed trying to hack the tusks out of a recently killed elephant, met their fate when they foolishly decided to engage in a fire fight with anti poaching patrols and rangers in the […]

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has nearly 50 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations. 

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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