tourism mail
TRANSCRIPT
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 1/12
Issue No. 17 Visit us on Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 FREE ISSUE
Promoting Zambia’s Tourism
Leading you to Destination
Food PALACEWe have confections, bakery, drinks and we do services thatwill be memorable in your life. Just name it in the food industrywe will do it. for you make sure that everytime you want tomake yourself happy make food pale your first destination.
P.O. Box 39409, Lusaka - Cair o Road - Los Angeles Rd, Longacr esKitwe: Kitwe City Squar e, Bowmaker House - Bwaf wano House, Buteko Ave, Ndola
Livingstone: Autowor ld Building, Mosi O Tunya Rd, Livingstone
ZAMBIA received an early Christmas present when it was declared a yellow
fever-free zone by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the run up to the
end of year festivities.
As we look ahead into 2015 and beyond, this is an important step in Zam-
bia’s tourism growth. The WHO’s acknowledgment of the work that Zambia
has done to combat yellow fever comes hot on the heels of the new Zambia/
Zimbabwe uni-visa that was implemented on the 1st December — both events
go some way to heeding the recently renewed calls from the Zambia Tour-
ism Boad fo a substatial simplicatio of the visa pocess fo iteatioal
visitors.
The hope is that in light of the WHO’s acknowledgment, the Department of
Home Affais will help to esue that havig to cay a yellow feve ceticate
when leaving Zambia is no longer a requirement for international visitors.
All of this comes at a time whe the govemet has idetied touism
as one major sector with the potential to create much-needed jobs as well
as to steady the economy. The declaration of Zambia as a yellow fever-free
zoe is also sigicat i light of the cuet fea suoudig the spead of
Ebola in other parts of Africa, and the subsequent negative downturn in tour-
ism throughout much of the continent. The WHO’s acknowledgment reiterates
Zambia’s commitment to dealing with possibly dangerous diseases that other
African nations are still struggling with, and signals that the country is very
much ‘open for business’ with regards to tourism.
Let’s hope that the international market takes note of the hard work that
Zambia is doing to ensure it has a healthy tourism industry and an ever-in-
creasing number of happy tourists. Let’s hope that 2015 is a landmark year in
the ongoing growth of Zambia’s tourism.
Zambia Yellow
Fever-Free
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 2/12
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
TOURISM MAIL2 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
WTM Africa 2015, the leading business-to-business tourism event in Af-
rica, has added an array of new International exhibitors, including desti-
nation hot-spot Abu Dhabi and a number of major players from the hotel,
travel technology, cruise and airline sectors.
The new exhibitors at WTM Africa 2015 – which will take place at
the Cape Town International Convention Centre from April 15th-17th –
signed up following glowing publicity and positive feedback that resultedfrom the hugely successful inaugural WTM Africa last year.
The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority is the latest destination
to sign up to WTM Africa 2015, while, from the global accommodation
sector, International Hotel Group, Best Western and Hotel Verde are new
exhibitors.
Mubarak Al Nuaimi, director, destination promotion department, TCA
Abu Dhabi, said: “We followed with interest the success of the inaugural
WTM Africa exhibition in 2014 and we are excited to be exhibiting this
year at what has already established itself as a major trade must-attend
event on the continent.
“Our delegation of leading hotels, tour operators and national airline
Etihad Airways will showcase the very best of Abu Dhabi’s tourism op-
portunities while also highlighting the culture and heritage of the emirate.
“Airlift to Abu Dhabi will substantially increase from after South Af-
ica Aiways begu ights diect to the UAE capital, joiig Etihad Ai -ways’ seve ights a week to Abu Dhabi, ad this is a ideal oppotuity
for us to increase our inbound visitors from the African continent.”
From the airline sector, fastjet, the low-cost pan-Africa airline – part
owned by easyJet – will be highlighting new opportunities following its
newly launched routes to South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe from its
Dar es Salaam base.
From the world of cruising, Pullmantur Cruises is aiming to raise
awaeess of its eet of ve ships ad its wide selectio of destiatios.
WTM Africa 2015 to have new delegatesThe company has long served the Spanish market, but is now keen to
establish itself as an international brand.
Finally, two new travel technology companies will be exhibiting for the
st time this yea: bookig system povide Taveltek ad All I Tavel,
which provides travel agents with an online reservation system that inte-
grates hotels’ inventory and direct contracted products.
This year’s event has been expanded by an extra day to become a three-day evet ad the exhibitio oo space will be 50 pe cet bigge.
WTM Africa 2014 facilitated an impressive $314 million in industry
deals. WTM Africa, Thebe Reed Exhibitions, managing director, Carol
Weaving said: “We’re excited to welcome more of the world’s key tour-
ism players to WTM Africa 2015.
“It’s great to see such a wide range of new exhibitors from such dif-
ferent International tourism businesses, and it’s a result of the buzz WTM
Africa created during its inaugural event last year.”
UnDEr 35 year olds severely under-index in airline and hotel app usage but over-index
on OTAs, according to the latest Travel Demographics Report Series published by Strat-
egy Analytics Travel Analytics service,
Those under 25 are either not traveling or not involved in the travel booking process.
Encouragingly for the industry those between 26 – 35 over-index on travel apps. However,
much of this usage is focused on local travel apps or OTAs. While a boon for OTAs this
scenario poses a big challenge for hotels and airlines.
Online Travel Agents excel in commoditizing travel costs while democratizing the se-
lection process for users. For hotels and airlines that seek to generate loyal customers the
wave of lowest price shoppers – those up to 35 years old - must be concerning. Not only
do these groups over-index on OTA usage but they severely under-index sometimes more
than 7% for hotels and airlines.
The big question that must be asked is – is the reliance on OTAs a result of life stage –
or a broader market transition? If the latter, airlines and hotels will be hard pressed to pay
off the investments they are making to woo millennials.
According to Joshua Martin, Travel Analytics Research Service Director, “As new tech-
nology such as Apple Pay makes booking travel on mobile devices easier – new threats to
established players emerge. If younger travelers become loyal to their OTA in lieu of an
ailie o hotel it makes secuig egula ad epeat customes difcult. While hotels ad
airlines are performing well with those 36+ as a new generation comes of age the compa-
nies must keep innovating to remain unique. The continued focus on new technology andfeatues ae a impotat st step to achievig this goal.”
