Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company based on number of hotels and one of three hospitality business units of Wyndham Worldwide, announced the opening of the 139-room RamadaR Resort Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Complementing Wyndham Hotel Group’s existing portfolio of franchised properties in Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia, the hotel marks not…
Following its 25th Anniversary Celebration in NYC on March 31st, Tusk’s Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, has written a personal article, published in the organization’s annual report. The Prince highlights today’s greatest conservation challenges and the reason he believes that Tusk is having an impact in Africa. “I was initially drawn to…
WINDHOEK – Christo Viljoen, Head of Tourism at FNB Namibia, handed over the 2014 FNB tourist guide of the year award to winners Kurt Schlenter (Tourist Guide of the Year 2014) and Emiliano Benolich (Runner up). The bank supported the awards, which were handed out during the Tourist Guides Association of Namibia’s (TAN) 21st Anniversary,…
For seven years, this Kenyan national has been guiding tourists up some of East Africa’s most treacherous peaks, including Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya, and through some of the region’s most scenic safari parks. As one of the few female guides operating in East Africa, she has faced skepticism and downright discrimination. In many lodges,…
PRECISION Air will spend more than 400m/- on recruiting local pilots through a special programme that will see more than 30 employed as part of the airline’s turnaround plans and restructuring of its operations. The airline issued a statement announcing that 15 local pilots had already been recruited. 10 of them were undergoing training at…