Serengeti Watch – News Updates
Greetings! We all know the Amazon is burning, a disaster that’s sparked protest around the world. But what about fires in Africa, reportedly even more extensive? And in particular, what about the Serengeti, which sees frequent natural and man-made fires? We report on this here. And conversely, on the more critical issue of water. FIRE […]
Discover Tsavo West and the Chyulu Hills in #Kenya
SCHEDULED FLIGHTS FROM WILSON AIRPORT TO TSAVO AND CHYULU PERMIT FOR EASY ACCESS TO SOME OF KENYA’S HIDDEN GEMS (Posted 07th August 2019) Safarilink’s double daily scheduled flights from Wilson Airport – Kenya’s hub airport for bush and beach flying – to Kilaguni, Finch Hattons’ and the Chyulu Hills airstrip have opened up new opportunities […]
#Kenya government cracks down on #Nairobi National Park encroachers
ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENTS SERVED WITH A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER (Posted 07th August 2019) Some so called ‘developers’ in Nairobi, thinking they could get away with environmental murder – metaphorically speaking of course – had in recent times launched building developments in an area of Nairobi near the SGR railway station in Syokimau. The masterminds behind […]
#PoriniCamps and #GamewatcherSafaris – the latest news
Dear ATCNews readers, Greetings from us all at Gamewatchers Safaris & Porini Camps! Here in Kenya the rainy season has come to an end and life is returning to the plains. Animals great and small are emerging to enjoy the fresh vegetation and lush green landscape. Guests at our Porini Safari Camps have been enjoying […]
#AviaDevAfrica2019 Roundup
AviaDev 2019 Highlights AviaDev Africa successfully delivered its fourth annual event in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by Wesgro and Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). AviaDev is committed to the African continent and is now firmly established as the premier forum dedicated to growing connectivity to, from and within Africa. Bringing together airports, airlines, tourism […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS First Wave of Speakers Announced for the U.S.-Africa Business Summit Corporate Council on Africa CCA is honored to announce our first wave of confirmed speakers who will be attending the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Mozambique in June….Read More>> More Speakers Announced for the U.S.-Africa Business Summit Corporate Council on Africa CCA […]
#Zanzibar’s cultural showcase event gets new sponsorship deal
SAUTI ZA BUSARA SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH NORWAY (Posted 15th May 2019) East Africa’s most popular and best known music and cultural festival, Sauti Za Busara, has secured funding worth over 340.000 US Dollars for the next three years after signing a new sponsorship deal with the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania. The 2020 Festival, the […]
#AirSeychelles for marketing blitz in #India ahead of adding 6th flight to #Mumbai
AIR SEYCHELLES STRENGTHEN TIES WITH TRAVEL TRADE PARTNERS IN INDIA (Posted 03rd May 2019) Air Seychelles has yesterday hosted a group of key travel trade professionals in India in acknowledgement of their continuous support in promoting the national airline as the preferred carrier for travel to the Seychelles and beyond. The appreciation dinner held at […]
… and the winners are …
#WTMA2019 ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARDS (Posted 14th March 2019) Grootbos Private Nature Reserve scoops the top spot in the 2019 African Responsible Tourism Awards Grootbos Private Nature Reserve – the luxury lodge tucked between mountains, forest and sea just outside Gansbaai – was announced as the Overall Winner of the African Responsible Tourism […]
Insights into #Aviation in #Africa
#AVIADEV’S JON HOWELL RELEASES OVERVIEW OF HIS PODCAST TRANSMISSIONS ABOUT AFRICAN AVIATION (Posted 21st February 2019) AviaDev Insight Africa By Jon Howell: African aviation fanatic and podcaster To listen to an audio podcast, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to download and subscribe to podcasts. The service is free of cost for […]
St. Ange vs Seychelles Government – Case to be heard next week
SEYCHELLES SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ST. ANGE’S CASE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT (Posted 21st January 2019) (Alain St. Ange seen here while receiving the information from the country’s Vice President that his own government had ditched him in the face of an unspecified and allegedly unsigned note verbal from the AU about sanctions) Usually reliable sources […]
Seasons Greetings from ATCNews partner publication #DiaryofaMuzungu
Wishing you Happy Holidays! … with love from de Muzungu 2018 has been the year for downsizing, for regrouping, for daring to think BIG. I can’t wait to share 2019’s plans with you! Thanks for following Diary of a Muzungu’s adventures in 2018, a year in which I’ve: … woken to the sounds of chimpanzee […]
#Zambia Travel News Updates
A WINDOW ON ZAMBIA – BY GILL STADEN (Posted 03rd November 2018) The introduction to this newsletter is the Trumpeter Hornbill. They are fruit-eaters and, at this time of year, are happily flying between trees to eat the fruit and seeds. They are very common at the AVANI Resort. The photograph above is of the […]
#SafariSevens major sports tourism events
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA’S TRAVEL INDUSTRY BENEFIT FROM SAFARI SEVENS TOURNAMENTS (Posted 09th October 2018) Article courtesy of Tourism Update Rugby sevens in Southern and East Africa has gained much-deserved momentum over the recent years and, with it, drawing in more and more spectators, many of whom are international tourists. According to Judy Lain, Wesgro’s […]
#FlyAfrica misses return dates and is again branded as #NoFlyAfrica
