East Africa Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome
UGANDAN BUDGET READ AT KAMPALA SERENA CONFERENCE CENTRE
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, its economy in ruins, is dreaming of millions of tourist dollars and even training visits by international soccer stars when the World Cup comes to South Africa next year.
Mozambique-Brazil Cooperation
Maputo — The governments of Mozambique and Brazil formalized in Maputo on Tuesday their cooperation relations in the area of tourism, focusing mainly on staff training.
Egypt
By eTN Staff Writer
MGM Mirage and New Giza for Real Estate Development - an Egyptian company building a luxury, mixed-use community near the base of the famous pyramids - today announced plans to develop the MGM ...
Africa–Asia Business Forum
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
The Africa–Asia Business Forum continues into its second day with attendances remaining high and interest levels further up, following a successful first day of presentations and ...
Tanzania Tourism
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN Staff Writer
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Good news reached Tanzania tourism when President Jakaya Kikwete announced what could be a special offer to rescue the sector from the global falling economy.
Zimbabwe
By David Smith
The poster on the wall had an evocative black and white photograph of a man driving a locomotive. "Zimbabwe", it said, "Africa's paradise".
Sustainable Tourism Development
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
The fifth Africa–Asia Business Meeting opened on Monday morning under the theme of "Forging Business Linkages for Sustainable Tourism Development in Africa" at the Speke Hotel and Conference ...
Tunisia
TUNIS, June 15 (Reuters) - Tunisia is aiming for stable tourism revenue this year as it seeks out customers in new markets to offset slowing demand from recession-hit Europe, the country's tourism ...
Seychelles-Uganda Tourism Meet
By Nelson Alcantara
Kenya
Two ferries broke down at the weekend, causing a massive congestion on the Likoni Channel that took hours to clear.
Live It, Love It, Louder
By eTN Staff Writer
Cape Town Tourism took to the streets of the city to celebrate one year until the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Tiran Hotel, Egypt
By eTN Staff Writer
Malta-based CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) will open its newly-built 351-room "Tiran Hotel," as part of the Corinthia Beach Resort Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, on July 1 of this year.
East Africa Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome
UGANDA’S FORESTS MAY BE GONE BY 2052
Cape Town
Cape Town Tourism today celebrated the beginning of a year-long countdown to the much anticipated 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Cape Town, Africa
By eTN Staff Writer
Cape Town is shaping up to be an attractive value-for-money destination, year-round.
Ethiopian Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR - Ethiopian Airlines CEO said Tuesday that the airline will take all 10 of the ordered Boeing 787 Dreamliners it has ordered.
Uganda
Kampala — Uganda is set to host the 5th Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF) 2009 conference on June 15-17, 2009.
Virgin Nigeria
Virgin Atlantic is to pull its brand name from Nigeria's national airline Virgin Nigeria and sell its stake in the company.
Kenya Aviation
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
A day prior to the publication of results, showing a staggering 5.6 billion Kenya shillings loss after years of steadily growing profits, did Richard Nuttal tender his resignation to the board of ...
Ghana
Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Saturday observed that health was fast becoming a tourist product in Ghana.
KQ's Commercial Director Resigns
By Dr. Wolfgang Thome, eTN Uganda
A day prior to the publication of results, showing a staggering Sh5.6 billion ($71.8 million) pretax loss, after years of steadily growing profits, Richard Nuttal tendered his resignation to the ...
Kenya-USA Relations
By Dr. Wolfgang Thome, eTN Uganda
The unexpected cancellation of the Delta Airlines flights from Atlanta to Nairobi last Wednesday caused angry reactions amongst tourism stakeholders in Nairobi.
Africa
Faced with the prospect of a prolonged economic slowdown, global leaders are assessing the health and future of their respective economies.
East Africa Tourism Report
By Wolfgang H. Thome
SHERATON INTRODUCES ‘ROMANCE’ NIGHTS
Zimbabwe
A High Court judge in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, has ordered John Nkomo, a minister of state in the office of President Robert Mugabe and chairman of the long-ruling ZANU-PF party, ...
Mali
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the reported execution of a British tourist captured by a branch of al Qaida in Mali.
Airline Code-share
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
News are emerging that both Brussels Airlines (SN) and Lufthansa (LH), which acquired a major stake in SN a while ago, are about to make a major announcement about a code-share deal, involving the ...
South Africa
The football world's seven regional champions this month are coming to South Africa for the Confederations Cup, often called the mini-World Cup.
Wolfgang's East Africa Report
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
NATIONAL BIRD WATCHING DAY A SUCCESS
