Kate

Tired of being just another number when you’re out on the road for business? You’re not alone. Today’s travellers want to travel the world on their terms, enjoy unique experiences tailored to their priorities and want to take control of their own itineraries. Business travellers expect to be seen as individuals and want to receive information and offers built on...

Born in Johannesburg, living in Spain and working for a multinational company for the last 23 years, I’m set to join the ranks of the 1.8 billion people who will be travelling for business or pleasure in 2030. If you’re determined not to get lost in the crowd of road warriors, you’ll be pleased to hear that your ‘2030 self’...

Dubai is building towards hosting the World Expo in 2020 and has set itself an ambitious goal of attracting 20 million visitors by that year. It looks on track to achieve that, thanks to an aggressive marketing strategy that positions the emirate as both a leisure and business travel destination of choice, as Dylan Rogers discovered. Dubai is one of...

 It wasn’t long ago that travelling on business was a passport to the good life. Stretching out in premium airline cabins, wining and dining clients in top restaurants, and checking in to upmarket hotels. Today, those luxury perks are restricted to the lucky few, and most business travellers keep a keen eye on their travel spend, as Richard Holmes...

Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement to open a 170-room hotel within the Taghazout Bay Resort located 17 kilometres north of the Moroccan coastal town of Agadir. Hilton Taghazout Bay Beach Resort & Spa is set to open in 2018 and will join three Hilton Worldwide hotels currently operating or under development in Morocco – Hilton Tanger City Centre...

Ethiopian Airlines will add a fourth weekly flight to New York-Newark, via Lomé (Togo) as of 5 August. Flight ET0508 will depart Addis Ababa at 09h30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, and land in Lomé at 12h00. The flight continues to Newark at 13h00, arriving at 19h15. The return flight, ET0509, will leave Newark Liberty International Airport at 21h15 and...

Hilton Worldwide is one of the big players in global hospitality with over 4,500 hotels in nearly a hundred countries. That portfolio is growing, with Africa very much part of that development strategy, including the roll-out of a host of mid-market Hilton Garden Inn properties, as explained by Africa & Indian Ocean Vice-President Jan van der Putten to editor...

According to eTurboNews, three of the four new aircraft presently on order by RwandAir will be delivered before the end of this year. The first of two Airbus A330s will join the fleet in September, while another Boeing B737-800NG will follow in October, bringing the number of aircraft operated to 10. The second Airbus A330 is expected to arrive in Kigali...

On Friday (15 July) SAA and Mango flights on Boeing 737-800s between Johannesburg and Cape Town were the first to operate aircraft using sustainable biofuel flights on the African continent. The flights used home-grown feedstock as part of Project Solaris, a biofuels project named after the energy tobacco plant used. The nicotine-free, hybridised tobacco plant lends itself to the production...

According to eTurboNews, Starwood Hotels and Resorts is set to acquire two hotels in Tanzania’s northern and coastal tourist zones. Under the Sheraton brand, Starwood will take over management of the New Africa Hotel and the Arusha Hotel in Dar es Salaam and Arusha respectively. The hotels, under Sheraton management, will add more than 230 rooms and significantly expand the brand’s...

EgyptAir has placed an order for nine Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s for a total value, at current list prices, of $864 million. Eight of the planes will be financed by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. “The Next-Generation 737-800 has earned an excellent reputation for reliability, performance and cost efficiency and has added tremendous value to our operations,” said Safwat Musallam, Chairman of EgyptAir. These aircraft will...