PRESS RELEASE: WYSE Travel Confederation restructure – positive voting results
WYSE Travel Confederation View this email in your browser Amsterdam, 17 December 2015 WYSE TRAVEL CONFEDERATION SECURES MEMBER SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONAL RESTRUCTURE Voting for the restructure of the WYSE Travel Confederation has closed today with overwhelming support from members for the change. A majority of the membership took part in the online vote with 89% […]
The writing is on the wall for FlyAfrica Zimbabwe following massive tax claims by ZIMRA
FLY AFRICA ZIMBABWE FACED WITH MEGA TAX CLAIMS AMID SUGGESTIONS TO CHARGE CEO (Posted 17th December 2015) When news were broken here on the 28th of October that flights by FlyAfrica Zimbabwe had been suspended, did the airline react with initially a denial and then accusations before moving to the stage of threatening legal action. […]
The drama continues as FlyAfrica fails to answer searching questions
IS FLY AFRICA REALLY TELLING THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? (Posted 09th December 2015) The woes of embattled FlyAfrica Zimbabwe just keep piling up as the airline has apparently now stopped answering the phones, no wonder when dozens of irate customers are screaming down the lines to demand their money back after the […]
TAZARA gets more engines and passenger wagons as President Magufuli names railways as a priority sector
TANZANIA ZAMBIA RAILWAY GETS EQUIPMENT BOOST AS FOUR NEW ENGINES ARRIVE (Posted 22ND November 2015) The joint Tanzania Zambia Railway earlier this month received an operational boost when four new diesel propelled engines and 18 passenger coaches arrived by ship from China at the port in Dar es Salaam. With only twelve mainline engines remaining […]
South African tourism looks ahead into the next decade
One is tempted to say, DO THE SAME AND DON’T SLEEP ON YOUR LAURELS but then we all know better, namely that some tourism boards are wide awake and tuned into the changing market conditions and others lag a decade behind … MINISTER OF TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA, OUTLINES NEXT DECADE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE […]
Kenya Wildlife Service acts in national interest as parkland is ceded for highway construction
KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE SIGNS DEAL TO ALLOW COMPLETION OF SOUTHERN BYPASS (Posted 01st November 2015) The stalled road works for the completion of the Southern Bypass, a key component to de-congest the Nairobi city centre, are now expected to resume after the Kenya Wildlife Service has formally signed an easement agreement with the Kenyan Ministry […]
Northern Corridor Integration Project countries set for expansion
NORTHERN CORRIDOR INTEGRATION PROJECT COUNTRIES WELCOME CONGO DR (Posted 19th October 2015) The Nairobi summit of the Northern Corridor Integration Project countries of host country Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan discussed a range of issues regarding the implementation of the various infrastructure projects which are now under construction or in the final planning stages. […]
Rail transport – the future of heavy haulage in East Africa
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS ADDS 480 NEW WAGONS TO FLEET (Posted 06th October 2015) The phrase that competition is good applies to many economic arenas and the railways in East Africa are no different. The upcoming brand new Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa via Nairobi to the Ugandan border and on to Kampala, being built at […]
Conservation Action News from around the world …
BREAKING NEWS: Bear bile farming to be eradicated in Vietnam by 2020 21 September 2015 | animalsasia.org | animalsasia.org| Animals Asia has called on all stakeholders to make a commitment to ending bear bile farming in Vietnam by 2020. It follows today’s announcement by Vietnam’s Traditional Medicine Association that says its members must continue to […]
No 510 Wildlife Trade News: 15th September 2015
That dose of bad news … poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes galore … in the spotlight today …………………… No 510 Wildlife Trade News: 15th September 2015 MALAYSIA: NGO: Plantation must halt clearing of peatland for palm oil http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/09/14/ngo-plantation-must-halt-clearing-of-peatland-for-palm-oil/ Rogue oil palm company must pay $26m, rules Indonesia’s Supreme Court http://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/rogue-oil-palm-company-must-pay-26m-rules-indonesias-supreme-court/ SUMATRA: Haze emergency declared in […]
Rwanda – an African success story
NEW HOTELS SET TO CHANGE THE FACE OF KIGALI’S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (Posted 08th September 2015) (Billboard outside the site of the hotel) The hospitality deck of cards in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city, is set to be substantially shuffled in 2016, when at least two new internationally branded hotels are expected to open their doors, both […]
No 484 Wildlife Trade News: 12th August 2015
Another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world … in the spotlight today …………………… Star tortoises seized at airport. INDIA / MALAYSIA…AGAIN Despite monthly confiscations of tortoises enroute to malaysia, no one in Malaysia, as far as we know, has ever been prosecuted for importing tortoises in the […]
KWS puts national interest before self
JOINT STATEMENT OF KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE, KENYA RAILWAYS AND NATIONAL LAND COMMISSION SHOWS SENSE OF MATURITY (Posted 01st August 2015) Unlike some members of the conservation community in Kenya has the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kenya Wildlife Service, Dr. Richard Leakey, yesterday shown some remarkable maturity, when he jointly addressed the […]
News from Africa for Africa and the world … Shamwari’s July edition awaits
Jambo! Welcome to another issue of our e-newsletter, Shamwari, for readers ofTravel Africa magazine. Next edition of the mag Are you planning your next trip to Africa? Why would you fall in love with Laikipia? Why should you tackle Africa’s third highest mountain? Why is Morocco a great place to go with the kids? Why […]
