Arik Air Plane |
Can 'Fly Nigeria Act' Save Nigerian Airlines From The Throes Of Death?
By Wole Shadare [Lagos-Nigeria]
Domestic Airlines in Nigeria had been navigating through a tough operating environment. They are seriously going through turbulent times. Some of their problems are self-inflicted. Government is yet to come up with practicable policy of rescuing them. Beyond government’s lackadaisical attit ...
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Taleb Rifai, Secretary General |
2nd UNWTO International Conference On Tourism And The Media To Hold In Egypt
By Our Correspondent
Amid global economic uncertainty, political upheavals and natural disasters, it is more important than ever that the tourism sector and the media work together to communicate the right messages at the right time. Unfortunately, a large gap remains between the two. The tourism sector is often not ...
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Nigerian Flag |
Boko Haram: 'Abuja Hotels Patronage Declines By 50 Per Cent'
By James Uwem [Abuja-Nigeria]
The current insecurity has devastatingly affected all sectors in the country. President of the Hotels Owners' Forum Abuja [HOFA], Engr. Onofiok Ekong, who is also the Group Managing Director of Pride Mark Hotels, in this interview with JAMES UWEM x-rayed the woes insecurity has caused in the tour ...
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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic |
Nigeria: Aviation Agency Insists BA, Virgin Atlantic's Must Pay N37.6 Billion Compensation
By Our Correspondent
British carriers, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic [VAA], would pay to the Nigerian Government the sum of N37.6 billion [$37.6 billion] if the administrative panel set up to reappraise the investigations of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority [NCAA], ratifies his decision. In October last yea ...
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High Chief Edem Duke, Nigerian Tourism Minister |
Nigeria: Crisis Looms As Edem Duke, Tourism Federation Head For Showdown
By Lucky Onoriode George
What would have been hailed as a major milestone in the history of tourism development in Nigeria with the recent announcement by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, High Chief Edem Duke, that President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the much anticipated ‘T ...
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Alieu Secka |
Gambia: Nigeria Is Our Fastest Growing Tourists Generating Market – Secka
By Our Correspondent
Former President of the Gambia Hotel Association [GHA], Alieu Secka, has said that Nigeria is the fastest growing tourists generating market for the Gambia. He stated this in a chat with www.travelafricanews.com, in Abuja during a visit to the Nigerian capital recently.
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Onofiok Ekong, Hotel Owners Forum Abuja President |
Nigeria: To Succeed, Minister Must Carry Stakeholders Along – Practitioners
By Lucky Onoriode George
It was a departure from the past when for the first time, a technocrat, High Chief Edem Duke, was appointed to lead the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. The move was celebrated among genuine investors and tourism practitioners, who had posited that the failure of pas ...
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David Cameron, British Prime Minister |
Britons Warned Against Travelling To Parts Of Nigeria As Bombing Death Toll Rises To 178
By Our Correspondent
British travellers are being warned not to travel to parts of Nigeria after Friday's terrorist bombing that left scores of people dead. The death toll in the bombing, carried out by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, in the northern city of Kano today rose to 178 but the number who died could ...
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Barack Obama |
UNWTO Joins Industry Voices In Support Of Obama’s Move To Facilitate Travel
By Lucky Onoriode George
United Nations World Tourism Organisation [UNWTO] Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, has joined industry voices in support of the decision taken by the Obama Administration to implement the necessary measures to improve visa and foreign visitor processing in order to create jobs and spur economic gr ...
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Africa Travel Association [ATA] |
Zimbabwe To Host ATA’s 37th Annual World Congress In May 2012
By www.africatravelassociation.org
The Honorable Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry of the Republic of Zimbabwe , Engineer Walter Mzembi, and Executive Director of the Africa Travel Association [ATA], Edward Bergman, announced today that Zimbabwe will host ATA’s 37th Annual World Congress in the resort town of Vict ...
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