FLY AFRICA’S AOC REMAINS SUSPENDED AS WANNABE AIRLINE FAILS TO MEET CAA TERMS (Posted 20th August 2018) There is clearly more out of order at Fly Africa than just their washrooms as the airline upstart again missed their own ‘return to the skies’ date. Full mouthed statements a few weeks ago, when the Zimbabwe Civil […]
#MadarakaExpress sets new departure times – again
#KENYA’S TRAIN USERS URGED TO TAKE NOTICE OF NEW TIMINGS EFFECTIVE 01ST OF AUGUST (Posted 29th July 2018) Kenya Railways has announced a change of departure times for their SGR trains commonly referred to as Madaraka Express. Affected will be trains in both directions, leaving from Nairobi and Mombasa and again both morning and afternoon […]
#Kenya’s Transport Secretary gets evil eye from airlines over second runway comments
#JKIA’S SECOND RUNWAYS WAS NEEDED YESTERDAY SAY AIRLINES (Posted 25th July 2018) The response by Kenya’s Transport Secretary about the need for a second runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been described as feeble and particularly badly uninformed by aviation representatives after Mr. Macharia had to admit that there was still an evaluation process […]
#AviaDev2018 publishes presentations
AVIADEV IN CAPE TOWN – READ AND SEE WHAT UNTIL NOW ONLY ATTENDEES WERE PRIVY TO … (Posted 27th June 2018) There has been a constant inflow of messages on all platforms and mails, enquiring when more details of the recently concluded AviaDev2018 aviation conference in Cape Town would be available. Well, it has taken […]
#Kenya’s Tourism Board exhibits at #BrideAndGroom in #Kampala
KENYA A GREAT HONEYMOON DESTINATION FOR UGANDANS (Posted 22nd June 2018) Kenya is participating in the Bride and Groom Expo 2018 in Uganda which launched today, Friday 22nd and runs until Sunday the 24th of June 2018 at the UMA Exhibition Hall. Kenya is seeking to achieve top of mind awareness of her tourism offering […]
#Rwanda’s new #BugeseraAirport work advances well
EARTH WORKS AT NEW BUGESERA AIRPORT SHOW PROGRESS (Posted 18th June 2018) Impacted upon by the torrential rains Rwanda experienced a few weeks ago has work at the Bugesera International Airport site resumed in full and substantial progress has been made, as can be seen by a picture taken from the distance showing the extent […]
#AviaDev2018 ends on a high note
AVIADEV’S FIRST STAND ALONE EDITION ENDS IN CAPE TOWN (Posted 15th June 2018) AviaDev Cape Town 2018 had, by common consensus among delegates and exhibitors, a flying start as a stand alone event after Bench Events took the decision to hold the conference outside the past format when it was part of AHIF, the Africa […]
#AviaDev2018 welcomed to #CapeTown by Executive Mayor Patricia de Ville
CAPE TOWN MAYOR AND WESGRO CEO WELCOME AVIADEV DELEGATES (Posted 13th June 2018) The #Bombardier and #EthiopianAirlines sponsored welcome evening turned out to be a great launch platform for the delegates of one of Africa’s most important aviation conferences with proceedings proper launching in a few hours in the conference centre of the Tsogo Sun […]
#Ghana Tourism to host delegates for #Accra #Weizo on a Fam Trip to #VoltaRegion
Another edition of #ATQNEWS from #Nigeria and beyond ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide […]
#MadarakaExpress carries over 1.3 million passengers in first year of operation
SUCCESS IN NUMBERS DID NOT TRANSLATE INTO PROFITABILITY (Posted 10th June 2018) Figures seen suggest that Kenya’s SGR railway passenger operation, locally known as Madaraka Express, has carried 1.338 million passengers during the first 12 months of operations between Nairobi and Mombasa and vice versa.This number generated some 1 billion Kenya Shillings in turnover, a […]
#Mombasa infrastructure projects begin to mature
#SGR CONNECTION TO HARBOUR NEARS COMPLETION AS #DONGOKUNDU PHASE 1 OPENS (Posted 05th June 2018) The first stretch of 11 kilometres of the Dongo Kundu bypass highway – linking Moi International Airport and the Nairobi to Mombasa highway to the southern mainland – is opening this week for the public. This will allow traffic to […]
#Zimbabwe sets election date
30TH OF JULY IS D-DAY FOR ZIMBABWE’S POST MUGABE ERA (Posted 31st May 2018) The government in Zimbabwe has yesterday formally gazetted the date of the upcoming general election and named the 30th of July as the day when parliamentary and presidential elections will be held across the country. President Mnangagwa will stand for the […]
#IATA brings global aviation fraternity to #Sydney
IATA PREPARES FOR 74TH AGM (Posted 31st May 2018) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering in Sydney, Australia, for the Association’s 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. Hosted by Qantas, the event will include addresses by Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General […]
Airlines up in arms over delay of second runway at #Nairobi’s #JKIA
KENYAN GOVERNMENT UNDER FIRE OVER FURTHER DELAYS TO BUILD A SECOND RUNWAY AT JKIA (Posted 09th May 2018) Reports about a further delay of the second runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport have raised the heat among airlines, which are suffering the main fallout whenever a runway closure at Kenya’s primary international aviation gateway forces […]
#NairobiNow – all one needs to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya
NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 04th May 2018) Dear ATCNews readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or their blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]
#CapeTown keeps attracting huge events as water shortage continues to bite
‘SAVE LIKE A LOCAL‘ IS THE NEW SLOGAN FOR CONFERENCES HEADING TO CAPE TOWN (Posted 28th April 2018) Tourism and in particular MICE business is the backbone of Cape Town’s economy, underscored by the fact that the city leads in Africa as per ICCA statistics seen with the most conferences and other MICE events held […]