Barry Gilbert, Vice President of New Ventures added, “Mobile devices are becoming
increasingly relied upon for activities once restricted to the PC. I expect travel to be great-
ly impact by this trend and the data in these reports demonstrate that airlines and hotels
need to reevaluate their mobile strategies.”
Study: Kayak, Airbnb,OTAs threaten to
dominate mobile minds
UnITED Airlines has reported
full-year 2014 net income of $1.97
billion, an increase of 89 percent
year-over-year, or $5.06 per dilut-
ed share, excluding $834 million
of special items.
Icludig special items, UAL
reported full-year net income of
$1.13 billion, or $2.93 per diluted
share.
UAL epoted fouth-quate
2014 net income of $461 million,
an increase of 86 percent year-
over-year, or $1.20 per diluted
share, excluding $433 million of
special items.
Icludig special items, UALreported fourth-quarter 2014 net
income of $28 million, or $0.07
per diluted share.
Full-year 2014 consolidated
unit costs, excluding special charg-
es, third-party business expenses,
fuel ad pot shaig, iceased
1.3 per cent year-over-year on a
consolidated capacity increase of
Uited Ailies epots £2b pot fo 2014
0.3 per cent.
Full-year 2014 CASM, includ-
ing those items, decreased 1.6 per
cent year-over-year.
“Thanks to the good work of the
Uited team, we epoted a $2 bil-
lio pot fo 2014, excludig spe-
cial items,” said Jeff Smisek, UAL
chairman, president and chief ex-
ecutive ofce.
“We’re starting 2015 as a better
airline, and we expect to generate
far better results.
“I’m excited about what we will
do this year to improve our opera-
tions, our product, and our custom-
er service, focusing on growingour core earnings and margins.
“Fo the st quate, we expect
our pre-tax margin to be between
ve ad seve pe cet, excludig
special items.”
For the fourth quarter of 2014,
total revenue was $9.3 billion, a
decrease of 0.2 percent year-over-
year.
Fourth-quarter consolidated
passenger revenue increased 1.3
per cent to $8.1 billion, compared
to the same period in 2013.
Ancillary revenue per passen-
ger in the fourth quarter increased
9.7 percent year-over-year to morethan $22 per passenger.
Fourth-quarter cargo revenue
grew 18.2 per cent to $260 million
driven by higher volumes year-
ove-yea, as cago tafc ecov-
ered from the prior year’s lower
bookings.
Other revenue in the fourth
quarter decreased 14.3 per cent
year-over-year to $970 million
mostly due to the company choos-
ing to discontinue an agreement to
sell fuel to a third party.
The corresponding expense de-
cline appears in third-party busi-
ness expense.
Consolidated revenue passenger
miles increased 0.1 per cent and
consolidated available seat miles
increased 0.9 per cent year-over-
year for the fourth quarter, result-
ing in a fourth-quarter consolidat-
ed load factor of 81.7 per cent.
Fourth-quarter 2014 consolidat-
ed PRASM increased 0.4 per cent
and consolidated yield increased
1.3 per cent compared to the fourth
quarter of 2013.
EXPECT to see a 25% increase in MICE suppliers and showcase at Thailand’s 60sqm pavilion, fronted by
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) at the upcoming IT&CM China 2015.
Vichaya Soonthornsaratoon, Director of Meetings, Incentives and Conventions Department of TCEB re-
vealed what delegates can expect f rom TCEB.
“We will continue our mega-event campaign to attract large-scale projects from China that bring in at
least 1,000 delegates to Thailand. We will provide support to ensure their meetings and trips to Thailand run
smoothly and successfully.”
Since 2013, the number of outbound MICE travellers from China to Thailand has consistently exceeded
100,000.
Meanwhile, China continues to be among the top three outbound MICE markets since 2010.
With Chia’s stog ecoomic pefomace, fequet ight outes betwee Chia ad Thailad, the eadi-
ness and enhanced capabilities of MICE cities – Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Pattaya – as well as Thailand’s
reputation as a travel destination, Soonthornsaratoon believes that the rise of Chinese MICE travellers to
Thailand will continue.
On the motivation of returning with a larger presence, she explained, “China has been one of Thailand’s top
thee maket souces fo MICE tavelles fo the past ve yeas. I 2013, it ose to claim the umbe oe spot.
With such a strong performance record and bright prospects, we need to deepen our focus on China. Through
our participation at IT&CM China, we will also create more opportunities for our Thai MICE suppliers to
meet MICE Paticipatig fo the st time with the Thai Pavilio is TICA, Thailad Icetive ad CovetioAssociation.
General Manager, Prapahan Sungmuang commented on the motivation behind their attendance at IT&CM
China 2015, “China’s economy and meeting industry is growing rapidly, and Thailand remains the favorite
destiatio fo MICE evets fo this maket. We believe attedig this show will beet the Associatio ad
its members.
IT& CM China will be a good platform for us to meet with the international and leading Chinese players in
the MICE industry, and gain more business leads.”
IT&CM China 2015 will take place from 14 to 16 April 2015.
Thailand establishes larger
presence at IT&CM China 2015
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 3/12
TOURISM MAIL
LOCAL NEWS
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 3
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 4/12
FEATURES
TOURISM MAIL4 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Oil touches every aspectof our lives and its priceis crashing. Here are justsome of the mixed bless-
ings that may ow – fromcheaper holidays and
safer sex to busier roadsand more terrorism
LAST year in July oil was trad-
ing at over $100 a barrel. Now
it’s down below $48.
Cheaper petrol but higher insur-
ance premiums for motorists
It doesn’t take a rocket-fuel scien-
tist to see that an early consequence
of a fall in the price of crude oil
will – eventually – be cheaper pet-
rol, which is plainly good news for
motorists. According to the RACFoundation, Britain’s drivers spent
a estimated £2.57b o fuel last
moth, about £330m less tha they
spent in last July, when crude oil
was still trading at over $100 a bar-
rel. In research done for the Sun-
day Telegraph, the foundation cal-
culates that the owners of Britain’s
28m cas should save aoud £4b
this year, compared with what they
would have spent had petrol pric-
es stayed at last summer’s level
of £1.33 a lite – about £140 pe
motorist. (And that’s based on pet-
rol prices sticking where they are
now; they could yet fall further.)
