Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister |
Revealed: US Firm Issues British Visas... And Mps Were Not Told
By www.dailymail.co.uk
Millions of visas allowing foreigners to enter Britain are being issued by an American company and a High Street travel agent rather than British diplomats. The system – never officially announced to Parliament – means that instead of filling in a form at a British embassy and facing ...
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American Secretary Of State |
America Ends Special Airport Searches for Nigerians
By Williams Ekanen [Washington DC]
United States government which last Friday stopped emergency enhanced airport screening measures against Nigeria has stated that the measure lacked sustainability and was creating image problems for it globally. The much criticised measure, put in place after the failed terror attempt of Nigerian ...
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Image |
Lagos Govt To Sustain Third Black Heritage Festival
By Success Nwogu [Lagos-Nigeria]
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday promised to ensure that the state did everything possible to sustain and amplify the Black Heritage Festival as a big annual event in Africa. According to a statement from the governor‘s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Hake ...
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Munzali Dantata, NIHOTOUR Director General |
NIHOTOUR Organises Training Programme For Travel Writers
By Kola Raji [Abuja-Nigeria]
The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism [NIHOTOUR] has announced the conclusion of plans to host selected travel and tourism correspondents to a one week training programme. This development was made known by the director general of the training institute, Munzali Dantata while speakin ...
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Great Wall Of China |
Shanghai Expects Up To 70 Million Visitors For World Expo 2010
By www.reuters.com
With a month to go before the World Expo 2010, China's financial capital Shanghai is looking to seize the limelight with its promises of glitz and glamour for this year's global exhibition. During the past weekend, crowds of locals and tourists crowded the city's best known riverside promenade, t ...
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Protea Hotels |
Protea Hotels Responds To Protestors Allegations Over Development
By www.eturbonews.com
In response to allegations made by protestors concerned about the eco-system in Zambia, Danny Bryer, the director of revenue management, sales, and marketing for Protea Hotels issued the following statement: "Protea Hotels acknowledges the concerns raised around a proposed Protea Hotels developme ...
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Colette With Her Fiance, Meitkini |
My Masai Mr Right: Middle-Class Woman Giving Up A Life Of Luxury
By www.dailymail.co.uk
Like many young women in love, Colette Armand believes she was hit by a coup de foudre when she first saw her future husband. 'The attraction was instant,' she says. 'We had an immediate connection.'Photographs testify to the strength of their bond, showing a beaming young couple clearly delighte ...
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FIFA 2010 |
South Africa Tourism Campaigns For Price Freeze
By www.234next.com/www.capetown.travel
Inflation of prices, especially on accommodation and transportation, are part of the Olympics and World Cup, but the South Africa 2010 World Cup may be different, as South Africa Tourism’s campaign to keep a price freeze during the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup is yielding results. Accor ...
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South Africa Rainbow Map |
UK Foreign Office: South Africa Safer For Tourists Than Spain Or Germany
By www.iol.co.za
South Africa is a safer tourist destination for British tourists than Spain, Thailand or even Germany. This is according to a report released by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The report, which examined the behaviour of British tourists from April, 2008, to March, 2009, measured how ...
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Samuel Alabi, Federation Of Tourism Associations of Nigeria [FTAN] |
NTDC Kicks Against Fake Operators, Moves To Sanitise Tourism
By Kola Raji [Abuja-Nigeria]
Tired of watching untoward practices in the travel and tourism industry in the country that has brought shame and dispute on the Nigeria, the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation [NTDC], Segun Runsewe, has given indication that the apex tourism body is ready to bear it ...
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