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inaugural African Tourism Leadership Awards last year. "You provide superior news content about the Travel and Tourism industry in Ghana, Africa and beyond." For your meritorious work in the tourism industry, Ghana Tourism Authority confers on you the 2018 Award of Tourism Oriented Media (Online)”- the citation quipped.
is 2018 Tourism Oriented Media of the Year VoyagesAfriq (VA) was adjudged Tourism Oriented Media of the Year – (Online) at the 2018 Ghana National Tourism Awards. The Pan-African Tourism Media company beat off competition from myjoyonline and citinewsroom to emerge winner of the category. This brings to two, the number of top awards the company has notched within the past few months as it received the “Outstanding Africa Tourism Media” Award at the maiden Africa Tourism Leadership Awards held last year August.
A citation accompanying the award and signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyeman read: “VoyagesAfriq is a Travel and Tourism media with interest in promoting Africa to Africans and the rest of the world. Operating from Ghana to the rest of the African continent, the VA has established itself as a United Nations World Tourism (UNWTO) key partner in promoting destination Africa. VoyagesAfriq won Africa’s Most Outstanding Tourism Media at the
Kojo Bentum-Williams, the Managing Editor, VoyagesAfrq receiving the Award
ONOMO HOTELS REMAIN ON EXPANSION COURSE Onomo Hotels, the fast growing 3 star group in Africa and already present in Dakar, Abidjan, Libreville, Bamako, Conakry, Lome, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Kigali, Rabat and Casablanca has confirmed that they are on course to open two more hotels this year. The first one will be in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, before later this year, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania will also follow. The latter is likely to become the group’s largest hotel yet. The company also confirmed to ATCNews that they are going ahead with the planned launch of their brand in Kampala-Uganda and also in Addis Ababa and Nairobi, among other locations in Anglophone Africa.
feathers among the existing three star hotels, as quality locations, quality rooms and facilities and importantly quality management will give ‘Jua Kali’ operations not just a run for their money but show that three star hotels can tick many boxes for travelers without having to compromise on quality while enjoying significantly lower tariffs.
in Durban and rise to 100 Euros for the hotels in Rabat and Bamako while their hotel in Cape Town has an entry rate of 80 Euros per single per night.The Onomo Hotel in Kigali has entry rates from as low as 67 Euros, making it increasingly a location of choice for savvy travelers to the Rwanda capital. Rates, depending on season, are subject to rise.
The arrival in these respective cities will no doubt ruffle many
Entry rates start from as low as 59 Euros for a single room at the Onomo
Source: Prof Wolfgang Thome-ATC News
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