AC Hotels By Marriott® Brings Signature Thought Leadership Series to Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,- AC Hotels, the carefully curated lifestyle brand from Marriott International marked the African debut of the global thought leadership series, AC Unpacked at AC Hotel Cape […]
Kenya: Works on Sh300m Naivasha waterfront start in March

Nakuru County plans to build a Sh300 million waterfront, which to be used as the public entry point into Lake Naivasha. The development targets tourists who troop to Naivasha, especially […]
Tanzania Ranked 10th On the List of Growing Tourism Markets

Arusha — Tanzania is among the top ten countries in Africa which have recorded the fastest growth in tourism. Within eastern Africa, Tanzania only trails Kenya and Ethiopia and South […]
KQ in train deal to shore up European passengers

Kenya’s National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has partnered with a train ticketing company, giving the airline’s Europe-bound customers access to cities and towns that may not have airports but are […]
South Africa: Tourism Minister unhappy with Audit report on Department of Tourism and SAT

Photo Credit:Getty Images The Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, received with concern the Annual Performance Report of South African Tourism (SAT) and the audit outcome of the department. While the […]
Jambojet receives approval to begin Kigali flight

Jambojet, a brand of Kenya Airways and Kenya’s first low-cost airline has received approval from the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority to start flights to Kigali. The approval means that the […]
Sub-Saharan Africa has all the natural capital it needs to grow its tourism industry

When it comes to travel and tourism, sub-Saharan Africa is a region with massive potential tempered by multiple structural, institutional, economic and socio-economic challenges. According to data from the World […]
#MKTE2019: Balala optimistic of over 10% tourism growth by end of quarter

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala is confident the country will see at least a 10% tourism growth by this year’s quarter. This he attributes to some […]
Jacinta Nzioka to head Kenya’s new National Convention Bureau

The Director of Marketing at the Kenya Tourism Board Jacinta Nzioka is to coordinate the newly established National Convention Bureau. The Cabinet Secretary of Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala disclosed […]