Tag: Senegal
World Travel Awards 2019: Complete list of winners for Africa & the Indian Ocean
Alain St.Ange- June 4, 2019 02:16The World Travel Awards took place in Mauritius. Businesses from all over Africa were competing to be the best of the best. This is the 26th Wrld Tavel Awards organized ... Read More
RIU Hotels & Resorts enters Senegal
Chief Assignment Editor- June 3, 2019 18:00The RIU Hotels & Resorts chain has announced the purchase of a 25-hectare site in the Pointe Sarène area on Senegal’s west coast, a paradise destination that is in the ... Read More
Court ruling: LGBTQ people are not born that way
editor- May 30, 2019 05:30U.S. Travel advisories against Kenya should be increased. This is the demand by leaders of the LGBT Community to the U.S. Department of State in response to Judge Roselyn Aburili ... Read More
Africa’s aviation sector forecast to grow 5% per annum over next 20 years
Chief Assignment Editor- April 17, 2019 18:00Africa’s vast aviation potential as the continent continues to increase airline frequency to the GCC will be explored at the Inaugural CONNECT Middle East, India and Africa – co-located with ... Read More
Airbus received 58 orders for jets in March
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 4, 2019 16:23Airbus received orders for 58 jetliners in March – led by the A350 XWB widebody family in transactions that included a new customer; while delivering 74 aircraft to 40 customers ... Read More
Nonstop between Washington Dulles and Acrra, Ghana grows on SAA
editor- April 3, 2019 02:07Starting today, South African Airways (SAA) has increased its frequency on nonstop flights between Washington, D.C.-Dulles International Airport and Accra’s Kotoka International Airport to 5 days weekly. SAA offers the ... Read More
Senegalese migrant sets school bus full of children on fire in Italy
Chief Assignment Editor- March 20, 2019 15:45The driver of a school bus filled with children has been arrested by Italian police for setting fire to the vehicle near Milan. The Senegalese man reportedly called for an ... Read More
Air Senegal takes delivery of Africa’s first Airbus A330neo
Chief Assignment Editor- March 8, 2019 21:20Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first A330-900 from Airbus’ production line in Toulouse. The carrier is the first African airline to fly Airbus’ new generation wide-body aircraft featuring ... Read More
Radisson Hotel Group to double its French-speaking Africa portfolio by 2022
Chief Assignment Editor- February 7, 2019 17:10Radisson Hotel Group is at the forefront of hotel growth in French-speaking Africa, announcing during FIHA (Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain) Conference, that the Group plans to more than double ... Read More
2,000 Nigerians still in Russia illegally long after FIFA World Cup ended
Chief Assignment Editor- February 2, 2019 02:15Almost 2,000 Nigerian football fans who arrived in Russia for the FIFA 2018 World Cup are still in the country, making up the largest number of the more than 5,000 ... Read More
Dubai Runway Closure: Emirates adjusts schedule
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 12, 2019 09:02Emirates has announced adjustments to its operational schedules in 2019 to minimise the impact of the closure of Dubai International Airport’s Southern Runway in April and May 2019, and to ... Read More
South African Airways boosts its US-Ghana service
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 18:05The flag carrier airline of South Africa, South African Airways (SAA), today announced that it will increase the frequency on direct nonstop flights between Washington, D.C.-Dulles International Airport and Accra’s ... Read More
Ghanaian Tourism Ambassador: Sex is a tourism booster
Chief Assignment Editor- December 27, 2018 00:30Ghanaian radio and TV presenter, Abeiku Aggrey Santana, who in 2016 was announced as a Tourism Ambassador for Ghana, has stressed the need to encourage and promote sex as a ... Read More
Seychelles and Senegal mandated to look after development and sustainable practices in Africa
editor- October 13, 2011 03:19The 19th Session of the UNWTO General Assembly being held at Gyeongju in Korea has elected the Republic of the Seychelles and the Republic of Senegal as Africa delegates to ... Read More
Senegal to host 2011 ATA World Congress
editor- February 4, 2011 04:44The Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, in liaison with the Private Sector and Small Businesses of the Republic of Senegal, will host the 36th Annual Africa Travel Association World Congress ... Read More
African Development Bank invests €70M in new airport in Senegal
editor- December 28, 2010 04:58DAKAR - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday 17 December 2010 in Tunis, a €70-million senior loan to finance construction of the Blaise ... Read More
Three ‘S’ of Senegal tourism: Sun, sea and sex
editor- April 30, 2010 06:24DAKAR, Senegal — Women — often white, European and "of a certain age" — flock solo to Senegal's shores year-round for what one hotel manager called "the three 'S's: sun, ... Read More
Tourism for economic development in Senegal
editor- December 21, 2009 05:36Most of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) are avoided or overlooked by tourists. Read More
Senegal tourism hurt by insecurity, taxes
editor- June 2, 2009 03:00Tour operators in Senegal's southern Casamance region say insecurity, high taxes, and the global economic crisis are hurting many small business owners. Read More
Travelers, tourists attacked in Southern Senegal
editor- July 24, 2008 02:06A group of bandits believed to be members of a rebel group has ambushed cars and robbed passengers on a main road in Southern Senegal. Read More