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airhwy@smartt.com From
Benin,West Africa Dear
Muguette and Jerry, It
is a pleasure to avail this New year opportunity to
wish you and your team a very happy new year 2010.
May the Almighty shower on you blessing, health,
prosperity and success for yor remarkable work
of Africa tourism promotion. Our magazine
Africa Travel has gained momentum and reached new
heights through your endeavours , expertise
and professionalism. You may have forgotten me or
lost sight on who I am. Just simply
remember Mr RADJI Raoufou, the gentleman
who served as Assistant Director of Tourism and
Interpreter Translator during the ever
successful 22nd ATA International Congress in
Cotonou in May 19997. I kept very good souvenir
from both of you but unfortunately my present
position of lecturer in Tourism English as
well as Conference Interpreter and Deputy Director
of the National Directorate of Interpreting and
Translation in the Benin Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and African Integration does not offer me
much time to entertain with you as often as I
would have wished . You would also
remember that some three years ago i resumed
connection with you and you had been very kind
to send me two latest issues of your wonderful
Magazine i would never forget. I do hope that time
has come for me to renew the contact and
resume interaction with you. For the time being, i
wish you all the best . Looking forward to
hearing from you soon and receiving your latest
issues to help me redive in your outstanding
reports, analysis and pictures. Thanks in
advance. For
Muguette; Bonne année Madame et du courage,
j'ai hate de vous lire et d'avoir de vos
nouvelles, A
bientôt. Best
regards RADJI
from Cotonou. From
Tanzania Africa Travel
Magazine Editors and Broadcast Team Interview
leaders and other star performers on the African
tourism scene at events around the world. One more
reason why our magazine editions are keepers. Our
editors and broadcasters welcome your requests for
personalities and topics. E-mail
africa@dowco.com Regardless, I thank you for
replying and would certainly accept any info you
feel would be pertinent and supporting. And in case
you are interested, Dr. MacDonald is connected with
the University College of London, Institute of
Archaeology. I travel quite a lot but have not yet
visited Africa. I am sure that I will be contacting
you for your valued opinions on what are some
interesting and safe African countries to visit in
addition to my heritage related country. Merci encore. Cameroon From Nigeria"
We want to thank you most sincerely for your
continued efforts at promoting Nigeria
tourism. We are confident that with your
efforts, tourism in Nigeria will achieve greater
heights. Ladi Jemi--Alade From Sweden: I am writing
a newsletter with responsible travel tips from
around the world and we would like to have
something about Angola in one of our issues, but
it's hard find anything on Internet, just bigger
international companies, but I like to find locally
owned tour operators, so maybe you can help
us? Anna Sternfeldt, Svenljunga, Sweden From Ethiopia:"Many
thanks for your kind support!! I really appreciate
such professionally managed promotional activities
that African Tourism's need." Habtamu Greetings
from the Travelin' Cheezhead: My hotel
included an Irish bar with lots of good music,
Irish & folk, sung by Guitar Doug. Whenever
Doug asked if everybody was tired yet, the crowd
enthusiastically yelled, "No!!", so he kept on
singing. The halibut, salmon & corn beef was
delicious. Since the bar got some bad beer kegs,
the usually great tap beers, Harp & Molson,
were not available. Eeeeeeekkkkkkk! I spent
every night in the cozy Irish pub, with a nice warm
fireplace, before going to
bed.
We had 3
nights of entertainment & specialty foods at
the conference including a Canadian night &
Alps night (featuring France, Germany, Italy &
Switzerland). My favorite party was hosted by
Brazil, which included a fabulous Samba band &
dancers. The conference was held at the convention
center located in the Village Stroll area, about a
10 minute walk through the picturesque
town. There wasn't
much time for enjoying the area since the Summit
meeting did provide a lot of information packed
sessions on trends & marketing in the Adventure
Travel business. The gondola ride to the top of the
mountain took 25 minutes where I traveled through
rain, snow and fog to the snow packed top of the
ski area where the Olympics will be held in 2008..
Robin Kruk rkruk@wi.rr.com
. Racine, WI, USA From India: (In reponse
to an airline scam we uncovered on his behalf). From Germany: In the
moment my husband and I (and our 2 year old son)
have to make the decision do we like to move
to Guinea for at least 2 years. We spend the last 5
1/2 year in Uganda and really enjoyed living and
working there. Now we are trying to find out more
about the country but unfortunately there is not
much on the net - but the things which we
found about Guinea haven't been too encouraging -
until we found YOUR web page!!
Carina
From USA: "Thank you very
much for your assistance. It is not as easy to find
good information about Africa as it would be
Europe. I am very excited about the trip".
Sheli From Atlanta,
GA, USA . I just received this E-mail from
Tanzania Tours Operator her name is Rose Abdallah,
she's very happy with the Pictures you posted on
the website she travel with the President and she's
very close to the President...again. Keep it up for
ATA and Africa. May God Bless you and your family..
Mr. Africa . - http://www.africa-ata.org/ata_pf2.htm
From Australia From USA: I would like to
thank you for the beautifully picture you posted
about the studenst in the website and Africa Travel
magazine, and all the wonderfully advice you shared
with us as world travel editor. Just a
reminder , my name is Johanne Briere (red shirt in
the picture), I help initiate and organized the
student trip to Nigeria last November. Seeing as
your and Miguette put all these beautifully story
about Nigeria. From Kenya:
Wonderful. Thanks for your swift reply. I
did a search on google and came across your site.
It is fascinating. What wonderful work you do.
