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30 November 2011
Malawi Tops the Lists in Responsible Tourism
Leaders in the field of responsible tourism were recognised at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards at a recent ceremony at World Travel Market (WTM), London, as part of World Responsible Tourism Day. Malawi’s brilliant Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, the world’s first Born Free Foundation accredited People and Wildlife Centre, won the ‘Best for Conservation of Wildlife & Habitats’ award beating off stiff, very deserving competition. Lilongwe Wildlife Centre is …
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Cheli & Peacock, Elsa's Kopje and Mara North Conservancy Win at 2011 Eco-Warrior Awards
Cheli & Peacock Safaris (DMC)Cheli & Peacock, Elsa's Kopje and Mara North Conservancy are awarded for demonstrating innovation and excellence in responsible tourism and conservatio Nairobi, Kenya - 25 November 2011- Cheli & Peacock sweeps up four awards at Ecotourism Kenya's 2011 Eco-Warrior Awards, held at Nairobi's Sarova Panafric. Ecotourism Kenya's Eco-Warrior Awards recognize innovations and exceptional achievements for promoting…
Read More29 November 2011
Malawi's Majete Predator Programme
Majete Wildlife Reserve, situated in Malawi’s lower Shire valley is well on its way to becoming a Big Five park, having undertaken a bold and inspiring wildlife reintroduction programme to restore the park to its former glory before human intervention. The 70,000 hectare reserve has been a conservation success story since African Parks assumed management in 2003, with over 2 550 head of wildlife, including elephant, buffalo, sable and black rhino, introduced to the park over eight years…
Read More28 November 2011
Investment Opportunity
Simply Canvas is expanding with a new exciting destination to Tanzania's mainland Coast. There is an opportunity for Companies as well as Individuals to participate in this exciting venture. For further introduction and details: www.oxygentanzania.com
Read More25 November 2011
Mara Intrepids Camp - Gold Rated
Heritage HotelsMara Intrepids, the Heritage Hotels (Kenya) flagship in the Masai Mara National Reserve has been awarded the Virgin Holidays Gold 2011 rating for Best Hotel in Africa in glamorous ceremony at the WTM in London this November. This has seen the luxury camp upping from its Silver Award, Best Hotel In Africa rating in 2010. This prestigious award is an independent survey by Virgin Holidays of returning guests as a feedback from their holiday experience. With the recent announcement of i…
Read More25 November 2011
Tuli Safari Lodge hosts Children in the Wilderness
Tuli Safari Lodge is delighted to be hosting the Children in the Wilderness Limpopo Valley camp, which is taking place in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana from 25thNovember to 1st December 2011. The aim of the camp is to teach the importance of conservation and provide children from a local village with life skills and the opportunity to participate in educational and team-building activities in a unique and safe wilderness environment. Tuli Safari Lodge will host the six day camp for …
Read More23 November 2011
Sauti Za Busara Music Festival
Chapwani IslandOur little Paradise on Earth is the best base to attend and enjoy the Sauti za Busara (http://www.busaramusic.org/festivals/2012/), the annual music event in East Africa and widely known as ‘the friendliest festival on the planet’. The 9th edition of Sauti za Busara will take place 8 – 12 February 2012, featuring: 400 musicians, Carnival Street Parade, four nights in the historic Old Fort,African Music Films, Swahili Encounters, Seminars and Training Workshops, Movers & S…
Read More22 November 2011
Southern Cross Safaris partners with Severin Air Safaris
Southern Cross Safaris one of East Africa’s leading DMC’s, with offices in Mombasa & Nairobi, Kenya, is thrilled to partner with Kenya’s first luxury flying safari operator - Severin Air Safaris. www.severinairsafaris.com www.southerncrosssafaris.com Incorporating the prestigious ‘Out of Africa Collection’ portfolio of luxury camps & lodges this is the very first ,unique ,all inclusive, professionally guided …
Read More17 November 2011
Online Tourism Seminar – Back in Nairobi by Popular Demand
E Tourism FrontiersE Tourism Frontiers, the leading global, online tourism training company will be hosting a one-day seminar in Nairobi on the 30th of November at the Sarit Centre Exhibition Hall. The encore seminar was planned after the E Tourism Road Show event in June, sold out in Nairobi. E-Tourism Frontiers is an initiative that started in Kenya but now works worldwide to help emerging destinations make better use of the internet and social media to market and manage their destinations and businesses. Mr. …
Read More15 November 2011
Robin Pope Safaris' double bill at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards
Robin Pope SafarisWe are delighted to announce that at the recent World Responsible Tourism Day at World Travel Market (WTM), London, Robin Pope Safaris was awarded joint Overall Winner of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards plus winner in the Poverty Reduction category as well. A great achievement for us as there were over 1000 nominations! This universal initiative was launched in 2004 and strives to educate, motivate and inspire travel companies to engage in year-round responsible tourism activity…
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Recognition for Campi Ya Kanzi at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2011
Campi Ya Kanzihas been Highly Commendedin theBest accommodation for the environmentcategory at this year’s Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards organised by responsibletravel.com. At a ceremony hosted at World Travel Market (WTM), Docklands, London, on Wednesday 09th November, the Awards were handed out by Justin Francis, managing director of responsibletravel.com, organisers and founders of the Awards, and Amanda Wills, managing director of Virgin Holidays, headline…
Read More14 November 2011
A&K launchThe Galapagos Islands with Mark Carwardine
Abercrombie & Kent10th November 2011 - Cheltenham: 2012 marks the 50th Anniversary of Abercrombie & Kent and to mark the occasion Abercrombie & Kent is has teamed up with wildlife photographer and acclaimed conservationist Mark Carwardine to launch a trip toThe Galapagos Islands departing on 24th May 2012. Mark is a zoologist, an active and outspoken conservationist, an award-winning writer who has written more than 50 books (including several bestsellers), a TV and radio presenter, a widely publi…
