The Cross River State government has introduced fire fighting mechanism and safety measures to forestall destruction and guarantee the safety of lives and property during the 2019 Carnival Calabar, as preparations are in top gear for the first Dry Run of the global fiesta scheduled for Sunday October 20, 2019. With an ever increasing global…
In June 2017, Ethiopia introduced the e-Visa services and further opened wide her doors to foreign visitors. Since then, the e-visa service has redefined visitors’ travel experience, easing entry into the “Land of Origins” with digitized service accessible from any part of the world. So far, more than 200,000 people from 217 countries have visited…
The East African Tourism & Hospitality Expo (EATHE) 2020 have broken the record for being the only tourism expo in East and Central Africa to host more than 300 outside Africa Region and 400 from African Region. This was made known in a recent press release by the organisers of the event. According to the…
Delegates from the Middle East are heading to WTM London 2019 slated for November 4 – 6, looking to achieve an even greater share of the multi-billion-dollar international travel market against the backdrop of Expo 2020 looming on the horizon with the Middle East region continuing to represent high growth potential for the travel industry….
According to data published ahead of the inaugural edition of Travel Forward, which will take place alongside Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2020 at Dubai World Trade Centre from 19 – 22 April 2020, the Middle East’s travel and tourism industry is expected to increase its spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technology by 22% by…
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in conjunction with the Lagos State Government (LASG) through its Ministry of Environment and Water Resources is set to host the 12th edition of the annual “Walk for Nature” with the theme: ‘Plastic Pollution: The Enemy of Our Development Agenda.’ The theme for this year has been chosen to create…
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) held its annual teachers training on Friday, 20th September, 2019 at Lekki Conservation Centre with the aim to equip secondary school teachers to teach conservation practices to students, as part of its goal towards the promotion of environmental education across the nation. The training discussed the activities for the school…
Dubai, 10th October 2019… The world’s first floating Smart Police Station has been inaugurated by H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates at GITEX 2019 following a collaboration between Dubai Police and the group behind the innovative Floating Seahorse Villa,…
Dubai, UAE, 6 October 2019: Dubai has welcomed 113,000 overnight visitors from Nigeria in the first seven months of 2019, according to statistics contained in a press release issued by the Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) reporting a stellar incline in tourism volumes from the West African country. Nigeria is Africa’s…
A franchise agreement has been signed between Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s affiliate and ALDAU Development Group for the opening of a Hyatt-branded hotel — Hyatt Regency Cairo West. Set to open in the last quarter of 2020, the property joins Hyatt Regency Sharm El Sheikh and further adds to Hyatt’s growing brand footprint in North Africa….