Kathryn Mahalo From
Switzaerland: I would like to congratulate you
on the postings about Nigeria. It is very
interesting and the pictures are marvellous. You
remember maybe that I was living in Nigeria for 30
year and a lot of your pictures let my heart beat
go up again. I am especially surprised about the
holiday resort of Obudu Ranch. When I was visiting
the place in the seventies, we rather had to drive
through a river bed than a road to finally reach
the ranch. I am really impressed about the
development. The pictures of Abuja and the Durbar
are just exciting! Thank your for your information.
I always look forward to your new postings.
Walter From
Ghana. I have inspected all,and its so
brilliant and powerful. You and your team are
superb! Julius Debrah From the
British Isles: "Your publication has so far
been one of the best sources of information on this
topic that I've come across." Phillip T. Slattery,
Economic Section, US Embassy - London. From
Ghana: Thanks for your info. I am happy to be
part of this wonderful work. Your pictures are just
superb. yaodzide@yahoo.com,
Accra, Ghana Tour Conductor From London,
UK: Dear Muguette Goufrani. Your latest
contribution to Africa travel Magazine (on-line)
was very informative, wonderful and positive to the
struggle that African fashion has always been. You
placed African fashion on that beautiful and
respectable place that it rightly deserves. Even
though I am male I see beauty in our woman and
derive loads of pleasure from the development of
our people. Thank you for being a great African..
David Moloteni. Many thanks
Mr. Moloteni, We love to hear from you anytime.
Your encouraging words really give us the
inspiration to proceed. We hope to print a complete
edition on Africa Fashion in the near future.
According to Google, we lead tha world in searches
for Africa Travel Fashion and African Fashion
Designers. Warmest Regards, Muguette
Goufrani From Accra,
Ghana: Hello, to you both. You have done a
marvelous job with the photos. If all these are
watched all over the world , then we are fine.
Thank you very much for a good work done. Have you
by any chance produced any videos of the
sites, events etc? Bridget From
Ghana: Thanks a lot for the good words about my
dear country and Africa in general and we thank God
for people like you who at least see the positive
side of the continent. God richly Bless you. Thanks
a lot for your kindness too - the lots of gifts
given out to people, that was so touching and
moving. I will definitely check the website out for
more pictures and stories about my country. I am so
glad you enjoyed the tour and all the info I am
sure will be on the net soon, I suppose. I pray to
God to give you continuous good health and kindness
at heart. Take care and thanks again.
Rejoice. From Chania
in Kenya: After a wonderful time with Chamchela
Marketing, I would like to inform you that I will
be making a very exciting move. I will be joining
the marketing department at Cheli & Peacock as
of 1st April 2006. My assistant Caro will also be
joining me and together with the current marketing
department, Tanya and Mary, we have high hopes for
an extremely productive limb of Cheli &
Peacock. More->->-> From
Madagascar: I have founded a company in
Madagascar to encourage tourism specific to the
amazing gemstone industry present there. I am
based in Michigan in the States and Antananarivo,
Madagascar with full time staff.We will host at
least 4 tours in 2006 April and August.. James
Fiebie http://www.gemstonetrips.com. From Kerala,
India: I am from India. I came to know about
the flying hospital through discovery channel.
Inspired by that programme I planned to organise it
in Kerala. A beatiful greeny place. There are a lot
of poor people who is incapable of doing surgeries
due to the utter poverty. If you could give me the
details on your services it would be very helpful
to coordinate an effective programme for a noble
cause. I would like to know about the details on
following topics. (continued) From USA:
Dear Muguette. Since I read your article
about
Morocco,
we took a group of African American Female
educators there last year and had a wonderful time.
Hope to take a group again next year. Briefly, the
experience was wonderful. We spent most of our time
in Agadir with a one night excursion to Marrakech.
We stayed at Club Valtur and the resort was great,
albeit very Italian. I didn't learn much about the
people or culture of Morocco, hence the need for a
second trip. However, I did make a few friends
(smile). Morocco is a fascinating if you love
sensory experiences or sensory overload!! The
experience started as soon as we boarded the Royal
Air Maroc flight, and continued for the entire
trip. I'll never forget the sights, smells and
sounds of the souk at Marrakech!!! Shopping was
great as well. As I said, I prefer to get a little
more into the country itself, but it was a great
'spa experience'. The trip was billed as "Sister
Scholars at the Spa"!!! Actually, Morocco was a
great value I would go again for that reason alone.
I started writing an article several months ago and
would be happy to share my thoughts with you
further. Pamela, US Travel Agent From USA Diana Reef
Resort and Spa. "Our post tour to Mombasa was
exquisite. Six of us traveled there after the ATA
Conference in Nairobi, and what a treat. The resort
is luxurious, from the minute you enter the lobby,
of which the floor is an aquarium. The rooms were
beautiful, the food outstanding and the spa
trreatments were absolutgely wonderful. We toured
Fort Jesus and did a city tour of Mombasa, which
was both informative and interesting. It's always
good to learn as much as possib lle about each
African destination. Everyone was pleased with our
experiences in both Nairobi and Mombasa. The
conference was one of the best to date." PARTICPANTS WERE
JONQUIL CLARK, VICKI JONES , THOMAS VESSELLS ,
MILDRED VESSELLS, VALERIA TYSON AND JUANITA DEVINE.
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From
Uganda: You are very good at what you do and I
thank God for you are a gift to Uganda. We really
need to tap into the North American market!
Greetings to sister Muguette. Mrs. Nuwera
Evans Vanessa Ngango 
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