But it’s not all good news. Because
what will motorists do with the
extra cash burning a hole in their
pockets? Drive more miles, for
one thing. And driving more miles
means spending more time on the
road, which will almost inevitably
lead to more accidents. And more
accidents lead to higher insurance
premiums. In fact, this phenom-
enon seems already to be happen-
ing: according to research carried
out jointly by the comparison web-
site confused.com and consultants
Towers Watson, although the price
of the average car insurance pre-
mium fell by £51 oveall last yea,
it ose by 2%, o about £12, i the
al quate – patly because with
petrol prices now 20% lower than
during the summer, people were
making more use of their cars.
Stephe Joes, UK head of pop-
erty and casualty pricing at Tow-
ers Watson, says the past three
months of the year were driven
by “falling fuel prices leading to
increased driving [and] increas-
ing accident frequency”. Britain’s
drivers clocked up 77.9bn miles
i the al thee moths of 2014,
around 2.2% more than in the
same quarter of the previous year,
according to the British Society of
Motor Manufacturers and Traders
(SMMT), and logically, the num-
ber of insurance claims they sub-
mitted followed the same curve.
Jon Henley
More new cars hitting the road
Along with other factors including
geate codece i the ecoomy,
lower petrol prices may also tempt
more people into buying a new car.
The SMMT reported that nearly
2.5m new cars were registered in
2014, the highest level in a decade
and nearly 10% more than in 2013.
According to the Department
for Transport, there were around
525,000 more cars – almost 2%
of the total – on Britain’s roads at
the end of last year compared with
the end of 2013. And the New Year
seems to have got off to a similar
start: the car sales website mo-
tos.co.uk says the st 10 days of
2015 “hit record levels on all key
metrics”. Page views for premium
brands such as BMW, Mercedes,
Audi, Jaguar and Land Rover
have more than trebled, the com-
pany says, adding that it attributes
the exceptional start to the year to
“a combination of an improving
economy and the lower cost of
fuel”.
But SMMT spokesman BenFoulds says it is far too soon for
the automotive industry to start
making assumptions about chang-
es in the kind of cars people will
want to buy, or manufacturers to
make. “We don’t see much effect
in the short to medium term,” he
says. “Consumers may have a bit
more money in their pockets and
codece i tems of spedig,
but the industry now is about fuel
ecoomy ad efciecy ad the
increases have been considerable.”
That focus is not about to change
soon, Foulds suggests – adding
that Jaguar’s much talked-about
st SUV, the moste F-Pace u-
veiled at the Detroit motor show,
“will have been in planning for a
matter of years”. JH
Russian tourism dries up
In recent years, Russian tourists
have joined ranks with the Chi-
nese to become major cash cows
for holiday destinations around
the wold. With the coict i
Ukaie, subsequet sactios
from the west and a drop in the val-
ue of the rouble, their numbers are
already in decline. The drop in oil
prices will only add to this. “Eco-
nomic growth might be dented in
countries which are oil exporters,”
says John Kester, trend researcher
at the Uited natios Wold Tou -
ism Ogaizatio (UnWTO).
“The Russias and the Nigerias of
the world might see fewer people
travelling.” And this will have
knock-on effects for the countries
that traditionally host them. As Dr
George Filis, associate professor
i acial ecoomics at Bou -
emouth Uivesity, explais:
“I’m from Greece and one of our
largest markets is Russian tourists.
So if they stop coming, that could
be quite damaging.” Will Coldwell
Airline prots on the rise
The aviation industry has been
stugglig acially fo yeas,
particularly since 2010 when oil
pices bega to ise sigicatly.
Magis ad pots have bee
squeezed in order to keep ticket
prices down. Now, as Filis ex-
plains, is a “golden opportunity
for airlines to correct their balance
sheets”. In the short term, ticket
prices are likely to remain the
same, while airlines enjoy an in-
cease i pots ad happie shae-
holders. The fact that airlines make
contracts for fuel months in ad-
vance of their needs will also delay
any price changes. But if oil pricesstay down throughout the year,
consumers will start to see cheaper
tickets. “I would be extremely sur-
prised if it doesn’t eventually pass
on to the passengers,” says Filis.
WC
Cheaper ights to exotic, long-
haul destinations
Ticket prices should eventually
fall. Photograph: Antony Nettle /
Alamy/Alamy
The economic boost from lower oil
pices should mea the UK public
has a bit more disposable income
to spend on holidays and, if there
is an eventual reduction in travel
costs, could be jetting off more
eadily to futhe-ug destia-
tions. “When oil prices are high
it slightly encourages short haul
ights,” says Keste. “Ad whe
they go down there’s a slight swing
towards long haul. But this is still
balanced with exchange rates and
other factors; often the cost of liv-
ing in long haul destinations is rel-
atively low while getting there is
relatively expensive.” In Decem-
ber, the International Air Transport
Association (IATA), predicted the
average return air fare, exclud-
ing taxes, would fall by 5.1% in
2015. Chris Goater, a spokesman
for the organisation, acknowledges
that there will be a time lag before
consumers enjoy cheaper prices,
but adds: “The airline industry is
very competitive and airlines price
aggressively in order to hold on
to their market share. Consumers
generally do very well out of the
situation.” WC
Safer sex
The shrivelling oil price has an un-
expected bonus – cheaper and saf-
er sex. A fall in the price of crude
should result in cheaper condoms
– or at least those made sythenti-
cally, from materials such as poly-
urethane, where the price is deter-
mined by the market price for oil.
Sexual lubricants could become
cheaper too – as “much of the inti-
macy product market is still domi-
nated by petrochemical- based
products” according to Wendy
Strgar, -“Loveologist” at Good
Clean Love. Patrick Collinson
Cheaper mortgages, and more
pain for savers in the UK
The fall in the headline rate ofiatio to its lowest eve level
of just 0.5% – largely a result of
the dramatic collapse in the price
of cude – will beet millios of
homebuyers with “tracker” style
mortgages, as the prospect of a rise
in interest rates recedes by the day.