This blog flies with Brussels Airlines and appropriately, here are the latest news from them
Online version Dear Friend of Brussels Airlines, Summer is finally here! Which means there’s plenty of summer activities to look forward to in Europe. School holidays begin and many travellers use the opportunity to discover Europe or to visit their family and friends. Whatever your plans are this month, we wish you a happy summer! […]
No 462 Wildlife Trade News: 21st July 2015
Another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… 3,876 endangered turtles seized, thought to be headed for mainland China http://n.yam.com/greatnews/society/20150718/20150718161460.html No 462 Wildlife Trade News: 21st July 2015 INDONESIA: Scorpion Sayangkan DKI Tak Lindungi Satwa Langka Siamang gibbon kept illegally by military officer. Jakarta. Wildlife authorities […]
Wrong tactics and moves threaten conservation unity
TIME TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE? (Posted 21st July 2015) The visit of the American President Barrack Obama is now imminent and Kenyans of all walks of life will no doubt expect that their civil society organizations and business associations will engage with Obama’s entourage comprising government, business and NGO representatives. This will be […]
China Road and Bridge Corporation handed ‘Stop Dredging’ order by NEMA Tribunal
SOUTH COAST RESIDENTS HAND SAND DIGGERS THEIR FIRST DEFEAT (Posted 08th July 2015) The South Coast Residents Association, an alliance bringing together local and foreign residents as well as resorts and other businesses from Likoni over Tiwi to Diani and beyond, have tasted their first victory in their battle to keep the dreaded dredgers off […]
Save the Elephants …
web version | tell a friend | donate China Vows to Ban Ivory.. and Trade Slows? The best news for elephants in a decade: the Chinese government has pledged to shut down the ivory trade within its borders. Once implemented, this will end the single largest driver of the poaching killing of Africa’s elephants. China’s […]
New railway plans becoming reality …
TANZANIA SIGNS RAILWAY CONTRACTS WORTH OVER 9 BILLION US DOLLARS (Posted 03rd June 2015) Tanzania’s Minister for Transport Samuel Sitta last weekend confirmed that the Tanzanian government had put pen to paper with two Chinese companies for the construction of two new rail lines. One of them, to be built in Standard Gauge, will eventually […]
Ngamba gets the thumbs up from Rotary
Ngamba Island recognized with Vocational Service Award The Rotary Club of Entebbe has awarded Chimpanzee Trust with the ‘Vocational Service Award 2014- 2015’, as the best vocational service for its extraordinary projects in providing services to communities neighbouring Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary. This was during Rotary Club of Entebbe’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Since the establishment […]
No 409 Wildlife Trade News: 15th May
Gorillas behind bars to show them off instead of more Chinese coming to Uganda or Rwanda to track them? Bad news just continued to roll in … in the spotlight today …………………… Welcome to Shanghai Zoo’s indoor gorilla ‘exhibit’. If this looks bad to you (and if it doesn’t, we suggest you check your pulse), […]
No 408 Wildlife Trade News: 14th May
The daily dose of bad news from around the world … Poaching, Wildlife and Environmental Crimes galore … in the spotlight today …………………… DOES THIS CHIMPANZEE LOOKED BORED OUT OF ITS MIND TO YOU? THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS. WELL YOU’D BE WOULDN’T YOU IF YOU WERE LOCKED IN A CONCRETE AND WIRE CAGE, SUCH AS […]
Burundi in turmoil as President goes rogue
QUO VADIS BURUNDI? (Posted 07th May 2015) Much has already been said here in recent months about Burundi, a member state of the East African Community increasingly falling into isolation over President Nkurunziza’s attempt to seek a third term which the constitution however does not permit. Events in recent days saw the Deputy Chief Justice […]
This blog is all about aviation but also about a lot more than that …
If you are like me you can’t wait to read what is coming up next.Aviation is in my blood and I simple can never get enough information about the latest news from airlines, manufacturers and service providers … Here is the May news update from Brussels Airlines … Online version Dear guest, Our May newsletter […]
40 kilometres in four months but 431 kilometres remain. Read on to find out more!
NEW STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY MAKES ADVANCES (Posted 04th May 2015) Information coming in from Kenya indicates that about 40 kilometres of the new Standard Gauge Railway, in short SGR, is already complete after work started in earnest some four months ago. A further 431 kilometres however need to be finished if the new Chinese financed […]
No 393 Wildlife Trade News: 27th April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world ….. in the spotlight today …………………… Second seizure: Customs finds 161 turtles at mumbai airport. EXTRACT: Days after two suitcases crammed with 183 turtles were seized by the customs department at the city airport, another 161 turtles were recovered […]
No 382 Wildlife Trade News: 13th April
Another week and another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Mumbai Crime: Duo nabbed at T2 trying to smuggle 183 live turtles – to MALAYSIA (NA comment: Yet again we see MALAYSIA implicated in the illegal wildlife trade. WHY? because the CITES Standing Committee and […]
No 373 Wildlife Trade News: 2nd April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … CHINA and the CITES SECRETARIAT in the spotlight yet again. A media report which, if the past is anything to go by, will never appear on the CITES secretariat’s web site.http://www.cites.org/ If the media can easily find and photograph such illegalities in […]
It is the passengers who suffer when the regulators fight
KENYA AIRWAYS RELEASES STATEMENT ABOUT REDUCTION OF FLIGHTS TO TANZANIA (Posted 21st March 2015) Kenya Airways, together with other private airlines operating scheduled flights from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Mwanza, were on Tuesday taken by surprise when the Tanzania CAA cut flights between the two countries by a staggering 60 percent […]
