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Kingdom Hotels Prince Alwaleed visits Burundi | Budget Uganda lodges

Saudi Prince Alwaleed, who rose to some notoriety in Uganda over his failed investment for a 5 star hotel ahead of the CHOGM Summit in 2007 inspite of having been given a prime chunk of city land for free has … Continue reading

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Virgin Australia launches first flight from Sydney to Darwin | world travel news

Virgin Australia will today take its inaugural flight from Sydney to Darwin with commercial guests on board. The direct service will be operated by a Boeing 737-800 aircraft named ‘Mindil Beach’; after Darwin’s iconic beach and will depart Sydney at 9.40am local time, arriving in … Continue reading

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Rwanda Development Board sets up standards for tour guides

The Chairman of the Tourism Chamber at PSF, Edwin Sabuhoro (L) handing a certificate to one of the trainees, Bilima Innocent. During a dinner organised to recognise 36 tour guides who had completed three weeks’ training on how to protect … Continue reading

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G Adventures announces new West Africa sailings

Exploring multiple countries in West Africa has become easier as G Adventures announces its first sailing programme in the region aboard the M/S Expedition. The cruises enable travellers to discover this underexplored area of the continent with ease, while uncovering … Continue reading

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Nile Safari Lodge makes it into bestselling travel guide (murchison falls national park)

Located just outside the boundaries of the Murchisons Falls National Park, the lodge has a faithful following of many local visitors from Kampala and the wider East African region but is also booked by safari companies for tourists, whose excited shouts … Continue reading

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Dubai Tourism rolls out ad campaign (gorilla trekking in africa)

Dubai Tourism is launching a new £1m trade and consumer advertising campaign which is set to challenge the public’s perceptions of Dubai as a holiday destination. Launched in a week where Dubai’s hotels topped the world in occupancy levels (which … Continue reading

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Ted Turner donates a million US Dollars to Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund

Ted Turner has according to information received from Kigali overnight donated a million US Dollars to the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. The donation is aimed to allow the Ruhengeri / Musanze based Karisoke Research Centre to widen its reach and … Continue reading

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ITB Berlin 2012 opens its doors (budget gorilla tours)

The 46th ITB Berlin, which takes place from 7 to 11 March 2012, is a more political event than ever before: the European debt crisis, turmoil in the Arab countries, climate protection and sustainability, as well as EU emissions trading. … Continue reading

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KAMPALA LOSES ALBERTINE RIFT CONSERVATION SOCIETY HEADQUATORS TO RWANDA KIFGALI (gorilla trips)

It was learned overnight that the UK based ARCS has apparently decided to shift its regional office, presently located in Kampala / Uganda, to Kigali / Rwanda, where a new proposed US $ 350.000 head office is to be built, … Continue reading

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New automated immigration control booths in test phase at Kanombe International

A source from Kigalis international airport has confirmed information obtained a few days ago, that the Department of Immigration of Rwanda was introducing two automated gates at Kanombe International Airport, aimed to test their suitability for fast track processing of … Continue reading

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