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4th HMC & Awards: Participants laud event as 18 States, 300 online attend

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L-r: Mrs. Adesugba; Mr. Napoleon Koko, Rivers State Secretary, Nigeria Hotel Association; DR. Mrs Ebikaboere Seimodei, FITPN, ICCA, Technical Adviser on Hospitality and Tourism to the Executive Governor of Bayelsa state; Mr. Olugbenga Sunday, Convener, Hotel Managers Conference, HND, MIH, MITP, MTI, FIHTM; Mrs. Justina Ovat, President, Women in Hospitality Nigeria; Mr. Adebayo Adesugba FIH (UK), FNHCI, FITPN, FTHC; Mr. Kayode Victor Olanrewaju, 1st Vice President, Nigerian Hotel & Catering Institute & Co. Hospitality Legend Limited; Mrs. Kehinde Daniel FIH (UK),  Kots Catering Nig. Ltd and Fmr Chairperson IoH (Uk.) Nigeria and Mr. Gbagbeke Joseph Edesivi, Head, NSSE Management Systems & Standards, Shell/AlphaMead IFM Project, Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited. Participants of the the 4th Hotel Managers Conference and Awards have heaped praises on the Conference, saying it was inspiring and changing lives and the face of hotel and hospitality business i...

Hotel Managers Award 2022: Eko Hotel, Best Western Plus Elomaz Hotel, Continent Hotel, Golden Tulip, Swiss Spirit, La Campagne, Ibom ICON, Premier Hotel, Genesis and others win big

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L: Mr. Gbenga Omotayo Sunday, Convener, Hotel Managers Conference. R: Justina Ovat, Chairperson, Hotel Managers Award & President, Women in Hospitality Nigeria  Award Committee of the Hotel Managers Awards, under the Chairmanship of Justina Ovat, have announced winners for the maiden awards which have seen top hotels in Nigeria emerged winners of the maiden Hotel Managers Awards which would be held during the 4th Hotel Managers Conference on the 14th & 15th July at the Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Danag, 79 Stadium Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The award Night will hold on the Friday 15th July by 7.00 PM at same venue. The award ceremony is a black tie//traditional attire event. The HMC awards is part of the Hotel Managers Conference and the awards specifically targets to recognize, celebrate and promote outstanding hotels who in their quest for excellence and satisfaction of clients needs have gone the extra mile to set lofty standards for themselves and have imp...

INAC 2022: DIPLOMATS COMMEND RUNSEWE AS OVER 37 COUNTRIES STORM PRE--INAC DINNER IN ABUJA

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 PRESS RELEASE INAC 2022: DIPLOMATS COMMEND RUNSEWE AS OVER 37 COUNTRIES STORM PRE--INAC DINNER IN ABUJA DG NCAC Otunba Segun Runsewe (middle) cutting the Pre-INAC Dinner cake with some Diplomats present at the occasion . It was a harvest of commendation for the Direction General of National Council for Arts and Culture by members of the Diplomatic corps as the council hosted the 2022 edition of the Pre INAC dinner at Sheraton hotels and Towers in Abuja by the weekend. The dinner which was used to sensitise members of the Diplomatic corps on arrangements for the 2022 INAC was attended by over 37 countries The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe stated that this year edition of INAC will be special because apart from physical exhibitions, each participating country will have the opportunity of utilizing the robust media platforms during the INAC Expo to reach out to the world adding that countries who are desirous of having their special da...

Northern 'Joker' in the Primaries against Nigeria's Future

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  Northern 'Joker' in the Primaries against Nigeria's Future  By Renn Offor It was a northern coup against Wike. If Tambuwal didn't step down, the northern delegates votes would have been split between him and Atiku, the consequence of which Wike would have won. Whoever doesn't believe that the north has an agenda to remain in power should go to sleep. Remember what Gandollar told Wike, 'You would lose, but you will be a good loser'! It came to pass Wike tried so much though. I wasn't expecting him doing so much What we saw at PDP's Primaries would repeat itself at the APC's Primaries giving, hence giving Bola Ahmed Tinubu the ticket Take it or leave it. APC has scheduled their primaries for 3days, 6-8 June, to allow ample chance for enough arm twisting and money trading to do well. So, the money bags are coming with more dollars to share Still, it's going to be very interesting in the end though as Nigerians would have to decide between unpl...

NANTA's President drives effort to promote tourism in schools

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  -To host Teachers to tourism adventure President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA) Mrs. Susan Akporiaye would be hosting Nigerian Teachers to a tourism adventure as part organisation's strategic effort to market the country's tourism assets and products to teachers and the education sector. NANTA revealed that participants and winners of the Nigerian Teachers reality show, will be hosted to hands on and practical tourism experience by the organization's President, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye. The itinerary for the teachers picked from the six geographical zones of the country, will span three days, with destination lagos tourism in focus and a practical certificated classroom engagement organised by Aerovessel Aviation school in conjuction with Topaz Travel group.  Flips to the event, the first ever private sector tourism give back project to Nigerian Teachers, is designed to educate and create awareness to the vast tourism industry and get the teac...

Sad! ‘Ekwueme singer’, Osinachi Nwachukwu is dead

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  Young, talented Nigerian singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, is dead. According to Paul Akpabio blog, she is said to have battled an illness, before she passed away. Osinachi Nwachukwu was popular known for her song ‘Ekwueme, a song that was well received by Christians all over Nigeria.

Nigeria, Egypt to sign MOU on Arts and Craft Development

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DG NCAC Otunba Olusegun Runsewe (right) appreciating an art work from Egypt. With him is the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Amb. Ihab Awad during his visit to NCAC Nigeria and the Republic of Egypt have agreed to deepen their bilateral cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ways of developing their Arts and Crafts sector. This is one of the decisions reached when the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe recieved in audience a delegation from the Republic of Egypt led by His Excellency, Ambassador Ihab Ahmed in his office. The Ambassador remarked that he has been following the activities of Otunba Runsewe who has positively projected the image of Nigeria home and abroad within the Culture and Tourism space adding that Otunba is asiduously working to transform Nigeria's rich and diverse Cultural heritage into a viable economy. The Envoy who stated that there was a lot of similarities between both countries in the ar...