Last year most economists thought
interest rates would start to march
back up again by the end of 2014.
But it didn’t happen, and now
many expect them to remain at his-
torically low levels long past the
election and into 2016.
Lenders have reacted by issuing
some of the cheapest xed-ate
deals ever seen in Britain. Barclays
has bought out a loa xed fo 10years at just 2.99%, while HSBC
is offeig a two-yea x at just
1.29%. With some speculating that
iatio could head to zeo if the
oil price continues to drop, expect
more record low mortgages to fol-
low.
More money in buyers’ pockets
and cheap mortgages are usually
the recipe for a property boom, yet
virtually every major house price
index is pointing downwards.
Housing has cooled rapidly in re-
cent months, especially in London,
where the “prime” market is suf-
fering with Russian oligarchs de-
pendent on oil riches now short of
a millio o two to thow at a at i
Knightsbridge.
But spare a thought for savers with
ISAs, who outnumber mortgage
holders seven-to-one – and can ex-
pect no early r elief from years of
paltry payouts. “Cash deposit rates
are surely going to stay lower for
loge as a esult of fallig ia-
tion. The governor of the Bank of
England is highly unlikely to raise
rates while at the same time writ-
ing a letter to the chancellor to ex-
plai why iatio is so fa below
target. Short term, savers have lit-
tle choice but to grin and bear it,”
says Laith Khalaf of Hargreaves
Lansdown. PC
Saudi Arabia keeps
the squeeze on Iran
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest
oil producer and exporter, is also
regional standard-bearer for the
majority Sunni Muslim branch
of Islam. The Saudis’ big rival is
majority Shia Muslim Iran, with
which it is embroiled in a proxy
wa fo powe ad iuece acoss
the Middle East. The Saudis, em-
boldened by nearly $1tn in cash
reserves, have consistently refused
to prop up the plunging oil price by
cutting production. Their motive,
at least in part, may be a deliber-
ate attempt to squeeze the Iranian
economy and weaken Tehran’s
clerical regime. About 60% of
Iran’s exports are tied to oil.
Some analysts suggest the Saudis
ae i cahoots with the US, which
(with the EU) has imposed tough
sanctions on Iran over its alleged
covert effort to acquire nucle-
ar weapons capability. Barack
Obama, overriding Israel’s objec-
tions and eager for a diplomaticcoup before he steps down, is pur-
suing a nuclear pact with Iran; the
deadline is July. Oil price pressure
may be one way of forcing a deal.
The Saudis have additional ob-
jectives. With Qatar, they want to
neutralise Iran’s support for the
Assad regime in Syria, which they
deplore. They also want to reduce
Iaia iuece with Hezbollah
in Lebanon and Shia groups in
Bahrain, Yemen and elsewhere.
Iran is undoubtedly feeling the
pressure. It warned on Tuesday
that the Saudis and oil-rich allies
such as Kuwait were making a
“strategic mistake” that they would
come to regret. Simon Tisdall
Russia pulls even further away
from Europe
The falling oil price has severely
damaged President Vladimir Pu-
tin’s regime in Russia, which is
heavily dependent on oil and gas
revenues and cannot balance its
budget at current prices. Putin has
already signalled public sector
wage freezes and spending cuts.
The economy is set to shrink by
5% as the rouble’s value falls and
consumer prices rise. Russia’s an-
nexation of Crimea and interven-
tio i easte Ukaie last yea
provoked western sanctions, ex-
acerbating economic problems.Putin’s generally more aggressive
geopolitical stance vis a vis Nato
and the west has also raised anxi-
ety levels in Washington.
As with Ia, it is suggested the US
and Saudi Arabia have colluded on
oil to puish russia ove Ukaie,
curb future expansionism, and
THE PLUMMETING OIL PRICE:
A guide to the Global Shockwaves
weaken its support for Syria’s
Assad. There is a precedent. In
1998, the Saudis, resentful of Rus-
sian competition, sent the oil price
plummeting; Russia defaulted
on its debts. Russia currently has
about $400bn in reserves, but pri-
vate sector debt amounts to about
$700bn.
If Russia is squeezed enough, it
is argued, Putin may back down
o Ukaie. But do’t hold you
breath. The Russian leader says
the answer is to diversify the Rus-
sian economy away from oil. He
has also begun to woo China with
multi-billion dollar energy deals.
This eastwards “pivot” could have
long-term strategic implications
for Russia’s relations with Europe
ad US, focig two of the wold’s
most authoritarian regimes into al-
liance. ST
Woes for Venezuela,
Cuba and Brazil
Venezuela, a leading oil exporter
and champion of populist, leftwing
politics across La tin America, has
been badly hit, and has predictably
blamed its plight o a US-led co-
spiracy. Given its sharp ideological
differences with Washington, this
claim is not beyond the realms of
possibility.
Venezuela has long helped bank-
roll Cuba’s economy, for example,
sending 80,000 barrels of oil daily.
Oil makes up 95% of Venezuela’s
exports. According to market ana-
lysts, political instability coupled
with economic woes could lead
Caracas to default. Beleaguered
Cuba, meanwhile, had little choice
but to cut a deal with the old en-
emy, Washington, which it dulydid last month. One unexpected
result:demand for embargoed Cu-
ba cigas i the US is set to boom.
For other developing countries, the
oil price fall could prove a mixed
blessing. Brazil’s rapid economic
advance has been checked. But im-
poverished Chad, for example, is
planning to double production this
year. Like other smaller producers,
it says incentives for a healthy di-
vesicatio of the ecoomy have
grown. ST
Boko Haram and Islamic State
terror threat grows
Nigeria’s exports are almost en-
tirely oil-related. Its currency lost
13% of its value in 2014 due to
falling prices. Reduced govern-
ment income will inevitably affect
Nigeria’s already limited ability to
counter the Islamist extremists of
Boko Haram, whose civilian atroc-
ities have plumbed new depths.
