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  • South Africa Tourism issues statement on amended immigration regulations

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2016/11/11 Since 2014, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) has been working to help its members and those of the tourism to understand two regulations that are included in the Amended Immigration Regulations as it pertains to travel. The TBCSA issued a statement to address the persisting challenges that the travel and tourism industry faces with the implementation of the Amended Immigration Regulations. The specific challenges faced by the industry are with the unintended consequences of biometric data capturing for international visitors into the country and the continued requirement of unabridged birth certificates for minors under the age of 18 traveling into the country.

  • Sri Lankan Airlines greeted in Seychelles with water cannon salute

    SRI LANKA, 2016/11/11 As is customary with all inaugural flights landing at the Seychelles International Airport, the Sri Lanka Airlines airbus arriving at Seychelles for the initial time, received a water cannon salute upon arrival. Seychelles welcomed this new airline this week, only two days next Turkish Airlines landed at its international airport for the initial time. This morning marked Sri Lankan Airlines’ maiden flight to the Seychelles.

  • Presidential intervention expected to save upcountry hotels from ruin

    UGANDA, 2016/11/11 Uganda's owners of upcountry hotels, safari lodges, and camps have breathed a sigh of relief at the same time as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, during the annual Investors Round Table conference, directed his Finance Ministry and tax collectors to scrap Price Added Tax, which before in the year raised accommodation cost by 18 %. The President correctly pointed out that if tourism is to be an invisible export, it has to be treated like exporting coffee, i.e., without levying VAT on such services.

  • Luxury Four Seasons Private Jet to land in Seychelles

    SEYCHELLES, 2016/11/11 The Four Seasons Private Jet offers guests an unrivaled luxury experience, combining visits to a number of the 101 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, which are presently open in 42 nations around the world, as part of a diverse range of itineraries, inclunding culinary discoveries, international Intrigue, and extraordinary adventures. On Friday, November 11, 2016, Four Seasons Resort Seychelles will welcome guests of the Four Seasons Private Jet - the hotel industry's initial fully-branded private jet experience, which will land into Seychelles for the very initial time. Guests of the Four Seasons Private Jet will each remain in a luxurious tree-home style villa at Four Seasons Resort Seychelles for a total of 4 nights before continuing on the jet's 19-day journey to 6 spectacular Four Seasons destinations, as part of the Cultural Escape tour.

  • More changes for Seychelles Tourism

    SEYCHELLES, 2016/11/11 As the new President of Seychelles continues for set up his own Cabinet and Ministers, he as well made some changes at the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB). President Danny Faure announced the following changes in the Seychelles Tourism Board members. Mrs. Kathy Mason will replace Mrs. Wendy Pierre as Chairperson of STB. Mrs. Mason will as well replace Mr. Rod Thorrington as one of the four private sector members on the board.

  • Qatar Airways in Uganda: Five years and counting

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2016/11/11 Five years ago, Qatar Airways commenced daily passenger flights from Doha to Entebbe, and on to Kigali, using Airbus A320 aircraft on the route. In addition there is the route, served with an Airbus A330F, which instantly operates a dedicated cargo service three times a week. At the time, in 2011, the airline's new hub - Hamad International Airport, was in the early stages of construction. Since again, HIA has been completed and became one of the world's leading hub airports, with over 30 million passengers handled last year by presently. Qatar Airways itself too has grown in leaps and bounds, today flying to some 150 destinations worldwide with a fleet of presently 191 aircraft in service, a number however rising rapidly, as orders worth around $90 billion are pending, and additional planes are delivered each month.

  • WTM: UNWTO Tourism Ministers discuss Economic and national security

    WORLD, 2016/11/11 Ministers of Tourism from nearly 60 nations and industry leaders gathered at the Ministers’ Summit organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and World Travel Market in London to discuss how to grow cooperation in safe, fasten and seamless travel. The inclusion of tourism in crisis and emergency structures, travel advisories, perception and coordination were pointed as major issues to be addressed. Participants agreed that economic and national security can and should be a common objective. The 10th edition of the Minister Summit was held under the title ‘Tourism and Security: Promoting Safe and Seamless Travel’. The event discussed the various risks affecting travel and tourism – health scares, natural disasters, geopolitical changes and terrorism – and called for a full integration of tourism into national crisis and emergency structures.

  • U.K. Firm To Build $1 Billion Resort in Tanzania

    TANZANIA, 2016/11/04 British firm Pennyroyal Gibraltar has announced plans to build a $1 billion resort complex on the island of Unguja in Tanzania. According to the Citizen, the new complex will be known as Zanzibar Amber Resort and will include five different 5-star hotels, a fully equipped equestrian center, a private jet airport featuring a 3,000-meter runway, national-of-the-art medical facilities, and an international school. The investment could drastically transform the island by providing additional than 1,500 jobs for locals during its construction. Pennyroyal Director Brian Thomson expects the project to take about eight years to complete.

  • BON Hotels extends its footprint into Ethiopia

    ETHIOPIA, 2016/08/18 BON Hotels, a hospitality company that owns, manages and markets hotels throughout Africa, has added yet another property to its ever-growing stable.

  • Kenya's Q1 2016 GDP growth improves, buoyed by tourism

    KENYA, 2016/07/04   Kenya ‘s economy expanded by 5.9 % in the initial quarter of 2016 compared to 5 % in the same period last year. According to the country’s bureau of statistics, the increase is attributed to a rebound in the tourism sector. Tourism is a key foreign exchange earner but has plunged in recent years following a spate of security incidents that kept visitors away from the country.
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