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December 2022

NGORONGORO LODGE, MEMBER OF MELIÁ COLLECTION

Meliá Hotels International has announced the addition of Ngorongoro Lodge, a Meliá Collection Hotel in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater, a rare conservation area where tourism must ensure the utmost respect for the natural environment and local communities. Launching in early 2023, this forthcoming hotel will become the brand’s ninth in the portfolio and a significant step forward for the group’s sustainability campaign. Ngorongoro Lodge has been a feature of the nature reserve for some time but will reopen after a major renovation which has adapted to the needs of discerning, eco-conscious travellers, yet without damaging its authenticity and integration with its surrounding environment. The hotel will feature 28 rooms and 24 spacious suites with views of the crater, accompanied by two restaurants, a barbecue area, a pool and a spa. This fourth hotel in Tanzania allows Meliá to extend its portfolio of hotels in African nature reserves, along with the Gran Meliá Arusha, the Meliá Zanzibar and the Meliá Serengeti Lodge.

QATAR AIRWAYS NAMED WORLD’S BEST AIRLINE FOR 2022

Qatar Airways has been voted the World’s Best Airline for a record seventh time at the 2022 World Airline Awards, winning the prestigious Airline of the Year 2022 title. After two years of virtual award ceremonies, the 2022 World Airline Awards event returned to normal procedures, with airlines from around the world attending the 2022 awards ceremony, held at the historic Langham Hotel in London, United Kingdom. Widely regarded as ‘the Oscars of the aviation industry’, the World Airline Awards began in 1999, and remain totally independent and impartial with all of the customer survey costs and awards events paid by the organisers, Skytrax.

MEGA CRUISE SHIP DOCKS IN DAR

As the tourism sector continues to gain momentum after two years of Covid-19 restrictions, over 1,000 tourists arrived in the country, aboard the US based international cruise ship for a four-day tour in various tourism destinations. The ship namely Zaandam that also carried over 573 crew members, docked at the berth number zero of the Dar es Salaam Port at around 8.00 am from Egypt. While in the country, the tourists are scheduled to visit various destinations including Nyerere National Park, Bagamoyo, Zanzibar, and Mikumi as well as touring Dar es Salaam City. Making the revelation, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) Acting Managing Director, Amos Nnko addressing the media noted that the visit is as a result of various efforts being made to market the country’s tourism.

SERENGETI NAMED BEST NATIONAL PARK AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS

Serengeti has once more bagged the top ‘Africa’s Leading National Park 2022,’ Award. Serengeti National Park was declared winner in the just released World Travel Awards results for the African Continent announced during the WTA Gala held in Nairobi City. As it happens, Serengeti has been winning the ‘Leading National Park’ Award in the WTA for four times consecutively. Serengeti was also the WTA winner in 2021 and previously also in 2020 as well as in 2019. This Tanzania’s third largest park is famous for the annual Wildebeests Migration. It is also the first National Park to be established in the country after being upgraded from Game Reserve in 1959. Tanzania boasts 22 National Parks as of now. The Serengeti National Park is also one of the seven World Heritage Sites in Tanzania. The endless plains are home to more than 2 million ungulates, 4000 lions, 1000 leopards, 550 cheetahs, innumerable hippos, crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, rare rhinos, gazelles and some 500 bird species.

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