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British travellers split on airport liquid ban | budget gorilla tours in Uganda

After  last week’s news that the EU Commission is to keep the ban on taking liquids onto aircraft indefinitely, TripAdvisor can reveal that British travelers are split down the middle on this issue. Half of respondents (48%) claim they feel safer … Continue reading

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Dubai Airports in green focus | Budget gorilla trekking

Dubai Airports’ conservation efforts are paying environmental and financial dividends as the organisation today reported the results of 2011 energy and fuel saving initiatives that reduced CO2 emissions by 72,793 tonnes, saved 131.9 million gallons of water and achieved AED … Continue reading

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Australians get better deals from Air Austral to visit Mauritius and other Vanilla Islands | Africa tours

Air Austral of La Reunion has now embarked to lift visitor numbers from Australia to Mauritius, the Seychelles and otherVanilla Island destinations, as the latest information from sources down under have confirmed overnight. The carrier from La Reunion was swift in … Continue reading

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Routes Africa 2012 Seychelles to bring North South and East West dialogue

The Routes Africa 2012 forum in the Seychelles will bring airlines, civil aviation authorities, and tourism boards together to see how the challenges facing the world of aviation and tourism can best be tackled. “The world economics is changing fast, … Continue reading

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Kenya Airways to start direct flights from Nairobi to New Delhi India ( Africa tours)

Kenya Airways has announced its commencement of flights to the Indian Capital city, New Delhi starting May 15 2012. The much anticipated service marks Kenya Airways’ 57 global destination and 2nd in India. The launch of this new route highlights KQ’s efforts … Continue reading

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WB’s Bombardier Dash 8 now flies RwandAir colours (budget gorilla trekking)

(Picture courtesy of RwandAir) Already on the RwandAir fleet since early 2010 on a long term wet lease from Kenyas leasing specialist firm ALS, the WB Bombardier Dash 8 100 was during the last maintenance also repainted and is now … Continue reading

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InterContinental Hotel Nairobi to host e-Tourism Conference on March 29/30

The upcoming e-Tourism Conference in Kenyas capital Nairobi is taking place at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi where over 300 particpants from Africa and beyond are expected to gather to discuss how to push the tourism industry into the 21st … Continue reading

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1.5 m tourists: Can Uganda handle?

The Lonely Planet, an internationally respected travel magazine last year voted Uganda the world’s top tourist destination for 2012. The reason it gave was the voting of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park as Africa’s number one birding site over South … Continue reading

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Akagera National Game Park Rwanda

As part of the Lake Victoria regional mosaic of habitats, the Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda is a spectacular landscape of rolling hills, Acacia and Combretum woodlands, grasslands, and swamps and lakes that follow the meandering course of the … Continue reading

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Seychelles at ITB 2012 (budget gorilla tours)

The Seychelles Tourism Board is heading an important delegation of Seychelles hoteliers and DMCs (Destination Management Companies) to Berlin for the 2012 ITB, Europe’s biggest and most important tourism trade fair. The Seychelles private sector representatives forming part of the … Continue reading

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