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Vodacom Tanzania supports Wild Dog project with 450.000 US Dollars

VODACOM GETS PRESIDENTIAL PRAISE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS Even for a large corporation like Vodacom in Tanzania, is 450.000 US Dollars considered serious money and no wonder none other than President Jakaya Kikwete has offered his personal praise and appreciation to the companys CEO Rene Meza at State House Dar es Salaam last weekend. I […]

Zip lining by SMAC Adventures – another first for the Seychelles

ZIP LINING BY SMAC ADVENTURES ANOTHER FIRST FOR THE SEYCHELLES The Constance Ephelia Resort has now started to formally promote one of their new, and very unique, adventure activities, operated within the resort by South African adventure specialist Johan Cronjes SMAC, short for Specialized Multi Adventure Company, which in their own words is Where Paradise […]

Seychelles Tourism Ball 2012 set for the Constance Ephelia Resort

CONSTANCE EPHELIA RESORT SET TO HOST SEYCHELLES TOURISM BALL ON SEPTEMBER 28 While staying at the 5star rated Constance Ephelia Resort it was confirmed that this years Seychelles Tourism Ball will be hosted by the resort, welcoming the entire Seychellois tourism fraternity for the now annual event. Cosponsored by Laurent Perrier Champagne, which this year […]

Kenya Airways’ latest E190 flies into Nairobi to make it 36 … and counting

KENYA AIRWAYS HALF YEAR RESULTS UP AS NEW E190 ARRIVES IN NAIROBI As the Pride of Africa took delivery of their latest Embraer E190 jet yesterday in Nairobi, information has been released that the half year results of the airline, compared to 2011, showed significant growth by about 20.6 percent, driven by increased demand for […]

Emirates keeps up pressure on East African market with continued special offers

EMIRATES BLITZES EAST AFRICAN MARKET WITH YET MORE SPECIAL DEALS While it seemed hard to top the already great offers Emirates has of late put into the market place, like free Visa for East Africans wishing to visit Dubai and special fares to selected destinations, the airline has now published special hotel deals combined with […]

KQ has court order on staff rationalization lifted

KENYA AIRWAYS GETS COURT CLEARANCE TO ADVANCE STAFF RESTRUCTURING Reports about Kenya Airways sacking staff are outrageous and a product of fiction by sections of the media, aimed to cause industrial unrest. None of this is true. What is true is that the airline intends to outsource certain aspects of the operation, and that means […]

Kamuntu leaves tourism to change chairs with Mutagamba

KAMUNTU SHIFTED TO WATER WHILE MUTAGAMBE TAKES TOURISM (Report filed from the Constance Ephelia Resort, Port Glaud, Mahe) In what has been described as a game of musical chair shuffling has Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, since the formation of the government after the general elections in March last year Minister for Tourism, been moved to the […]

Air Berlin set to drop Mombasa from schedule in summer 2013

NOW AIR BERLIN CANCELS SUMMER SERIES TO MOMBASA The bad news about coast tourism seem to chase each other as the latest blow was just delivered when Air Berlin announced their plans to shelve Mombasa from their summer 2013 programme. Sources close to the heart of the Kenyan tourism industry now blame their minister and […]

Precision joins hands with Vodacom to encourage e-payment for tickets

PRECISION AIR JOINS HANDS WITH VODACOM FOR ADDED PAYMENT OPTION (Filed from the Constance Ephelia Resort, Port Glaud, Mahe) Paying by phone and getting a 20 percent rebate on top of it will make travel with Precision Air a financial windfall, when using ones Vodacom connection in Tanzania to make electronic payment with for a […]

Let common sense prevail as the KAA saga rages on

KAA SAGA LET COMMON SENSE PREVAIL AT LAST Report filed from the Constance Ephelia Resort, Port Glaud, Mahe Events in recent days overtook each other and developments came in thick and fast about the saga of the Greenfield Project, which is set to make or break the future of Kenyas aviation sector and will have […]

CAF Meeting kicks off at the Constance Ephelia Resort on Mahe

CAF MEETING KICKS OFF AT THE CONSTANCE EPHELIA RESORT ON MAHE (Filed from the Constance Ephelia Resort, Port Glaud, Mahe) The Creole island paradise of the Seychelles is providing a befitting background for delegates from 54 African nations, who have come to Mahe to hold their annual meetings of Standing Committees, the Executive Committee and […]

Air Seychelles shifts focus from Beijing to Hong Kong

AIR SEYCHELLES SET TO GO TO HONG KONG RATHER THAN BEIJING While in the Seychelles it was learned, that national carrier Air Seychelles, now flying in partnership with Etihad, the national airline of Abu Dhabi, will very likely fly to Hong Kong come February 2013, when the delivery of the airlines second Airbus A330 has […]

