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Tunisia’s Nouvelair will launch new flights linking Tunisia with Nice (France) on 1 April

British Airways will fly directly from Gatwick Airport in the UK to Cape Town in November three times a week for the northern winter period

Airlink has commenced direct services between Cape Town and Maun, the gateway to Botswana’s Okavango delta

South African Airways will be rolling out the offer of Samsung tablets on board as a way of improving in-flight entertainment for business class customers travelling on selected short-haul regional flights

South African Airways has resumed flights to Douala International Airport in Cameroon following the re-opening of the airport effective 21 March

It’s been a year since Bidvest announced that it would no longer represent Budget Car Rental in the South African market, with Avis Southern Africa granted the brand representation. So, the time seemed right to pick the brain of Avis Budget Rent a Car, South Africa CEO Rainer Gottschick on all things car rental-related.

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 Dylan Rogers over coffee in Johannesburg.