Category Archives: Tourism

No flights from London? Woah, I’m going to Barbados…

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by

St Helena will lose out to luxury destinations such as The Maldives and Barbados if it does not have direct flights from Europe, one of the men behind a potential airline for the island has warned. The team setting up … Continue reading →

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Airline dream that began with a map on the kitchen floor

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by

Three pilots are setting up an airline to bid for the contract to fly to St Helena when its first airport opens in 2016. St Helena Online went to meet the man who dreamed up the project.  Captain Richard Brown … Continue reading →

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Slavery tourists to voyage into island’s dark past

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by

Slavery is to become the theme of a educational cruise on the RMS St Helena, island tourism chief Cathy Alberts has revealed. It will tie in with the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery in December. It will also draw … Continue reading →

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It’s a record: ten runners to sail in for ‘really hard’ races

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by

The first record has already been broken in the St Helena Festival of Running, a fortnight before it has even begun. Ten visiting athletes are lined up to take part in St Helena’s next festival of running – which is … Continue reading →

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Skilled boatmen must not miss tourism boat, warns Hedge

Posted on 17 May, 2013 by

Highly skilled boatmen on St Helena will miss out on a future tourism boom unless the island’s maritime rules are brought up to date, yachting expert Chris “Hedge” Shuter has warned.  He has been commissioned to help solve the problems … Continue reading →

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Watersports are on the horizon – for tourists and Saints

Posted on 17 May, 2013 by

Jamestown’s historic seafront is set to bustle with watersports activities when well-off tourists begin flying into the island from 2016 – and Saints could join the fun.  Yachtmaster Hedge Shuter told Saint FM listeners: “People are going to want to … Continue reading →

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Aconex reports that Basil Read will Use Aconex for Saint Helena Airport Project

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by

Project Information Management System Supports Collaboration for Historic Development JAMESTOWN, SAINT HELENA — (Marketwired) — 04/09/13 — Aconex, provider of the world’s most widely used online project collaboration solutions for the infrastructure, construction, power, mining, and oil and gas industries, … Continue reading →

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Stop grumbling and embrace the future, say Merrill and Kirsty

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by

Gloomy attitudes to tourist growth on St Helena have been criticised by development staff Kirsty Yon and Merrill Joshua, after a visit to South Africa. The Enterprise St Helena pair express their frustration in a report on a trip as … Continue reading →

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Jamestown plan looks like a cut-down Cape Town, writer warns

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by

Further criticism has been aimed at the proposals to turn Jamestown into a tourist centre – this time by historian John Tyrrell, after a return visit to St Helena. His internet journal describes the “rather bad tempered” public meeting held … Continue reading →

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Glasgow 2014: Commonwealth Games baton relay route unveiled

Posted on 13 March, 2013 by

From BBC News Scotland The Commonwealth baton will spend four days on board RMS St Helena as it crosses the South Atlantic Ocean from South Africa to St Helena. The RMS is to arrive Feb 19, 2014. The final relay … Continue reading →

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