Black Meetings and Tourism

March/April 2011

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NEWYORK TIMES TRAVEL SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS FOR TANZANIA DELEGATION The New York Times Travel Show deemed a great success for the 20-person strong public/private tourism delegation led by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB). Tanzania, The Land of Kiliman- jaro, Zanzibar and The Serengeti, and the largest country in East Africa, was featured on the Focus on Africa Destination Seminar for travel agents and on theAfrica Stage. Two lucky people won safaris for two to Tanzania on Ethiopian Airlines and ET African Journeys. Vacation 2 Africa also gave away two tick- ets to Tanzania on Ethiopian Airlines. Deogratias Malogo, rese- arch and development manag- er, and head ofTTBdelegation noted, “The American market is our number one source of tourism and judging from the flurry of activity at our booth, and bookingsmade with our tour opera- tors on the spot, it looks like the American market will continue to be a growthmarket.” According toMalogo,“Tanzania has a very proactive TTB office based in New YorkCitywhich enables us to build part- nerships with airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines and SouthAfricanAirways, that benefit both travel agents and their clients by providing special packages and fares.TTB now also has over 1,600 grad- uates of the Tanzania Specialist Training Program for travel agents which include a luxury travel component.“ Malogo was accompanied by TTB representatives, BernardMurunya, chief conservator, Lucas Seleli, Board mem- ber andAsantaelMelita, tourismofficer, 54 Ngorongoro Conservation Area Autho- rity; Menangsilig Salekwa and Seth Mihayo, Tanzania National Parks; and Suleiman Saleh, second secretary, Embassy ofTanzania,USA. FromTanzania Tourism’s private sec- tor was Stella Swai, Ahsante Tours & Safari;ShamezNizar andVandy Sandhu, Mbalageti Safari Camps, Ltd; John Benedict Malago, Nanuri Safari Company; Unambwe Zephania Kaaya, Matunda Cultural Tourism & Safari Tanzania Ltd.; Mariam Adam, Zara because it serves the medium to long- range African destinations. It offers the comforts that have come to be expected on theE170s,but in addition, it is also fit- ted with state-of-the-art, in-seat, in-flight entertainment technology.” She further added, “Passengers can look forward to excellent cabin comfort in a true dual- class configuration of 12 business class seats.” The new Embraer will service the Lusaka, Kigali, Bujumbura and Maputo routes. About Kenya Airways: – Kenya Airways is the flag carrier of Kenya established in 1977 and headquartered at Jomo Kenyatta International Air- port. Part of the SkyTeam Alliance, the airline operates to over 46 scheduled destinations throughout Africa, Europe, Indian subcontinent, andAsia. Kenya Airways Equipment: – The Kenya Airways fleet is composed of four Boeing 777- 200Ers, six Boeing 767-300Ers, five Boeing 737-800s, four Boeing 737-700s, five Boeing 737-300s and six Embraer Tanzania Adventures; and Evelyn Gaudance,Equitanz Resorts. KENYA AIRWAYS FURTHER EXPANDS FLEET TeamTanzania is pictured here at the NewYorkTimesTravel Show. As part of a continuing program to enlarge andmodernize their fleet,Kenya Airways has taken delivery on a brand new Embraer airliner. Their first E190 Advanced Range (AR) aircraft joins an existing fleet of Embraer 170s, bringing the airline’s total E-Jet fleet to six. According to Rosemary Adogo, area manager SouthernAfrica and IOI,“The new Embraer is critical to the airline’s regional route expansion process E17LRs 30 aircraft in total. Kenya Airways Route Overview: – Kenya Airways is based in Nairobi, Kenya and operates scheduled service to: Africa: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Antan- anarivo, Bamako, Bangui, Brazzaville, Bujumbura, Cairo, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam, Djibouti, Douala, Dzaoudzi, Entebbe, Freetown, Gabor- one, Harare, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Lubumbashi, Lus- aka, Luanda, Mahe, Malabo, Monrovia, Moroni, Ndola, Yaounde, Zanzibar; Far East, Asia, Middle East: Bangkok, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Muscat; Europe: Amsterdam, Paris, London, Rome; Domestic: Kisumu,Mombasa,Nairobi (HUB). Black Meetings & Tourism March/April 2011: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com

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