Seychelles Tourism Academy sends 14 students to Shannon University

SEYCHELLES TOURISM ACADEMY SENDS 14 STUDENTS TO SHANNON (Mrs. Margaret Pillay, CEO of the Seychelles National Human Resource Development Council hands over an airticket to Dublin to one of the 14 students selected to study for a hospitality graduate degree) The Seychelles Tourism Academy, in conjunction with NHRDC, has yesterday held a ceremony in Victoria, […]

Mombasa calm after assassination of radical Islamic preacher

DRIVE BY ASSASSINATION ROCKS MOMBASA The assassination of what is largely considered a radical Islamic preacher with suspected links to Al Shabab and other terrorist groups, has left Mombasa reeling from an immediate outbreak of violence, which left one more person dead in its wake as marauding youths stoned an innocent bystander to death. The […]

USAID hands over new visitor centre for Rwenzori Mountains National Park

RWENZORI VISITOR CENTRE OPENS ITS DOORS The USAID funded STAR programme, short for Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift has now handed over their arguably last project component to the Uganda Wildlife Authority, when the new Rwenzori Mountains National Park visitor centre was formally launched earlier today. Built adjoining to the latest lodge addition to […]

Embraer prepares to deliver another E190 to Kenya Airways

KENYA AIRWAYS LATEST E190 TAKES TO THE SKIES IN BRAZIL The delivery of Kenya Airways 36th bird is now imminent as the aircraft was over the past two days put through a vigorous inflight testing regime, ahead of the formal handover later this week at the Embraer assembly plant in San Jose Dos Campos. The […]

Pan African Ornithological Congress shifted to Arusha

ARUSHA STEPS UP AS PAN AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL MEETING SHIFTED FROM NIGERIA Organisers of the 13th Pan African Ornithological Congress have reportedly decided to shift the October event from its previous location in Nigeria to Arusha, where cost and other considerations appear to have been met by the host city, stepping up with an attractive events […]

Raffles Seychelles gets into Forbes Top Ten Beach Resorts list

RAFFLES MAKES FORBES TOP TEN LIST The Raffles Seychelles on the archipelagos second island of Praslin, has just been included in the Forbes Travel Guide top 10 beach resorts worldwide. Forbes, one of Americas foremost business magazines, selected the resort for its exceptional location, beaches and outstanding service levels. The General Manager of Raffles Praslin […]

Keeping La Digue green by promoting battery powered vehicles

SEYCHELLES REMOVES DUTY ON ELECTRIC CARS TO PROMOTE A GREENER LA DIGUE The island of La Digue, long known to have no cars on the island and instead using the traditional oxcart or bicycles, has in recent years nevertheless seen a steady increase in motorcars and pickup trucks, to cater for the growing number of […]

Nairobi airport saga gets murkier and threatens to spin out of control

AIRPORT CONTROVERSY THREATENS TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL The latest twist in this murky saga is hitting the headlines now in Nairobi, with allegations of a million dollar bribe having been given to an unnamed official, who subsequently tried to turn all hell lose when his friends did not get the contract to build JKIAs […]

Tanzania set to host Africa’s Environment Ministers in Arusha

TANZANIA TO HOST CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENT MEETING The 14th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment will take place in Arusha between the 10th and 14th of September and will according to information at hand be officially opened by President Kikwete. It is expected that a range of topics discussed at the Rio+20 Conference […]

KAA board sends CEO on compulsory leave as squabbles over contracts widen

KAA DESCENDS INTO INFIGHTING AS CEO SUSPENDED BY BOARD When elephants fight it is the grass which suffers goes the saying in Africa but here the grass is Kenyas crucially important aviation industry, as the countrys airport authority, responsible for the main hub in Nairobi and other airports across the country, descends further into infighting […]

Nyungwe forest buffer zone deal set to go operational

NYUNGWE BUFFER ZONES SET FOR COMMERCIAL TREE FARMING The contracts signed last year, between the Rwandan government and the New Forest Company, to manage and sustainably utilize the Nyungwe Forest buffer zones, are now becoming fully operational, after NFT has entered into a tripartite partnership with the Rwanda Development Bank and the Rwanda Social Security […]

1Time appears set to pull the plug on Mombasa flights

1TIME SETTO PULL FLIGHTS FROM MOMBASA A regular source from Kenyas tourism fraternity has just confirmed that 1Time, a South African LCC flying for a while now between Johannesburg and Mombasa, appears set to halt their operation to Kenyas Indian Ocean city. High regulatory and aviation services cost have been cited as the main reason, […]

COMESA’s First Sustainable Tourism Forum ends in Nairobi

REGIONAL COOPERATION SEEN AS KEY TO FUTURE SUCCESS This week saw two important regional African meetings take place, focusing on the tourism industry and how to better use one of the worlds foremost economic sectors to alleviate poverty through increased cooperation and the subsequent investments, job creation and foreign exchange earnings. COMESA, The Common Market […]

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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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