Father of Nigerian Tourism and managing director of Brooklyn Group of Hotels and Brooklyn Tourist Centres, Chief Mike Amachree has called on Nigerians to participate actively in tourism activities so that they will live long, improve their health and be happy. The tourist guru gave the admonition while speaking with pressmen in Port Harcourt, the […]
NCAC to give Nigerians best cultural market in history
All is now set for the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) to deliver to Nigeria, the best cultural market in Africa. The Director General of NCAC, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe who made this known at a media parley in Abuja stated that the cultural market now set to take-off shall have such state of […]
‘In two years Nike Arts Gallery Abuja will be biggest in Nigeria’
Renowned Nigerian textile artist, designer and owner of one of the biggest private art galleries in Africa, Chief (Mrs.) Nike Okundaye recently expanded her Abuja arts gallery and threw the doors open to the members of the public. She said the new gallery, when fully functional, will be the bigger than her gallery in Lagos […]
Nigeria’s biggest food festival set for June
The Management of National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism(NIHOTOUR) have announced their hosting of Gastronomy Festival, at the Abuja International Conference Centre. The event will hold on June 16 and 17. This year’s Gastronomy Festival is the third consecutive food and beverage exhibition and sampling event annually organized byNIHOTOUR, since 2021. The year’s theme is: […]
Runsewe calls for religious tolerance, decries divisive predictions
Worried by seeming strange predictions and hyped religious ventilations over political issues in the country, Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe says such new phenomenon if left unchecked may further create bad blood among Nigerians. ““Runsewe disclosed that the current rash of predictive political slants across Nigeria’ s diverse religious […]
FTAN Lagos congratulates Sanwoolu on reelection
The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria ( FTAN), Lagos State chapter has congratulated the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu on his reelection as governor of the state for another four-year term. In a congratulatory message sent by FTAN and signed by the state coordinator, Mrs. Ime Udo, the federation said Governor Sanwoolu has […]
Why we shifted NTT Summit to May, by organisers
The 6th edition of the National Tourism and Transportation Summit (NTTS) earlier billed for the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja from April 2 to 4, has been postponed by a month. It will now hold between May from May 7 to 9. The theme for this year’s conference still remains the same: ‘AfCTA: Exploring Intra-African […]
NTTS 2023: AfCTAA will boost inter-African trade, promote tourism, transportation
Aare Abiodun Odusanwo is the President of the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN), and also the head of the organising committee of the annual National Tourism and Transportation Summit(NTTS). The committee is currently preparing for the sixth edition in April. Odusanwo, in this interview, spoke to Africa Travel Herald on the coming NTTS […]
Ethiopian Aviation Academy upgraded to university
Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest and oldest Aviation Academy in the region, is pleased to announce that it has been upgraded to an aviationn university. The university has launched undergrnaduate and postgraduate programs in aerospace and hospitality fields. The Aviation Academy has been offering aviation training programs such as pilot, aircraft technician, cabin crew, airline […]
UAE seeks cultural collaboration with Nigeria
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Defence College Course 10 today paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of National Council for Arts and Culture in Abuja“The visit is a study tour to Nigeria as course requirements for participants in the area of Arts, Culture, Tourism as well as Music.“Speaking, the head […]