Precision Air back on route to Uganda
NEW ROUTE ALLOWS UGANDANS ONCE AGAIN DIRECT FLIGHTS TO TANZANIA (Posted 03rd July 2017) Tanzania leading airline Precision Air Services plc. has on Saturday successfully re-launched Entebbe flights. The inaugural flight took off from Dar Es Salaam at 7:10am heading to Enttebbe via Kilimanjaro. At 10:30 the Precision Air inaugural flight touched down in Entebbe […]
Seychelles’ tourism public sector engages in another round of consulations
SEYCHELLES’ PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP GETS BOOST THROUGH ADDED CONSULTATIONS (Posted 01st July 2017) Government officials met with stakeholders from the private sector in the third Multi Sectoral meeting for 2017 to discuss and propose solutions to challenges affecting the tourism industry. The meeting held on Friday 23rd June at the Ex-National Assembly Hall, National house, […]
Serena first out of the starting blocks to offer combined Madaraka Express / Safari packages
SERENA HOTELS BEAT THE PACK BY BEING FIRST TO COMBINE NEW RAIL TRIP WITH TSAVO WEST SAFARI (Posted 01st July 2017) Serena Hotels are hard to beat when it comes to marketing new opportunities. As predicted last night in a related article https://atcnews.org/2017/06/30/more-train-services-from-july-onwards-to-link-nairobi-and-mombasa/ was it only a matter of time before one of the big […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Kenya and Uganda commit to the Standard Gauge RailwayDaily Nation Kenya and Uganda have restated their commitments to see the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) reach Kampala. In a joint communication, Uganda’s… Read more>> TOURISM South Africa’s hotel and tourism sector set for steady growth as visitor numbers continue to grow […]
Elephant census in Kenya reveals some startling results
ELEPHANT NUMBERS RISE IN THE MASAI MARA AND THE TSAVO – MKOMANZI AREAS (Posted 22nd June 2017) The Kenya Wildlife Service yesterday released data of a recent elephant census carried out in parts of Kenya, such as the Masai Mara Game Reserve, the Tsavo – Mkomanzi transboundary area between Kenya and Tanzania but also Chyulu, […]
Madaraka Express tickets now available on line
KENYA RAILWAYS FINALLY GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND LAUNCH ON LINE TICKET SALES (Posted 21st June 2017) Weeks after the official launch of what is now known as ‘Madaraka Express‘, previously described as the SGR train, has service delivery finally caught up with the initial hype when the national rail company confirmed that as of […]
Comeback of a bedevilled name?
A BAD NAME IS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS NEW OWNERS OF ‘FLY AFRICA‘ ARE TOLD (Posted 30th May 2017) (Old logo of the disgraced Fly Africa before shutting down) When Fly Africa, at least the ‘old‘ one much written about here at the time, went out of business it left many Zimbabweans, Namibians and South […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM Zanzibar about to undergo mega transformation of the sustainable kind BizCommunity Pennyroyal Gibraltar Ltd has announced the development of the Zanzibar Amber Resort which will see the cluster of tropical islets forming Zanzibar undergo a mega transformation…Read more>> International Day for Biodiversity: Nigeria, Cameroun plan transboundary nature tourism areas EnivroNews Nigeria The Nigerian government […]
The inevitability of the inevitable as the African Union robs Africa of the top UNWTO job
THE WORLD REACTS TO AFRICAN UNION SHENANIGANS AND VOTES NON AFRICAN CANDIDATE INTO UNWTO’S TOP JOB (Posted 12th May 2017) There is no easy way to say this but someone has to say it in a way that everyone can understand what just went down in Madrid / Spain where the Executive Committee of the […]
Emirates defies global trends to show another profitable year
29 YEARS OF CONSTANT PROFITS SET EMIRATES APART FROM PATHETIC PERFORMANCE OF THE AMERICAN LEGACY CARRIERS (Posted 11th May 2017) Emirates Group Announces 2016-17 results Group records 29th consecutive year of profit of AED 2.5 billion (US$ 670 million) Steady business growth in line with capacity increases, results show business resilience in a competitive climate […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM Cape Town ranked best business tourism destination in Africa Biz Community Wesgro has announced that the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has ranked Cape Town as the number one city in Africa for business tourism and now rank in the top 40 destinations for business tourism in the world… Read more>> South Africa: […]
The end of the road for the ‘Lunatic Express’
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS HALTS PASSENGER SERVICES BETWEEN NAIROBI AND MOMBASA (Posted 08th May 2017) The ‘Lunatic Express‘ aka ‘The Iron Snake‘ is no more as news are emerging from Nairobi that Rift Valley Railways has halted passenger operations with immediate effect. In its heydays did two passenger trains operate every day in both directions, from […]
UNWTO election fever – a final analysis
BEN OHENE-AYEH OF GHANA SPEAKS HIS MIND ON UNWTO CAMPAIGN MALPRACTICES (Posted 07th May 2017) #UNWTOElections:The battle for the next Secretary-General of the UNWTO A microscopic analysis of candidates and their chances of becoming the SG) May 7, 2017 0 294 The battle lines have been drawn for the election of the next Secretary General […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
INFRASTRUCTURE Tanzania: Work Starts On Sh2.7 Trillion Standard Gauge Rail Project TheCitizen President John Magufuli yesterday launched a Sh2.7 trillion project to construct a standard gauge railway (SGR) project between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro… Read more>> TOURISM Kenya Ranks Third As Tourist Destination in Sub-Sahara Africa Daily Nation Kenya is now the third highest […]
Rift Valley Railways gets more time as Kenya Railways compelled to hold termination
UGANDAN REFUSAL TO AGREE WITH KENYA RAILWAYS EARNS RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS TIME (Posted 11th April 2017) Kenya Railways, shaken by the refusal of their Ugandan colleagues at Uganda Railways to join in terminating the Rift Valley Railways concession, has given the clearest indication yet that they will not immediately proceed with executing the termination, in […]
