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Regent Seven Seas’ 132-night World Cruise aboard Seven Seas Mariner, with port calls in the Middle East among 31 destinations, has sold out in just three hours. The five-month World Cruise for 2024 aboard Seven Seas Mariner went on sale on July 14th, and sold out after just three hours, breaking the cruise line’s sales record for the thir… read more
With winter having
arrived and school holidays in full swing, locals in need of a change of
scenery can now book the brand new ‘Stay In, Dine In & Work In’ special on
offer at each of the three luxury hotels within … read more
Scenic Group will join MSC Cruises in Saudi Arabia with a number of roundtrip cruises from Jeddah between July and December, 2021. Scenic Eclipse will sail a range of chartered and pre-scheduled cruises from Jeddah between July 17th and December 9th, 2021.
Scenic Eclipse carries just 228 passengers, as well as an onboard submarine, … read more
New blood at the head of Congo Airways. On Wednesday 15 July, Commander Pascal Mwema Kasongo Mwenda was appointed to head the public carrier, replacing Désiré Balazire, who was suspended from his duties as a precautionary measure.
In office since May 2016, the boss of Congo Airways is paying the price for the conclusions of an… read more
African countries need to get equal access to Covid-19 vaccines so they
can start rebuilding their devastated tourism industries, Kenya's
tourism minister said on Friday. About 21 million jobs have been lost in the sector across the
continent since the start of the pandemic, Najib Balala said on the
sidelines of a meeting of his African … read more
Cally Air said it has conducted its maiden commercial flight from Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with a B737-300. Cally Air is the state-owned airline of Cross River State in South Eastern Nigeria, promoted by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
Governor Aya… read more
VERY few people might be having the precise history of the Luguru people, who were periodically raided for slaves by a man named Kisabengo, who founded a fortified village where caravans stopped for supplies and obtained porters; first called Simbamwene, this became the town of Morogoro, which is an important trade centre in modern Tanzan… read more
Air Seychelles, in conjunction with Air Charter Service, has announced a series of charter flights from the southwest of the UK next year. Taking off from Bristol, passengers will be able to fly to the Indian Ocean direct for the first time, with a stop in Dubai on the way. Flights are targeted to capture the Easter and early May bank hol… read more
Viking Mars, the new cruise ship for Viking Cruises, has floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, marking the first time the vessel has touched water.
The major milestone in the construction of the ship was celebrated by cruise line and shipyard officials, with the ship now due to undergo outfitting at a wet … read more
EgyptAir will commence twice weekly flight services between Cairo and Kano from August 01, 2021. The Airline said it will deploy its Boeing 737-800 aircraft to operate these services.
According to EgyptAir, the flights will depart every Sunday and Thursday from Cairo to Kano.
Muharram Abdel Rahman, EgyptAir Lagos… read more