Deepening poverty, lack of educa-
tion and unemployment, exacerbat-
ed by falling state revenues from
oil, have serious implications for
terrorism and stability elsewhere
in the Sahel region, in Sudan and
South Sudan, and in energy-rich
Libya, scene of growing anarchy
since the western intervention in
2011. Worse still, Islamic State ter-oists i Iaq have seized oilelds
ad poted fom illicit sales. Fo
them, the windfall price is largely
immaterial. Not so the Kurds of
northern Iraq. Aspirations for
Kurdish self-rule or independence
may have been set back by falling
revenues. ST
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 5/12
FEATURES
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 5TOURISM MAIL
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 6/12
DAILY ACCOM-MODATION
OFFERED, SPENDYOUR WEEKEND
C.D. UNIVERSITY
Guest House
CONTACT CARD ACCOMMODATION RESTAURANT ENTERTAIMENT LAUNDRY FURNITURE
HOTELS& LODGES
TOURS& SAFARI
INTERNET CAFE FISHING
BOUTIQUE &FASHION
BEAUTY THERAPY
ACCOMMODATIONNORTHWESTERN
PROVINCE
BEAUTY THERAPY
GARDENINGSERVICES
JEWELLERY
KANSENSHI
GUEST HOUSE
Off Chifubu Rd, Ndola.
Tel. 260969829321
260966816154
VILLA MBANANDI
LODGEPlot No. 3,
Chikombola Road
Tel: 260 212 510367
Cell: 0966789766
SHAMILIMO
LODGE
Great North Rd
(30Km before Ndola)
P.O. Box 71046, Ndola.
Tel: 0966925050
AC VILLAS LODGE
Plot No. 5 & 7, Chifubu,
Light Industrial Area, Ndo-
la. Cell: +260977183044
EMAIL: allanchileshe@
yahoo.com
MUBENDE COUNTRY
LODGE
0212612080
0978775100
MWETETE EXECUTIVE
GUEST HOUSE
Plot No 3, 16th Street, Lu-
anshya. 0212510921
0977993073
ACCOMODATIONCOPPERBELT
ACCOMODATIONCOPPERBELT
ACCOMODATIONNORTHERNPROVINCE
MUZA LODGE
Plot No 3042
Katonjila Road,
Kandudu Exten-
sion, Solwezi. Tel:
260218821623,
09661999802,
0977567655. Email:
muzalodge@yahoo.
com
KISU LODGE
Phone: 0977786486
0977149961, Solwezi.
MWAAKA LODGE
Mobile: 0979559647,
Tel: 260 218 821248,
P.O. Box 110046,
Solwezi, Zambia
DUPRES LODGELTD
P.O. Box 110348,Solwezi, Zambia
Email: [email protected]:
0979013153,0968750756.
HOLLANDE GUESTHOUSE
P.O. Box 110420,
Solwezi. Cell No.0979559271,
0974888277
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT BAKERY
CHAFFINGDISHES
Kaz Food Ltd, Tel:
260211257676;
Call: 0977858423,
0977630099; Rhodes
Park, Lusaka.
Hooligans Bar & Res-
taurant, Light Indus-
trial Area, Kasumbu
Road, Plot No. 118229.
Cell: 0978101666 or
0977371430
Lama Restaurant
& Take Away, P.O.
Box 34544, Cell:
BBC One Collec-tion. LUSAKA: Shop
No. 1 & 6, CairoShopping Mall, Lu-
saka, Zambia; Mobile:+260 955 800776,
or 0977800776. Fax:0211 221416; NDO-LA: President Ave-
nue, P.O. Box 72775,Ndola, Zambia.Tel/
Fax: +260212621692
FASHIONISTASBOUTIQUE: Cell:
+260 955 11 75 30,Email: [email protected]; We aresituated at Shop No.
2, Reality House, PlotNo. 449, Katondo
Road
NOSIKU CHAFF-
ING DISHES,
0977802517,
0968266580, Kab-wata, Lusaka.
GLORIA CHAFFIG
DISHES,
0977803579; Kam-
wala South, Lusaka.
Published by
GLOVES GENERAL DEALERSP.O. BOX FW503, LUSAKA;
FAX: 260236863,
CELL: 260 97 7895569, 95 5 869956
EMAIL: [email protected]
MILLENNIUM LODGE
P.O. Box 71827, Plot No.
3, Chikola, Itawa, Ndola,
Phone: 0212610940
0212610941
0965848826
HOUSE of JASMIN
P.O. Box 28029,
Jasmin Close, Kitwe
0212215124
0212211142
0966192925
ZANJI LODGE
10 Tusha Street
P.O. Box 71212
Ndola, Zambia
Tel: 260 212 610233
Fax: 260 212 610291
Cell: 260 968 624949
260 966 787533
LAKE CHILA LODGE,
P.O. Box 420171,
Chilaview,
Mbala,
Northern Province;
Cell: 0977795241
G
AT MAMACHILESHE
GUEST HOUSEIN KABWATA,LUSAKA. WEARE CLOSE
TO PEOPLE.AFFORDABLE
RATES ATK85,000 PER-NIGHT - BED
& BREAKFASTINCLUDED.
PROMOTING TOURISM.CELL: +260973770271
0978188888; Email:
Freedomway, Lusaka.
AFRICAN BRAII (Intercity, Chilenje &
Kanyama); Lusaka.
Cell: 0977306169,
0977629998
SECOND
Shop No. 8, Lumumba
Shoping Arcades next
to Autoworld
Office Representatives
SOLWEZI
+260966800467
NDOLA+260950673587
LUSAKA
+260973572859
Opening soon in
LIVINGSTONE
FOR DESIGNING
AND PRINTING
2015 CALENDERS
CONTACT GLOVES GENERAL DEALERS
P.O. BOX 71088, NDOLALUSAKA OFFICE:
FAX: 260 21 1 236863
CELL: 260 97 7895569, 95 5 869956
EMAIL: [email protected]
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 7/12
FEATURES
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 7TOURISM MAIL
By MARIE BREWIS
WE’RE big fans of 2014’s Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy
S5,Samsung Galaxy Note 4, HTC One M8, LG G3,Sony Xperia Z3 and iPhone 6, but we’re more impressed by
what’s to come this year. Here we reveal the 16 upcoming
smartphones that you should be most excited about this year.
