Africa Travel News
Travel agents, Tour Operators and dignitaries were welcomed on the 27th of March 2019 at the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies(NANTA). The event was held at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan with the theme “Developing Strategic Policy for the Development and Growth of the Travel and Tourism Industry in Nigeria”. NANTA, the […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), Abuja Chapter, has made a courtesy/condolence visit to Ethiopian Airlines office in the nation’s capital to commiserate with the airlines over the plane crash of Boeing 737 max that occurred close to Addis Ababa. The global aviation industry, especially in Africa was thrown into mourning when the news of the Ethiopian Airlines […]
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A chieftain of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has urged the federal government to explore the country’s rich tourism potentials considering the fast pace of automobile technology which might soon reduce the relevance of crude oil where the country derives major revenues to drive the economy. The Vice President NANTA, Western Zone, Dagunduro Olatokunbo made the call […]
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The Chief Operating Officer, Divine Travels and Tours, Mr Adebayo Muyiwa Salami has declared his intention to run for the presidency of the National Association of Travel Agencies (NANTA), in the next Annual General Meeting, AGM, holding in Port- Harcourt between March 22 and 24, 2018. In a brief interview with WALE OJO LANRE, Otunba Salami said: I am ready […]
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NANTA 41st AGM held at the Sheraton Hotels, Mobolaji Bank Anthony way, Ikeja with a theme of “Tourism in a Recessed Economy: the Way Forward”. The annual meeting was well attending by several of the agents members, members of the board of trustees and VIPs. Awards were given and top among that being the NANTA Life Time Achievement Award given […]
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Why Nigerian aviation remains at infancy for 91 years with Collapse of over 100 Airlines As the air travel sector closes in on its centenary, WOLE OYEBADE, in this report, examines its growth rate and why it is sleepwalking. Bimpe Adesanya has lived in England all her life. A nurse by profession, but her over three decades in the UK […]
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New NTDC boss meets Stakeholders and media in Lagos, asks for collaboration By Renn Offor Mrs. Mariel Rae-Omoh, the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), has charged Tourism Stakeholders and the media to rise up and support NTDC and herself in a new era which, according to her, she has set out with the intention […]
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Recession and price gaming has made customers more abusive in Nigeria – report says -predicts 7.3% decline in tourism contribution to the GDP, if negative impact on tourism’s downward spiral is not quickly arrested -2016, there were 61 new hotels with 10,222 rooms added in Nigeria By Renn Offor Jumia Travels has released its annual Nigerian Hospitality Report for 2017 […]
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Late Charity Iriobe: a lifetime of service and supportiveness “Looking at the crowd that is gathered here today, it’ll be hard for anyone who never met Charity in her lifetime to comprehend all of this. Her presence electrifies her surroundings and anywhere she steps into”. Those where the words that Elder Enema Anokwuru, a travel writer and friend of the […]
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How South Africa Tourism celebrated the New CEO with a Soiree in Lagos By Friday Nwosu South African Tourism (SAT), recently held its Soiree with tourism operators and travel agents in West Africa with the aim of building on and strengthening the existing relationship between the organisation and operators. The event which had in attendance South African Tourism CEO Sisa […]
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