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Wow! 100,000 trees to be planted in Seychelles
Employees from the tourism industry who have lost their jobsdue to COVID-19 are joining in an ambitious project to plant 500,000 treesin a bid to reforest Seychelles' second-most populated island.The opening phase of the project will see 100,000 trees planted from this month to the end of December and the are expected… read more
Kenya Airways To Resume Fifth Freedom Flight To China
Kenya Airways is planning to resume its fifth freedom flight to China in October. The service from Nairobi to Guangzhou via Bangkok is expected to commence from the week beginning October 25.Guangzhou is China’s most in-demand city for African traffic
From October 25, the airline will be running its regular daily s… read more
Costa Cruises joins AIDA in return to cruising in September with two ships
Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruiseshave confirmed that they’ll be resuming operations in September, with both cruise lines deploying two ships in the Mediterranean.While Costa Cruises is an Italian cruise line, and AIDA Cruises is German, both are owned by Carnival Corporation, and both will be resuming services fro… read more
Malawi: Developing risk management plans for tourism industry
The Government of Malawi is currently working on developing risk management plans for the tourism industry, which will ensure proper management of the current Coronavirus situation and future crises.
This is according to the country's newly appointed Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Minister, Dr. Michael Bizwick Usi… read more
Cruise companies have started cancelling 2021 trips
Cruise companies around the world have started cancelling 2021 holidays as a result of coronavirus. Smaller, charter cruise firms were among the first to start cancelling 2021 sailings last month but now bigger lines have joined their ranks.
Seabourn, the ultra-luxury line owned by the Carnival Corporation has c… read more
Is This the End of InterContinental Hotel Nairobi?
The InterContinental Hotel is considering winding up its local operations declaring its staff redundant in 45 days time. In a notice seen by the Star, the 389-bed hotel hotel sighted operational reasons for the plan which would end in the loss of all employment positions. “We hereby give you 45 days notice of the hotels intention t… read more
Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda reopen borders to US travelers
Extraordinary Journeys, the award-winning tour operator and safari specialist, joins Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda in welcoming guests back to Africa for exceptional safari experiences. In anticipation of arriving guests, Extraordinary Journeys, in unison with its partners on the ground, guided by the World Travel & Tourism Council and … read more
Nine airlines select APG IET
APG Airlines has signed 9 new airlines to its IET programme this year so far, an average of one new airline per month, despite the current COVID pandemic.
Vipper.com, Porter Airlines (PD), Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ), AlbaStar (AP), Biman Bangladesh (BG), Jordan Aviation (R5), Silver Airways (3M), AnadoluJet (TK) and Kunmi… read more
Qatar Airways: The only international airline to service five major Australian cities
Qatar Airways reaffirms its position as the market leading international carrier in Australia with the resumption of services to Adelaide, Australia starting from 16 August 2020. The South Australian capital will become the airline’s fifth destination in Australia to resume flights, making Qatar Airways the only interna… read more
Mauritius: Oil spill could permanently damage environment
Large cracks have appeared in the hull of the MV Wakashio, a cargo ship which ran aground off of Mauritiuslast month. Prime minister, Pravind Jugnauth, has warned the vessel, which is carrying around 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, could break in two and cause untold ecological damage.
The ship ran aground at Point… read more
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