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Tourism Expert Chides Govt's Attitude |
| A tourism and hospitality expert and managing director/chief executive of an Abuja-based fast food company, Twin Palm Rendezvous, Mr. Francis Ikechukwu Onyearugbulem, has expressed serio ... |
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Nigerian airline orders 24 new airplanes |
| Nigeria's flag carrier Virgin Nigeria has ordered 24 new aircraft from Embraer of Brazil at a total cost of 101.4 billion naira, local n e wspapers reported Monday (US$1=125 nair ... |
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Tourism Expert Chides Govt\'s Attitude |
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| A tourism and hospitality expert and managing director/chief executive of an Abuja-based fast food company, Twin Palm Rendezvous, Mr. Francis Ikechukwu Onyearugbulem, has expressed serious concern over federal government\'s lukewarm attitude towards the growth and development of the country\'s hospitality hospitality sector, accusing the government of paying mere lip service to the promotion of the industry.
The chief executive noted that the government has always failed to back its pronouncements on tourism development with the desired political will, stressing that \" Twin Palm Rendezvous is doing pretty well, but it\'s just that the federal government has to work hard to improve tourism in Nigeria. There\'s no opportunity for tourism in Nigeria; the opportunity is very low and we need more help.\"
Onyearugbulem who is also the chief executive of Sentinel Travels&Tours, based in Lagos, equally decried the negative activities and attitudes of the airline companies in the country towards the travel agencies, while chatting exclusively with LEADERSHIP, in his office, in Abuja, recently.
According to him, the airline companies are killing the traveling agency business in Nigeria. He added that by their actions, a good number of investors have been frustrated out of the business.
The Twin Palm boss disclosed that airline companies have highjacked the sale of flight tickets to prospective travelers from the traveling agencies, whose responsibility was it to perform that duty on behalf of the former{airline companies}.
He affirmed that the traveling agencies were dumped after they had assisted the airline companies to grow and develop, even as the agencies had used their hard earned money to place advertisements on behalf of the airline companies.
Onyearugbulem said that it was wrong for the airline companies to involve themselves in the sale of tickets to customers, a development he considered contrary to international standards and best practices. He cited some developed countries, such as the United Kingdom, where tickets are not sold directly by airline companies but by agencies to clients. |
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