Best new smartphones 2015: Samsung Galaxy S6
If you’re a Samsung fan but would rather stick to a phone than
a phablet then the S6 will be just what you’re looking for. Cur-
etly thee ae two desigs i the woks, with the al yet to
be decided. One has an all-metal unibody chassis in line with
that of the Galaxy Alpha, while the other is half metal with a
removable plastic rear like the Galaxy Note 4. We wouldn’t be
surprised to also see a quad-HD screen, plus plenty of other
adical ew featues, icludig a edesiged gepit sca-
ner that works a lot more like Apple’s Touch ID and, you know,
actually woks. I the UK, we’e likely to see the Sapdago
810 processor paired with 3GB of RAM. We should see the
Samsug Galaxy S6 uveiled at a Samsug Upacked evet prior to MWC 2015, probably on 1 March 2015. Read all the
Samsung Galaxy S6 rumourshere.
Samsung Galaxy S6 mini
A Samsug Galaxy agship lauch is taditioally followed
by several variants, most importantly a compact version, but
we’ve also seen variants that offer, for example, improved
cameras or more ruggedised designs. The Samsung Galaxy S6
mini is likely to arrive a few months after the standard Sam-
sung Galaxy S6, perhaps in late July/early August, and will be
a more compact version of its bigger brother with a slightly
slimmed down spec. We expect to see a 4.7in full-HD screen,
a slower-clocked Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, per-
haps 2GB of RAM and 16- and 5Mp cameras. You can read
our Samsung Galaxy S6 mini predictions here.
Samsung Galaxy A7
Samsug has comed its Galaxy A7, a gogeous phabletwith a 6.3mm unibody metal chassis, a 5.5in Super AMOLED
screen and a 64-bit octa-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy
A7 is ot yet o sale o the UK, but will come i both sigle-
and dual-SIM variants. Read all about the Samsung Galaxy
A7 here.
HTC One M9
We are massive fans of the HTC One M8, and we just can’t
wait for a better version of the phone. Full specs have leaked
for the HTC One M9, and if these are to be believed it will
have a 5in full-HD Super LCD3 display, a Snapdragon 810
processor, Adreno 430 graphics and 3GB of RAM. The HTC
One M9 is expected to follow the HTC Desire Eye with a
supe-sele 13Mp fot camea, plus 20Mp at the ea. ru-
mour has it the M9 will also be ultra-thin at 7mm. Based on
HTC’s previous form, the Android Lollipop- and HTC Sense
7.0-based HTC One M9 won’t be here in time for MWC 2015,
but we can expect to see it around March. Read all the HTC
One M9 rumours here.
HTC Hima Ace Plus
Coming alongside the HTC One M9 is said to be a 5.5in-screen
phablet version known as the HTC Hima Ace Plus. Except not
exactly alongside - we’ll likely be waiting until September
for this variant. If rumours are true, the HTC Hima Ace Plus
will pack a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and
3GB of RAM. Read all the HTC Hima Ace Plus rumours here.
Sony Xperia Z4
Soy updates its agship hadsets evey six moths, so with
the Sony Xperia Z3 released in September 2014 we can expect
the Sony Xperia Z4 in March at IFA (running 2- to 5 March
2015). There is speculation that the Sony Xperia Z4 will tie
in with the new James Bond movie, with actor Daniel Craig
and director Sam Mendes expected to be involved in its de-sign. Rumour has it that it will be a super-fast Android Lolli-
pop smartphone with an octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor,
potentially 4GB of RAM and a Quad HD screen. Check out all
the Sony Xperia Z4 rumours here.
LG G4
We stand by our statement that the LG G3 was the very best
phone you can buy in 2014. Things can only get better with the
16 best new phones for 2015
LG G4. The LG G3 was ofcially eleased i the UK at the ed
of June 2014. The LG G4 should be here around the same time
this summer. Read all the LG G4 rumours here.
LG G Flex 2
The G4 isn’t LG’s only exciting new smartphone for 2015. At
CES 2015 it unveiled the G Flex 2, a curved-screen handset.
The G Flex 2 is a 5.5in-screen smartphone with a 64-bit Qual-
comm Snapdragon 810 octa-core chip, and it features self-
healing technology. Read all about the LG G Flex 2 here, and
relive the LG G Flex 2 live launch here.
Microsoft Lumia 940
Part of the reason we’re so excited about the upcoming Micro-
soft Lumia 940 is that it will be oe of the st hadsets to u
Windows Phone 10 - or just Windows 10, as the case may be,
sice umou has it Micosoft iteds to ally tackle the Wi-
dows Phone apps problem by running one OS across phones,
tablets, PCs ad laptops. The Lumia 940 has the beeest spec
of any Windows Phone we’ve seen too. Check out all the Mi-
cosoft Lumia 940 UK elease date, pice ad specs umous
hee, ad d out moe about Widows Phoe 10 / Widows
10 Mobile here.
iPhone 7 / iPhone 6s
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were released in September, and in
the months leading up to that the rumour mill went mental. Be
prepared for more of the same with the iPhone 7, which will
launch in September 2015 running iOS 9. As always, we’re ex-
pecting a faster processor and some upgraded specs, but little
change to the design. (Note that it will probably be called the
iPhone 6s rather than iPhone 7, but we’re sticking with iPhone
7 for now.) Check out all theiPhone 7 rumours here.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Everyone always bangs on about Samsung’s Galaxy S line-
up, but it’s the Note series that really impresses. The Note 4
was uveiled at a Samsug Upacked evet pio to Septem-
ber’s IFA tradeshow (3 September 2014), and right now sits at
the top of our fastest smartphone and best phablet charts. Likethe new iPhone the Note 5 won’t be released until September
2015, but it’s going to be well worth the wait. Check out all the
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 rumours here.
new Nexus 6 2015
In 2012 we had the Nexus 4, then in 2013 the Nexus 5 and, on
15 October 2014, the Nexus 6. We can’t possibly be about to
get a new Nexus 7, since that’s already a tablet, so we’re go-
ing for new Nexus 6 2015. It’ll likely run Android M, and be
unveiled in October 2015 with a November 2015 on sale date.
