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NOUVELLES FRONTIERES SENEGAL HASWIDELY MULTILINGUAL REACH

Taking the idea for its name from a JFK speech, NouvelleFrontieres Senegal is a division of Groupe Nouvelles Frontieres, thefirst tour operator in France, whose head office is located in Paris.It has been a member of the TUI network since 2000 (with 37 in-coming agencies worldwide).

Operating throughout Senegal since 1983, Nouvelle Frontiereshas become the first incoming agency in terms of clients—mainlyfrom Europe, but more and more from North America and Africa.The company also handles surrounding countries such as Mali, theGambia, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Benin, Togo and Ghana.

Services include adventure tours, cultural tours, ecotourism,beach resorts, conferences, incentives, FIT, excursions, transfers,airport assistance, car rental, and air ticketing with local and in-ternational companies. A dedicated and efficient team of 25 iscommitted to responding with initial feedback to requests within24 hours. Languages spoken are French, English, Spanish, Italian,Portuguese and Arabic. Guides are multilingual.

The company has four offices: Dakar, Airport, Saly and LaSomone. It has contracts with main hotels and tourism providersall over Senegal and allotments with the main hotels.

Their fleet of coaches is renovated yearly. Nouvelles Frontieres’ services are regularly subjected to strict

quality inspections, and are in full compliance with internationalhealth and safety rules for tourism.

Rates and programs are available in English upon request.Nouvelles Frontieres, contact@nfsenegal.com,www.nfsenegal.com

CTA INCENTIVE PROMOTES SENEGAL TO THEU.S. TRAVEL MARKETPLACE

Operating since January 2001, CTA INCENTIVE is a SenegaleseDMC agency specializing in the MICE market. Its team memberseach have nearly 15 years of experience. CTA belongs to the asso-ciation Pensées d’Ailleurs, created by Belgian and Senegalese vol-unteers sharing its vision of humanitarian and sustainable tourism.

CTA’s focus is: incentive travel with high-level standards, team-

building programs, tailor-made tours for individuals or smallgroups, events by corporate meetings, and professional travel andlearning expedition programs.

Attractive programs are presented, from the Lompoul desert, thePink Lake, Bandia reserve, Saloum Islands, Gorée to Saly. The ma-jority feature an original concept from CTA INCENTIVE—TalentEvent® parties that showcase international artists celebratingSenegalese talent. There are parties under the stars or underMauritanian tents on the beach or inside Bandia reserve with “Outof Africa” atmosphere. In Goree Island, in authentic places like theSlaves House with Gospel songs or in a private house with a Goreansoul for party, cocktail or private visit, emotion is raised.

A high-level bivouac on the beach or in the forest with TalismanLodge® (25 luxury mobile tents) or a charming house for a smallgroup—one might enjoy any of these with CTA INCENTIVE. Sometreats are Olympic challenges through the forest; treasure hunts inGoree and Ngor Islands, Pink Lake or a fishing village; the beautyof the Baobab tree, sports—quad, 4x4, jet ski, catamaran, nauti-cal ski, canoe races (with lifejackets and rowing), and various artis-tic challenges.

For strengthening the harmony of a sales team or building culturefor customers, CTA INCENTIVE provides original services em-bracing Senegalese realities and activities.CTA INCENTIVE, awacta@orange.sn, www.ct-afrique.com

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SENEGALSENEGALSenegal Tourist Office

Phone: (212) 695-9630

Email: sentouroffice@aol.com

website: www.senegal-tourism.com

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AFRICA

AFS VOYAGES HIGHLIGHTS EXCLUSIVESENEGAL TOURS

AFS Voyages specializes in Senegal, a West African countrythat has 435 miles of coastline, almost 250 miles of sandybeaches, 12 months of sun and eight months of springtime. Theireight-day/seven-night Djolof Tour explores the special Africancities and sites of Dakar, Lac Rose, Saint Louis, and Saloum.Accommodations are in three-star hotels; encampment is in TheSaloum. An air-conditioned bus and a local guide fluent inEnglish make the tour comfortable and informative.

The Song of the Praise Singer—Land of Colours, Land ofNomads is a nine-day/eight-night tour that encompasses Senegalfrom its national parks, desert, endless seaside and natural siteslike the “pink lake” to the Mauritanian territory where citiesspring from the desert. The authentic journey is enhanced by thefriendliness of welcoming natives with whom travelers share teaunder the shade of their tents.

A Combination Tour and Stay Senegal runs eight days/sevennights and takes in a variety of places from the boundaries to thecities—rich with history, natural wonders, and warm welcomes.

Travelers with an interest in touring Senegal should email AFSfor prompt responses, including quotations. Note—Technical im-peratives may force modifying some programs on occasion, butthis will not change the meaning or quality of the services of AFS.AFS Voyages, afsvoyages@sentoo.sn, www.afsvoyages.com

ACT’S UNIQUE JOURNEYS EXEMPLIFIED BY ‘MEDICINE’ TOUR

Africa Connection Tours (ACT) has designed programs withstrong focus on the cultural aspects of Senegal: Ethnicity, Ancientand Modern Arts, Traditional ceremonies, Rites of passages,Historical roots of the African American Diaspora, Black HistoryMonth special programs, Music festivals, Workshops on Africanhandicrafts and more. They also have special birdwatching pro-grams and ecotourism packages.

ACT is presently developing Inter-African Tours that combinevarious West African countries such as Senegal/Mali/Ivory Coastor Senegal/Gambia/Guinea Bissau, or Senegal/Ivory Coast/Ghana.

One special tour is called Traditional Medicine ‘On the Paths ofthe Medicine Men.’ It starts with a Dakar conference given by aSenegalese professor known for his research in the field of tradi-tional medicine. Travelers get to visit markets where traditionalherbalists share their knowledge of plants and their uses.

Toubacouta along the Saloum Delta is rich with vegetation andbird sanctuaries. Crossing the Gambia River by ferryboat,Gambia’s capital Banjul offers exchanges with tradipractitioners.The main market in Ziguinchor, Saint-Maur—with its numerousmedicinal plants, provides more interaction with herbalists.

In Mawa there’s an opportunity to meet the “Marabout” spiri-tual leader and medicine man. It is here that the principles of tra-ditional psychotherapy are applied. Visitors go to Malango Centerin Fatick, known for its efficiency in healing sick persons. The clinicgathers outstanding tradipractitioners in the Sine region—“Saltigués,” and modern medicine doctors. Beyond healing, theSaltigués are believed to be capable of predicting the future.Africa Connection Tours, act@orange.sn, www.actours-senegal.com

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES OPENS NEWWEST AFRICAN HUB

Officially realizing Ethiopian Airlines’ longstanding vision toform a hub in the West African region, ASKY, the new communityairline of Africa, has begun operation as of January 15.

One year after Ethiopian Airlines and fledgling airline ASKYsigned a management contract guaranteeing the preeminent EastAfrican carrier management rights for a period of five years and a25-percent stake in the startup airline, the two companies now havea new West African hub in Lome, Togo, for regional and intercon-tinental routes. Strategically positioned in one of the fastest-grow-ing economies in the world, ASKY is a multinational private air-line initiative geared to meet the growing demands for safe, reliableand competitive air transportation services in Central and WestAfrica. Its equity ownership includes the private multinationalECOBANK and the two major development banks of the region,namely EBID, the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), Bank of Investment and Development, and BOAD,West African Development Bank and South African investors.Ethiopian Airlines, www.ethiopianairlines.com

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