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The hotel rating assessment project launched in Ethiopia has failed due to the absence of prior preparation according to Sisay Teklu, Coordinator of Tourism Services Competence Accreditation Directorate with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Hoteliers had their facilities rated unexpectedly as part of the requirement for a competence certificate put into place by the Ministry of Trade last year.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been evaluating the assessment reports for the last months before coming to the decision to discard the project.

Ethiopian hotels to meet international quality standards to meet the anticipated competition from international hotels that are being franchised in Ethiopia it was said at a two day seminar organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and US based Consultancy Company, Global Hospitality Holdings.

The seminar was organized to call  independent Ethiopian hotels  to get ready for tough competition in the future specially in the areas of  management and E- marketing and the use of Information technology it was explained.
The current standard of hotels in Ethiopia will need to improve to compete with international franchises on all fronts it was noted.

The Ethiopian House of People's Representatives approved the US$320 million loan agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Chinese Export-Import (EXIM) Bank to finance the Addis-Adama expressway On Thursday 28, November 2013, The Reporter reported.

Ethiopian Airlines announced it has made some improvements to it’s daily flight schedule to Frankfurt, Germany, from Addis Ababa. The amended schedule is going to be implemented starting from Monday, September 8, 2014.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing, the most profitable and the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has finalized installation of Boeing 777 Flight Simulator manufactured by CAE Inc. ahead of its schedule and is now ready for training.