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Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Third edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Third edition January 2011 Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Third edition January 2011 Uganda News BRUSSELS AIRLINES CARRIES MORE TRAFFIC IN 2010 Inspite of the problems in 2010 with the Icelandic ash cloud and the severe […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Second edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com Second edition January 2011   Uganda News   TWO MORE GORILLA BABIES BORN BEFORE YEAR END   The Uganda Wildlife Authority just released details about the birth of two more […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, First edition January 2011

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition January 2011   Uganda News ENTEBBE ROAD UPGRADE CONSTRUCTION START PROMISED FOR MID 2011    It was learned during the last week that the Uganda National Road Authority […]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Fourth edition December 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com End of year (Fourth) edition December 2010   Uganda News BREAKING NEWS YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK REPORTED FROM NORTHERN UGANDA It was learned overnight that over the festive season cases of […]

Breaking News – Fly 540 takes over East African Safari Air Express

FLY 540 TAKES OVER EAST AFRICAN SAFARI AIR EXPRESS The owners of EASAX, the first victim of the escalating fare war in Kenya, had a soft landing, when – following the initial wet-lease of their DC9 aircraft by Fly 540 – the region’s first low cost carrier put in an offer to buy EASAX lock […]

Breaking News – Serengeti rhino, recently relocated, poached for its horns

BLACK RHINO KILLED IN SERENGETI AFTER COSTLY RELOCATION  The Tanzanian government has come under severe criticism when news emerged that one of the five Eastern Black Rhinos brought from South Africa earlier in the year, has been found dead with the horns removed by poachers. The news were greeted with dismay amongst conservationists from around the […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, First edition December 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Twitter: @whthome Blog: www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com First edition December 2010   RECOMMENDED ‘MUST READ’ REGIONAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS For those readers with an interest in learning more about the going on’s in Kenya and Uganda, the current […]

Breaking News – Air fare war in Kenya claims first victim

FIRST CASUALTY IN AIRFARE WARS IN KENYA East African Safari Air Express, airline coding B5, has halted all flights in the face of ever stiffer competition in particular on ‘their route’ to Juba / Southern Sudan and shrinking traffic to what used to be their ‘plum destination’ Lokichoggio / Northern Kenya. The airline, which was […]

Kenyan air fare wars – news update

KENYA AIRWAYS TURNS ON THE HEAT WITH NEW STAND BY FARES Undeterred by pending legal action and the sound of the collective teeth gritting in the industry has Kenya Airways just launched another volley into the aviation sector?s hottest route, when introducing a new stand by fare, at Kenya Shillings 3.000 return, all taxes included. […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region, Second edition November2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Second edition November 2010   Uganda News CONSERVATIONISTS CELEBRATE HUNTING SUSPENSION Information came into the public domain over the weekend that UWA has yielded to long lasting pressure on their decision to permit sports hunting in […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region First edition November 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome First edition November 2010 AUTUMN EDITION OF ‘AFRICA TRAVEL’ NOW AVAILABLE The latest ‘Travel Africa’ magazine, the autumn edition, reached me over the weekend and was as usual again providing a wealth of information […]

Breaking News

BREAKING NEWS The Seychelles Tourist Board recognizes 25 travel writers and travel journalists worldwide as ‘Friends of Seychelles – Press’, amongst them eTurboNews Publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz and this correspondent for ‘consistent and extensive positive coverage of the Seychelles’ tourism industry, the archipelago’s conservation activities and special events’. (In the picture below I am on an investigative […]

Tourism News from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Third edition October 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Third edition October 2010 Uganda News UGANDA CIVIL AVIATION SETS DATE FOR NEXT LICENCING HEARING The long awaited and much overdue public hearing of new and renewal applications for the consideration of air service licence applications. It […]

Tourism News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region Second edition October 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Second edition October 2010 LUFTHANSA TEAM PROMOTES CODE SHARED FLIGHTS A high powered team of Lufthansa German Airlines officials travelled across Eastern Africa last week to promote their code shared flights out of Addis Ababa […]

Tourism News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region First edition October 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome First edition October 2010 Uganda News HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL UGANDANS ON OCTOBER 09th RHINO FUND TO HOLD MAIN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER The Rhino Fund Uganda is organising their annual main fundraising activity the […]

Tourism News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region Third edition September 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Third edition September 2010   Uganda News NEMA NAMES MORE POLLUTERS, IGNORES WETLAND ENCROACHMENT The national environmental management authority last week again named and shamed leading corporate entities for their part in polluting the […]

Breaking News – Tullow Oil’s 3.1 billion US Dollar capital outlay at risk

TULLOW OIL’S 3.1 BILLION US DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN BALANCE As reported via a tweet shortly after it actually happened, the Ugandan government has withdrawn the licence of exploration block 3A, one of if not the richest oil basin found so far in the country. Only recently was I able to give a complete timeline overview […]

Tourism News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region First Edition September 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome First edition September 2010   Uganda News AIR UGANDA ADDS THIRD DAILY FLIGHT TO NAIROBI It was learned last week that following the low key delivery of another CRJ200 aircraft Air Uganda, in local aviation circles also […]

Tourism News from Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean region Fifth Edition August 2010

TOURISM NEWS from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean region Reports, Travel Stories and Opinions By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Fifth edition August 2010   Uganda News CHOBE SAFARI LODGE RE-OPENING IMMINENT As reported previously here, the Madhvani Group’s Marasa hospitality subsidiary was busy since last year in reconstructing the former Chobe Safari Lodge, located above […]

Breaking News from Uganda’s oil sector

TULLOW OIL – BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Imagine a scenario, where a major oil company purchases the assets of another, pays close to 1.5 billion US Dollars for this purchase and only then finds out that their transaction has failed to gain the mandatory regulatory approvals. Impossible you may think but true […]

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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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