AKWAABA Forum Underway
The AKWAABA Forum, which is part of the Citi Business Festival has started at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The forum is aimed at addressing challenges in the tourism and hospitality industry in a panel...
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AKWAABA Forum Comes Off Today
The AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry will come off this morning at the Alisa Hotel, 9:30am. The forum which is part of the Citi Business...
China’s Dog Meat Festival Opens Despite Ban Rumours
A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened on Wednesday with butchers hacking slabs of canines and cooks frying the flesh despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. After...
Hoteliers To Enjoy Subsidised Electricity Tariffs Soon – Tourism Minister
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, has hinted of government’s plans to subsidise electricity bills for operators in the hospitality industry. The Minister was...
The Unfortunate Health Risks of French Fries
Our favorite terrible-yet-delicious food—French fries—now has another sad strike against it. A new study finds that fries, along with other types of fried potatoes, increase our risk of...
[Photos] Colourful Launch of 80th Ada Asafotufiami Festival
The 80th Asafotufiami Festival was launched at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra on Monday, June19 with a host of dignitaries present. The Asafotufiami Festival of the people of the Ada Traditional...
Catherine Afeku Visits Tourist Sites In Western Region
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku and her Deputy, Dr. Ziblim Iddi ,as well as other members of the Tourism Ministry, are on a four-day working visit to the...
DKB Reunites With Nana Konadu
The whole of Ghana woke up one early morning to read a very big headline; “DKB IS A BORING COMEDIAN.” This was said by former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, after she witnessed the...
80th Ada Asafotufiami Festival Launched
The 2017 edition of Ghana’s biggest festival christened Asafotufiami, held annually in Ada, in the Greater Accra Region was on Monday launched at the La Badi Beach Hotel. This year’s festival...
#CitiBizFestival To Host Tourism Forum On June 22
The next outdoor event on the calendar of the Citi Business Festival is the AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry. The forum which will come...
NEW SONG “MASK OFF” FROM PRODIGAL
The famed Ghanaian rapper, Prodigal of VVIP fame has just released a new song “Mask Off” ahead of his mixtape release. He is scheduled to drop a Hip-Hop/Rap mixtape dubbed The Last Supper....
‘Regency Hotel Yet To Receive Fire Report’
Disappointed by the work of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in dousing the inferno that engulfed a section of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra two months ago, Events Manager of the...
AKWAABA Forum Comes Off This Week
The next outdoor event on the calendar of the Citi Business Festival is the AKWAABA Forum, designed to address challenging issues in the tourism and hospitality industry. The forum which will come...
Eating Fried Potatoes Linked To Higher Risk of Death, Study Says
How your spuds are cooked is key to your health. People who eat fried potatoes two or more times a week double their risk of an early death compared to those who avoid them, a recent study published...
Luxury On the Rails In Train-Mad Japan
Japan's latest super-deluxe train left the station Saturday with a select group of passengers who paid thousands of dollars for a leisurely trip harking back to an era of Art Deco opulence and a...
Coconut Oil ‘as Unhealthy As Beef Fat and Butter’
Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts. It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol, says the American Heart Association in updated...
Dubai To Use Facial Recognition In Place of Passports At Airports
Travellers to Dubai will soon walk straight from the flight to baggage claim area as biometric tunnels will do airport checks at the Dubai airport. Earlier this month, Dubai announced that passengers...
Tourism Industry Needs Trained Professionals
According to recent figures from the Hospitality report Africa released by Africa’s leading online travel agency Jumia Travel, a total of 365 hotel chain development pipelines were reported in...
Kwabena Kwabena Set To Launch Biography
Ghanaian highlife musician Kwabena Kwabena is set to launch his biography on June 23 at the Best Western Premier Hotel at Airport in Accra. The book titled ‘Past Days Ahead’, his first, tells an...
The State of Once ‘famous’ Arts Centre
The Center for National Culture, simply known as the arts center, is the main tourists haven for Ghanaian culture. Being the largest open-air craft market in the country, one can find virtually...