The Director General of the National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, has disclosed that the forthcoming Ohafia Heritage Festival and Slave Route Tour (OHFESRT), scheduled to hold between January 2 and 3, 2022, in Ohafia Abia State, will among others boost the economy of the local community and the state in […]
Following its failure to hold as a physical event last year for the first time in it four decades of existence as a result of the impact of COVID -19 pandemic, World Travel Market (WTM) London is set to make a return this year, bigger and stronger, as its adopts an hybrid format in its […]
Ibadan is a very serene and historical city. I enjoyed every moment spent there. I had the opportunity to travel by train for the first time and it was worth every hype. Sometimes I wonder what it will look like to have a train station in the east, Onitsha precisely. I ate amala, ewedu and […]
As part of its World Tourism Day 2021 celebration, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Didier Drogba Foundation, owned by the former Chelsea and Côte d’Ivoire footballer, Drogba. UNWTO and the Didier Drogba Foundation are to highlight the potential of African youth and ensure that both tourism and […]
As preparation for this year’s edition of the Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo organised by the Institute of Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN), gathers momentum for its November 15 and 16 dates at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, a lot of interests and discussions are being generated around the summit. […]
The European Travel Commission (ETC), representing 33 national tourism organisations in Europe, has published a new handbook on Encouraging Sustainable Tourism Practices, outlining how national and local tourism organisations can encourage tourism stakeholders at every level to build sustainable tourism practices into their everyday operations. According to Eturbonews.com, report, the handbook detailed such areas as […]
It was a lovely weekend spent with my wife holed up most time in the cosy and elegantly fitted King Room of Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja. Coming on the heels of so many weeks of putting off the planned weekend treat, made it a joyous and memorable one. The memory of having to spend the […]
The Social House, Nairobi, Kenya, has been awarded one of two runners’ up spots in the ‘Best Urban Hotel’ category of National Geographic Travellers’ annual Hotel Awards. The Social House, which is described among city hotels worldwide, was judged by the following criteria: “We wanted to reward the hottest new hotels on the block -temples […]
Airbnb Chief Executive Officer, Brian Chesky, presented his vision for a dramatically changed travel industry of the future to Skift. Chesky acknowledged that enough affordable housing is a major challenge but argued that the new flexible nature of work wrought by COVID – 19 pandemic will see people migrating to city corridors and other less […]
The organisers of Naija7 Wonders have disclosed that the final result of the 7 Natural Wonders of Nigeria will be formally presented at this year’s edition of Akwaaba Africa Travel Market scheduled to hold between November 29 and 30 at the Eko Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos. The search for the […]