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Grand welcome for first arrivals

Mega Mascarun 2013: first arrivals to Reunion Island

The first challengers of Mega Mascarun 2013 arrived on Sunday, June 9, on Reunion Island in the bright sunlight of day.

Troubling details

Precision Air’s financial troubles go into public domain

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - Troubling financial details are emerging from Dar es Salaam over the financial status of Precision Air, Tanzania’s only publicly-quoted airline company on the Dar Stock Exchange, with ...

Airline holds cocktail party

Kenya Airways celebrates new flights to Livingstone, Zambia

By Gill Staden, eTN Correspondent, Zambia

ZAMBIA - During the week, Kenya Airways held a cocktail party to celebrate their new flights to Livingstone. The party was on the lawns at the Zambezi Sun.

terror attack

Mombasa grenade attack on open-air church service rattles Kenya

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - A grenade thrown last evening at around 7:00 p.m.

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways finally heading for Mombasa?

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - According to the latest reports, Qatar Airways, may now finally commence a daily service to Mombasa by the end of August this year.

Tourism development

Africa Travel Association welcomes Brussels Airlines as corporate member

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - Just days from launching their commercial flights to Washington, DC, initially served 5 times a week from Brussels with an Airbus A330-200, Brussels Airlines has joined the Africa Travel ...

Seychelles tops Annual beach rankings

Grande Anse on La Digue rated world’s best beach

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - The Seychelles beaches have in past years and, in fact decades, regularly been making it into the top league of the world’s most highly-ranged beaches, in the league tables of travel ...

Corruption in Kenya

Senior Kenya wildlife officers may have turned into poachers

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

News broke yesterday evening that the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has suspended at least 32 senior personnel, now suspected to have participated in poaching or aided poaching gangs through ...

Vanilla Islands taking leading role with: Reunion, Seychelles,Comoros, Mauritius, Mayotte and Madagascar

Seychelles to host travel and tourism mart in 2014

Seychelles is taking the lead in promoting regional tourism and will host a travel and tourism mart with the member states of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) ...

Amelie Michel, Miss Seychelles 1975 died

Miss Seychelles 1975 bids final farewell

Derek Savy writes in the Today Newspaper in Seychelles a fitting farewell to Amelie Michel, Miss Seychelles 1975.

Africa has high expectations over President Obama tour of the continent

President Obama visit to Africa: a boom in tourism?

By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Correspondent, Africa

TANZANIA (eTN) - With excitement and expectations to see a tourism boom in Africa, tourist stakeholders are looking at the official tour of the continent by US President Barack Obama as a ...

Tourism Rwanda celebrates Nature, Empowering Communities

ICTP partners with Rwanda on mountain gorilla naming ceremony

"Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) said: "We are honored to support this unique initiative with our friends in Rwanda.

revised course for operational and fleet expansion measures

Precision Air announces review and fine-tuning of strategic 5-year plan

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - Precision Air today announced a review of their 5-year strategic plan as part of their intended expansion into new markets. After three months on the job, Ms.

Tourism Services Executive Manager at Cape Town Tourism named

New CEO for Cape Town Tourism

After an extensive and competitive recruitment process, the new CEO of Cape Town Tourism has been announced as Enver Duminy.

MasterCard Index on tourism

Johannesburg most popular destination in Africa

Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination in Africa, with a projected 2.54 million international visitors expected to visit the city in 2013, according to the third annual MasterCard ...

Partnership for Africa's Development

Tri-partite fisheries project proposed

Seychelles President Michel met the President of the Association of African Economy and Development Japan ECA Committee, MP Tetsuro Yano, and the CEO of NEPAD (The New Partnership for Africa's ...

Kenya coast tourism

Mombasa and Coast Tourist Association re-elects Mohammed Hersi unopposed

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - News just came in from Mombasa confirming that Mohammed Hersi, Regional General Manager, Coast, for Sarova Hotels, was last evening re-elected unopposed as Chairman of the Mombasa and ...

Airline launches inaugural cross-border service

Proflight Zambia celebrates first international flight

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Champagne celebrations marked the launch of Proflight Zambia’s first international scheduled air service yesterday (June 4) from Lusaka to Lilongwe.

African Aviation Safety

IATA: High airline accident rate in Africa still a concern

Despite the global air transport industry achieving a record improvement in jet safety performance, the high airline accident rate in Africa is still a concern, according to the International Air ...

Airline says report does not reflect true prospects

Fastjet takes aim at its own auditors

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - It took just a few hours for FastJet to take aim at their own auditors, KPMG, which in their report for the period of 18 months ending December 31, 2012 painted a bleak picture about the ...

Indian Ocean Music Market

Reunion Island welcomes third installment of IOMMA

For the third consecutive year, IOMMA, the Indian Ocean Music Market

21st Century Leaders by the European Business Assembly

International Socrates Award conferred on Vice Chancellor of LIUTEBM University Dr. Patrick K. Kalifungwa

LUSAKA, Zambia - The Board and Council Chairman of Livingstone International University of Tourism Excellence and Business Management (LIUTEBM), Professor Mutale Chanda, wishes to announce that at ...

share and venture capital dwindles

Fastjet reports USD56 million loss

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - Disquieting news is making the rounds in East Africa’s aviation observer circles that FastJet has reportedly suffered a massive US$56 million loss for their financial year, wiping out ...

Kwita Izina at the gates

Rwanda set for naming of new baby gorillas

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Correspondent, Africa

(eTN) - All over Rwanda large posters went up last weekend, reminding the country that the annual Festival of the Gorillas, aka Kwita Izina, is now just weeks away.