Wheeas Google offeed agship specs with mid-age pices
for the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, the Nexus 6 is more costly at
£499. We’e hopig Google will go back to its excellet-valueroots with the new Nexus 6 2015, but we’ll bring you all the
rumours as we hear them.
Xiaomi Mi Note and Xiaomi Mi Note Pro
Xiaomi has ofcially uveiled its Mi note ad Mi note Po,
with the latter hailed as the most powerful phone in the world.
Both offe staggeig value at £244 ad £350 espectively, giv-
e thei amazig specs. These two Chiese phoes ae tted
with 5.7in curved screens - the Mi Note full-HD and the Note
Pro Quad HD. They Mi Note Pro in particular should offer
unrivalled performance, thanks to a 2GHz Qualcomm Snap-
dragon 810 64-bit octa-core chip, a massive 4GB of RAM and
Adreno 430 graphics. And still it’s thinner than the iPhone 6
Plus. There’s loads more to drool over in Xiaomi’s juicy spec
sheet too - read more about the Xiaomi Mi Note and Mi Note
Po UK elease date, pice ad specs hee, which ae set to
launch in China on 27 January and by the end of March re-
spectively.
OnePlus Two
The OnePlus One is an amazing phone if you’ve managed to
get hold of oe. It’s piced fom £229 but has the spec to match
a £600 smatphoe, hece OePlus maketig it as a 2014
agship kille. Accodig to OePlus co-foude Cal pei, the
OePlus Two will supise us, ad is likely to focus o ag -
ship-rivalling design rather than specs. He told our sister site
PC World the OnePlus Two would arrive in June 2015, along
with a second model - perhaps a OnePlus Mini? We expect to
see a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, 4GB of RAM,
a 3300mAh battery and a 5.5in 2K screen. Check out all the
OnePlus Two rumours here.
Tesco Hudl smartphone
The Hudl tablet has seen phenomenal success, allowing the
masses to enter the world of tablet computing. Tesco’s taking aslightly different tack with its smartphone, however, which will
be a high-end device with an aggressive price. Just the type of
device we get excited about. The Tesco Hudl smartphone was
supposed to be here in time for Christmas 2014, but Tesco put
the poject o hold. Despite ecet acial poblems causig
Tesco to sell off its Broadband & Homephone and Blinkbox
services, it remains committed to its mobile business. Check
out all the Tesco Hudl smartphone rumours here.
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 8/12
FEATURES
Z A M
B I A ’ S T R A D I T I O
N A L C E
R E M O N I E S
CEREMONY TRIBE WHERE WHEN
Lwiindi Toka Leya Livingstone January
N’cwala Ngoni Chipata February
Kuomboka Lozi Mongu April
Kuomboka Lozi Senanga April
Isaka Yaba Kaonde Kaonde Solwezi AprilKufukwila Kaonde Solwezi May
Kuomboka libonda Lozi Kalabo May
Mutomolo Mambwe/Lungu Mbala June
Nsomo Kaonde Kasempa June
Chivweka Luchazi Kabompo June
Mutomboko Lunda Kawambwa July
Kupupa Kaonde Solwezi July
Kunyanta Ntanda Kaonde Solwezi July
Lwindi Gonde Tonga Monze July
Kazanga Nkoya Kaoma July
Chivweka Luchazi Kabompo July
Nkomba Lyanga Soli Chongwe July
Ikummbi Lya Longo Sala Mumbwa July
Kulamba Chewa Katete AugustMakumba Ushi Masa August
Ukusefya Pa ng’wea Bemba Mugwi August
Mukulu Pembe Bemba Luwingu August
Likumbi Lya Mize Luvale Zambezi August
Chisemwa Cha Lunda Lunda Mwinilunga August
Lunda Lubanza Lunda Zambezi August
Makundu Kaonde Mufumbwe August
Lubinda Ntongo Kaonde Solwezi August
Lukini Luzwa Buuka Toka Leya Kalomo August
Kulamba Chewa Katete August
Lyenga Mbunda Kalolo August
Ichibwela Mushi Bisa/Swaka/Lala Mkushi September
Musaka/Jikubi Kaonde Mumbwa September
Bwile Bwile Chiengi September Kailala Goba Kafue September
Chinamanongo Bisa Mpika September
Walamo Lungu Mpulungu September
Vikamkanimba Tumbuka Isoka September
Chambo Chalutanga Mfungwe Isoka September
Mulasa Namwanga Nakonde September
Chisaka Chalubombo Bisa Chilubi Island September
Bisa Malaila Bisa Mpika September
Ntongo Kaonde Mufumbwe September
Kuvuluka Kishakulu Lamba Solwezi September
Makundu Kaonde Mufumbwe September
Bunda Liyoyelo Mbunda Kabompo September
Kulamba Kubwalo Lenje Chibombo October
Likumbi Lyamalumbe Kaonde/Ila Mumbwa October Tuwimba Nsenga Petauke October
Malaila Kunda Mambwe October
Kwenje Tumbuka Chama October
Kwanga Ng’umbo Samfya October
Mabila Shila Chienge October
Chishinga Malaila Chisinga Kawambwa October
Chibuka Ushi Masa Octobe
Lukwakwa Mbunda Kabompo October
Mbunda Liyoyelo Mbunda Kabompo October
Chungu Tonga Kalomo October
Maazi Aabila Lwiindi Tonga Kalomo October
Zengani Tumbuka Lundazi October
Chakwela Makumbi Soli Chongwe November
Chikwela Kumushi Soli Luangwa November Ngondo Namwanga Isoka November
Chabalakata Lamba Masaiti November
Chitentamo/Nsengele Lamba Mpongwe November
Mbambala Nsenga-Luzi Luangwa November
Chibwela Kumushi Soli Chinyunyu November
Ng’ondo Namwanga Isoka November
TOURISM MAIL8 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 9/12
PROFILE
TOURISM MAIL Dec 2014 - Jan 2015 9
Busy Bee Palace Lodge
W ELCOME to Chingola, the town in the heart of the
Copperbelt. The town is cool and quiet. And in it is a
place called Busy Bee Palace Lodge. It is located in the beau-
tiful landscape comprising the mammoth stones.
