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IMEX Wild Card winners 2010 showcase diversity of Meetings and Conventions industry

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Three destinations that have never before exhibited at an international trade show are celebrating a significant win in the IMEX 2010 Wild Card program this week.

As a result, Uganda, the new Hof Conference and Cultural Centre in Iceland, and the traditional alpine village of Morzine, France, will each line up, free of charge, on the IMEX Wild Card Pavilion at Messe Frankfurt when the eighth IMEX gets underway on May 25.

The Wild Card Program is part of IMEX’s commitment to fostering growth and development in the global meetings industry. The program recognizes how difficult it can be for newer destinations to break into the international meetings market, even though they may be already well-established as leisure tourism destinations.

As IMEX group chairman, Ray Bloom, explained: “Many newer destinations often have good travel and hospitality infrastructures in place and have already proven their success in the leisure market. The…

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Tanzania tourism signs deal with Ethiopian Airlines

The Tanzania Tourist Board and Ethiopian Airlines have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding to promote Tanzania tourism worldwide.

The MoU was signed with the intention to increase the number of visitors to both Tanzania and Ethiopia, increase the presence of Tanzania tourism in key international markets, as well as enhance the business profile of Ethiopian Airlines.

The MoU ceremony took place in Tanzania at Uhuru Hotel in Moshi near Kilimanjaro and was signed by Aloyce Nzuki, managing director for Tanzania Tourist Board and Hailemelokot Memo, sales representative for Ethiopian Airlines.

Nzuki said: “Ethiopian Airlines currently provides extensive airlift to Tanzania’s three major gateways (Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar) and the new joint promotion agreement will expand the already strong partnership that we have with Ethiopian Airlines, especially in the North American market.”

Tanzania Tourist Board will develop and implement activities to promote tourist traffic to Tanzania via Ethiopian Airlines including promoting Ethiopian on the tourist board’s website, allowing Ethiopian to have a presence at Tanzania stands in trade and consumer fairs as well as organise joint road show promotions.

Other areas of cooperation between Tanzania Tourist Board and Ethiopian Airlines will focus on Tanzania and Ethiopia as twin destinations; and further support Ethiopian in developing programs and packages to Tanzania through its in-house tour operators.

In the United States, ET African Journeys already offers a full range of destination Tanzania itineraries including to the northern and southern safari circuits.

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BRUSSELS AIRLINES ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF TRAFFIC DAYS FOR ENTEBBE 2013

The Brussels Airlines offices in Kampala announced that come February 2013 their traffic days between Entebbe and Europe’s capital city will change.

From 25th February on wards the traffic days will be Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, nonstop from Entebbe to Brussels but with a one stop enroute in Kigali on the southbound leg of the journey.

The airline uses an Airbus A330-200 on the route, featuring the new cabin product which had made such an impact for their daily flights to New York, and code shares the flight with partner Lufthansa. It is not known when the previously operated 4th weekly flight will resume.

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GORILLA HABITAT

The Gorillas natural habitat covers the tropical and subtropical forests of Africa. Although their range covers only a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 7,200–14,100 ft. Lowland Gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.

Uganda’s Bwindi forest national park and Mgahinga park are known for harboring Mountain gorillas an endangered species , half of the world’s population living in Bwindi forest.
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Lamu Cultural Festival 2012

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amu Cultural Festival will be officially launched on Tuesday 30th October 2012 at the Hotel InterContinental. The 12thLamu Cultural Festival will be taking place from the 15th to 18thNovember at the Lamu Old Town. Lamu Old town has been in existence for over 700 years which makes it very rich in historical heritage. Lamu was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001 and since then the town has played host to the Lamu Cultural Festival. The Festival is an annual celebration of the unique Swahili heritage of the Lamu Archipelago.

The Lamu Cultural Festival is organized by the Lamu Cultural Promotion Group (LCPG) under the auspices of the Kenya Tourist Board. The three-day event showcases the traditional dances, handicraft displays, a Swahili bridal ceremony, musical performances as well as Swahili poetry. The Festival also showcases donkey and dhow races. The dhow race is billed as the biggest dhow race in the world and features two classes’ namely large and small dhows. The donkey race is also unique to Lamu as no cars/automobiles are allowed in the Island making donkeys the primary source transport within the Island.

Apart from that, the Lamu Cultural festival is a wonderful opportunity to experience the island’s un spoilt beaches, medieval ambience, architecturally magnificent Old Town, gracious and welcoming population as well as the traditions of an enchanted island where history continues to live.

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Serena now offers horseback safaris at Soysambu conservancy

The Lake Elementaita Serena, a very posh safari camp located on the Soysambu Conservancy comprising 24 tented suites, has added horse riding to their list of activities available for visitors.

The horses were selected to cater for advanced riders as well as for novices and the guides are trained not just in horse lore but bush lore as well when taking out guests for safaris into the sprawling estate.

Visitors are likely to experience the wilderness more close up and personal, able to see some of the 50+ species of game from the third dimension, as conventional game drives as well as guided walks are also available when exploring the conservancy. Birders in particular will find rich pickings as over 450 species of resident and migratory birds have been recorded on Soysambu, including being one of the rare breeding grounds for white pelicans.

Less than two hours drive from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, the Lake Elementaita Serena has opened up the Soysambu Conservancy and the shores of Lake Elementaita, where regularly large concentrations of flamingos add a shade of pink to the spectacular sights across the water.

The lake is recognized globally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is part of the sprawling estate established in the late 1900’s by Lord Delamare and today still run by the family.

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