Reprieve for Rift Valley Railways as Uganda stands by the concession agreement
UGANDA RAILWAYS ‘NOT PART‘ OF THE RVR CONCESSION TERMINATION BY KENYA RAILWAYS (Posted 09th April 2017) As mentioned in a prior article on Kenya Railways’ decision to terminate the concession for Rift Valley Railways, the link shown below for ease of access, have clear differences emerged with partner Uganda Railways. https://atcnews.org/2017/04/06/rift-valley-railways-gets-termination-letter-from-kenya-railways/ Information received overnight from […]
IATA Annual General Meeting 04th to 06th of June in Cancun
IATA AGM 2017 – See you in Cancun Update for Media personnel I would like to remind you that press registration is now open for the 73rd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit taking place in Cancun, Mexico, from 4 to 6 June 2017 . Thanks to those who have already […]
Rift Valley Railways gets termination letter from Kenya Railways
THE END OF THE RAIL ROAD FOR RVR? (Posted 06th April 2017) Sources from Nairobi have suggested that political motives led to the termination of the concession agreement for Rift Valley Railways, served on the company by Kenya Railways but notably not Uganda Railways, the other partner in the equation. ‘You know how our minds […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS 110 passengers land, take off from Kaduna Airport with Ethiopian Airline Boeing 787 Vanguard Ethiopian Airlines – The flight which became the first international airline to use the airport following the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport… Read more>> TOURISM Top 8 Places To Visit in Cameroon Face2FaceAfrica With […]
South African roadshows in overdrive as Seychelles courts top African market
GUANGDONG IN SEYCHELLES TO SIGN PARTNERSHIP DEALS (Posted 02nd March 2017) Led by the Vice-Director General of the tourism administration of Guangdong Province Zhang Zhenlin, did a delegation visit the Seychelles a few days ago. The group consisted of the governors from the Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province, representatives from travel agencies, tourism attractions and […]
Lake Tanganyika at the centre of a 5.7+ Richter Scale earthquake
03.32 A.M. EARTHQUAKE DEEP UNDER LAKE TANGANYIKA SHAKES REGION (Posted 24th February 2017) Shortly after half past three in the morning did a 5.7 Richter Scale earthquake shake the region around Lake Tanganyika with the tremors being felt deep into Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo and beyond. The lake itself, some 1.437 metres deep and the […]
Enjoy the February edition of the Tourism Tattler
Tourism Tattler Newsletter News, Views, and Reviews for the Travel Trade in, to and out of Africa. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 02 – FEBRUARY 2017 February is the season of love, whether it be paternal, romantic, or companionate, we all express love in different ways. No matter how you slice and dice it, food and love are […]
Mota Engil bags Tanzanian railway construction contract
FIRST BUGESERA AND NOW TANZANIA’S SGR CONSTRUCTION AS MOTA ENGIL SPREADS ITS WINGS (Posted 05th February 2017) Regular sources in Dar es Salaam have confirmed that the Tanzanian government has wasted no time following the visit of Turkish President Erdogan two weeks ago. It is understood that a Turkish company, Yapi Merkezi, has emerged as […]
Jumia publishes their ‘Kenya Hospitality Report 2017’
ONLINE TRAVEL LEADER TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT KENYA’S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (Posted 26th January 2017) For the second time, the Kenya Travel Hospitality Report by Jumia Travel sheds light on major travel trends in the country, looking at how the local sector compares with counterparts on the global map; it’s rapid development, impending barriers and […]
New passenger train service between Nairobi and Mombasa to take just 4 1/2 hours
TOURISM AND LOCAL TRAVEL IN KENYA GET BOOST THROUGH NEW PASSENGER TRAINS (Posted 20th January 2017) (Some of the new wagons for the SGR passenger service between Nairobi and Mombasa) Kenya will become the first country in Africa to receive brand new long- distance passenger trains in February this year. The five passenger locomotives are […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Ethiopian Airlines to Resume Flights to Conakry in 2017 FootPrint to Africa Ethiopian Airlines – Ethiopian Airlines has announced the resumption of flights to Conakry, Guinea effective February 1, 2017. “Charting a route that joins Africa, East to West and North to South… Read more>> INFRASTRUCTURE First batch of Kenya’s […]
Tourism Tattler January 2017
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 01 – JANUARY 2017 A Prosperous New Year to you and yours. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot! Talking about good news, please do take some time to navigate through the January content links below. As our front cover demonstrates, a Big Five safari is all […]
Could FlyAfrica make a comeback in Zimbabwe?
FLYAFRICA RENTS OFFICE SPACE IN HARARE (Posted 07th January 2017) When above picture arrived in this correspondent’s inbox and on his Twitter feed (@whthome) did all sorts of alarm bells go off, given the contentious history of FlyAfrica, all described in a series of articles published here at the time in the second half of […]
Tourism Tattler’s latest edition
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 12 – DECEMBER 2016 The December edition front cover features one of the dominant male lions of several prides that roam free at Lalibela Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This issue explores the factors that affect game carrying capacity to establish why some game reserves provide more […]
Kafunta News from Zambia
News from Kafunta Safaris in Zambia November was another extremely busy month for Kafunta River Lodge, as we were fully booked for 2 weeks straight with guests who were not put off by the heat or by the risk of rain, and who were rewarded with great sightings – again! And some of them right […]