Read More14 November 2011
Manyara Ranch Conservancy Global Vision Award
Manyara Ranch Conservancy is excited to announce it is the winner of Travel & Leisure's Global Vision Award (Conservation) 2011. We would like to thank our team and our partners who include the Tanzanian Land Conservation Trust and the African Wildlife Foundation for their ongoing support. For more information on the Global Vision Awards please visit the following link http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/global-vision-awards-2011
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Sunway Safaris launches new website
Sunway SafarisWe are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new website. After lots of time spent with the web designers, we are very proud of the new website and we know that it will be an excellent tool for agents when looking information, and booking clients onto a Sunway Safari Please take a moment to browse through the new and improved look and feel at www.sunway-safaris Some exciting new features available on the website: ·Live availability The website provides you with up to the minute…
Read More11 November 2011
Classic Representation welcomes Xakanaxa Camp to its portfolio
Classic Representation is delighted to welcome the well known and highly regarded XAKANAXA CAMP in Botswana as the newest member to our portfolio. For more information and images on Xakanaxa Camp, please CLICK HERE
Read More11 November 2011
Marketing Worldwide introduces Oaklands Country Manor, South Africa to the UK
Oaklands Country Manor is a small country hotel midway between Johannesburg and Durban, high up on Van Reenan’s Pass. It is family run with the most spectacular views that take your breath away. A privately owned polo club that also offers riding, walking, cycling, birdwatching, canoeing, fishing or the luxury of doing nothing at all. The food is themed around 'Know the Farmer', outstanding and simply delicious. Accommodation is spacious, stylish and homel…
Read More07 November 2011
Heritage Hotels (Kenya) To Upgrade Voyager Beach Resort, Mombasa
Heritage HotelsFollowing a successful planning period announced in March 2011 where sample rooms at the Voyager Beach Resort's Deck B (Standard Garden View and Garden View Plus cabins) were modified for the physically challenged among other improvements, Heritage Hotels is proud to announce the planned refurbishment of all the rooms in these two categories. The work will commence in April 2012, with the project planned for completion in two-and-a-half months, as part of a three year development plan.&nbs…
Read More04 November 2011
Heritage Hotel's Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort - Kenya's Leading Golf Resort 2011
Heritage HotelsThe Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort has been awarded the title, Kenya’s Leading Golf Resort at the World Travel Awards in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on the 16th September 2011. 213,000 experts in the hospitality industry worldwide were involved in the independently monitored selection. Described by the Wall Street Journal as the ‘Oscars’ of travel and tourism, this is the ultimate accolade. The resort retained the award, having been recognized as Kenya’s Leadin…
Read More04 November 2011
Authentic welcome Ras Mbisi Lodge to their Africa destination portfolio
The cool laid-back eco-alternative to Zanzibar:- Ras Mbisi is an intimate owner-run beach lodge on Mafia Island, just south of Zanzibar, offering simple elegant barefoot luxury for discerning travellers. Savour fine food and warm hospitality in the unspoilt natural surroundings of Ras Mbisi’s nine beachside bandas. The Mafia archipelago is un-touristy and truly breath-taking: half its coastline is gazetted as marine park offering a rich beach and marine environment to explore. Key featu…
Read More04 November 2011
Discounted Gorilla tracking permits for Uganda
The Far HorizonsVisitors to Uganda can benefit from heavily discounted Gorilla tracking permits in a special Uganda Wildlife Authority promotion running until the end of November 2011. Foreign tourists will pay a vastly reduced rate of $350, reduced from the normal $500 fee, for tracking certain Mountain Gorilla groups in their natural rainforest habitat in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. The discount is only applicable to available permits for the Kahungye, Oruzogo, Mishaya and Mubare Gorilla group…
Read More02 November 2011
Appointment of a new General Manager at The SAFARI Company and ADVANTAGE East Africa
The Safari CompanyMiss Nicola Butler has been appointed General Manager for The SAFARI Company and ADVANTAGE East Africa in Nairobi as of 17th October 2011. Nicola has a wealth of experience in tourism, hospitality and events management having started her career in tourism as a travel consultant in the UK, developing her skills as an international conference and events organizer during subsequent years until her move to Kenya four years ago. Her experience of managing a luxury tented camp in the Masai Mar…
Read More01 November 2011
Azura at Quilalea opens its doors
AzuraAzura at Quilalea, Mozambique is delighted to announce that it opens its doors today to guests. The island welcomes its first paying guests after a six month renovation project redeveloping the entire infrastructure, expanding facilities and upgrading the nine villas. Owner of Azura Retreats, Stella Bettany said “We are so delighted to be able to welcome guests to this island after a 6 month renovation project. The renovation has been a real labour of love as …
Read More01 November 2011
Lemala Camps announce the opening of their new permanent luxury tented camp - Kuria Hills
Lemala Camps and LodgesLemala Camps proudly announce the forthcoming opening, on 15th July 2012, of our new luxury permanent tented camp in Northern Serengeti, the ancestral home of the Kuria tribe. The camp is virtually impossible to find for those not in the know. It is necessary to drive across two secluded valleys fed by streams and punctuated by boulders together with fig and sausage trees. Kuria Hills camp is in a hauntingly beautiful part of Serengeti, only 30 minutes from the Mara River and the Lamai triangl…
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