So giant are these mountainous rocks, similar with the popu-
lar rocks of Zimbabwe. You can find time from our Lodge to
view the splendour of Chingola.
Our lodge is spacious - enough car park. A swimming pool
with the sleeping benches is a place for sunbathing.
Our rooms are fully air-conditioned. They are equipped withtea and coffee making facilities.
Our restaurant serves you with a variety of dishes at your re-
quest. Also within the Lodge is a bar, catering beverages of
your choice to non-resident and resident members.
We have 24hours security for protection of your treasures and
valuables.
All rooms have DSTV for entertainments and education.
We have a well trained to attend you to requests. Our rates are
competitive.
For your memorable even , be at Busy Vee Palace Lodge. Get
in touch with us.
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 10/12
TOURISM MAIL10 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
LOCAL NEWS
The Hotel and Catering Association of Zambia (HCAZ) has urged the Zam-
bian government to come up with a tourism master plan to help guide the
tourism sector’s operations through 2015 and beyond.
HCAZ president Daniel Mweetwa said that country need a master plan on
tourism which will encompass all facets of the industry
“ Zambia needs a policy that will help the sector attain the required growth
and maintain standards needed in the sector to compete internationally,” said
Mr. Mweetwa.
He said that government needs to put more funding into the tourism sector
and also make a more concerted effort to draw up incentives to attract foreign
ivestors.
He added that such icetives could ope ew aeas of Zambia with sigi-
cant tourism potential.
There is a consensus that particular attention needs to be paid to the coun-
try’s infrastructure.
“If Government puts the right infrastructure such as roads, airstrips and
buildings in places where there tourists’ attractions are, particularly in remote
areas, it will attract the private sector to go and invest there,” Mr Mweetwa
said.
There is certainly no shortage of tourism potential in Zambia, and moves
such as the introduction of the new uni-visa with Zimbabwe late last year and
the Wold Health Ogaizatio’s ecet classicatio of Zambia as a yellow
fever-free zone bode well for tourism growth in 2015. Source: by Zambia
Tourism
Time for Zambia to come up with a Tourism Master Plan
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 11/12
SPORTS
TOURISM MAIL Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 11
Afcon 2015 Roundup
The Afica Uio has com-
mended CAF, Equatorial
Guinea and President Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo for host-
ing a successful AFCON with
Chairperson Dr. Nkhosazana
Dlamini Zuma hailing its
staging as a demonstration of
African unity and solidarity
in defeating Ebola.
The AFCON 2015 was host-
ed against a backdrop of fears
of Ebola but the champion-
AU hails successful Ebola-fee AFCOn2015,congratulates hosts, CAF & Elephants
ship recorded no single case
of the virus which affected
largely three West African na-
tions – Sierra Leona, Guinea
and Liberia.
During the AFCON, CAF
in partnership with and sev-
eal top playes itesied acampaign demonstrating the
continental football mother
body’s commitment to the
global ght agaist the Ebola
virus and raising awareness
to implement preventative
measures to halt its spread.
The AU asseted that the host-
ing of the AFCON brushed
aside the Ebola threat and
hailed CAF for delivering
a successful championship
which served as a uniting fac-tor for the continent.
Dr Dlamini Zuma congratu-
lated the victorious Ivorian
team and runners up Ghana
for their brilliant performanc-
es. She also commended third
and fourth placed teams DRC
and hosts Equatorial Guinea
respectively.
“African football has over the
years improved exponentially
and the talent showcased by
the two African football gi-ats i the al, was othig
short of the brilliance and
great talent of African sports
men and women,” said the
AU Commissio Chaipeso
who sent a message of con-
gratulations to Ivory Coast
president Alassane Ouattara,
the Elephants and Ivorian
people for the outstanding
victory.
The AU Commissio chief
echoed her gratitude to Obi-
ang Nguema Mbasogo, the
Government and people of
Equatorial Guinea for suc-
cessfully hosting the tourna-
ment after only two months
of preparations; a demonstra-
tion of Africa’s determination
to defeat the Ebola Virus.
Ivory Coast won their second
Nations Cup Sunday night
after an 8-7 post match pen-
alty victory over Ghana asHerve Renard became the
st coach i the histoy of
the championship to win two
title with two different teams;
the st with Zambia i 2012.
GHANA captain Asamoah Gyan has said that he does not re-
gret their performance despite losing to Cote d’Ivoire on pen-
alties. After 120 minutes, the Black Stars surrendered a 2-0
lead during penalties before losing out painfully 9-8 followinga turnaround by the Ivorians.
Gyan who was subbed just before the shoot-out by Emmanuel
Agyemang Badu recalls that he had to support his colleagues
from the bench during the marathon exercise which saw every
member of the playing body taking part in the kicks from the
short distance.
“Being outside, I had to support my colleagues. We were lead-
ing 2-0 and Cote d’Ivoire came back and they won. We had an
edge to win but that’s football.
“I don’t regret our performance. Cote d’Ivoire have lost twice
on penalties (2006 and 2012) and this was their third time andthey won it. I’m sad at the moment. We lost today but its not
over yet.
“We were hoping to make history, but it did not happen,” said
Gya, who said he did ot watch the 1992 al betwee the
sides that the Ivorians won also on penalties.
Ghana coach Avram Grant has showered praise on his players
despite losig to Cote d’Ivoie i the al of the Oage Afica
I don’t regret our performance, GyanCup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015.
“I’m so proud of my team and they always make me happy. To
each the al is a big achievemet. The playes have show alot of good things at this tournament.
“We were the better side against a team that has some of the
best players around. It was down to penalties and the opponent
scored one more than us.
“Every Ghanaian can be proud of this team,” Grant said at the
post match press conference
7/23/2019 Tourism Mail
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tourism-mail 12/12
SPORTIssue No. 17 Visit us on Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Promoting Zambia’s Tourism
NEWS Page 11