Westboro Baptist Church recently announced they would bring their colorful posters and seething vitriol to Anchorage, Alaska, and picket outside the Native Heritage Center on June 1. Their reasons are as follows: Indigenous people “make a religion out of the pagan idolatrous practices of past generations,” and there’s “nothing appealing or holy about the ‘heritage’ … or […]
Medview Airline on Thursday completed the airlift of pilgrims back to Nigeria while commiserating with the families of pilgrims who lost their lives in the stampede in Saudi Arabia during the 2015 Hajj. In a message to the families, NAHCON and state governments, the airline's Managing Director/CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole prayed to God to give […]
On a recent trip to Dubai on Emirates, for example, Adeniyi Jones, a top executive could build a list of video favorites from more than 100 movies from Hollywood Classics to Asian films to Nollywood blockbusters. But much more than that, as an upwardly mobile executive, Jones, loves to stay in touch with what is […]
Mr Shola llupeju, a Tourism Consultant on Tuesday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to set up an inter-ministerial committee to reposition the tourism sector. llupeju made this call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that to reposition the tourism sector, government would have to plan and put […]
As the countdown continues to the grand finale of Miss Tourism International World finals holding in Vietnam this November, the Nigeria representative and delegate, reigning Miss Tourism International, Her Majesty Queen Rita Onyinye Oguebie is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure she makes her country proud. The Anambra State born beauty queen who has […]
After a 6 hour long meeting held at Serena Hotel Kigali after the Kwita Izina Gorilla naming ceremony a new group of committed Africa based travel promoters formed an organisation TeamAfrica to jointly promote destinations in Africa to Africans. It was observed that Africans promote themselves mostly to non Africans while most Africans travel to […]
The retrogressive place of Nigeria's tourism sector in African ranking is worrisome and a cause for concern considering the inherent capacity of the sector to contribute in no small measure to the socio-economic development of the country. Recently, in a paper titled, "'Tourists, gas propeller of socio-economic and political growth," to mark the World Tourism […]
Lagos — One of the world's most distinctive brands in luxury hospitality business, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, has indicated interest in extending its chain of iconic resorts in Abuja the capital city of Nigeria. The proposed 270 room hotel which will be located at the central business district of Abuja is only 30km from the […]
Findings have revealed that the high exchange rate of the naira to foreign currencies has grounded air cargo business in Nigeria. It was gathered that clearing agents and aviation handling companies last experienced peak in their business at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in December 2014. The sub-sector has lost projected N5 billion in business capacity, turnover […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed that 99 Nigerian pilgrims died, 42 injured and 214 others missing in the September 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia. The confirmation came as a road traffic expert, Alhaji Babatunde Adewumi, suggested that NAHCON should engage the services of trained and qualified traffic controllers to help in […]
