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Tourism Levy South Africa and South African Tourism have renewed the Memorandum of Understanding which governs the administration and management of the tourism levy. TOMSA is a public-private partnership established in 1998 between the Tourism Business Council of South Africa and the National Department of Tourism, and it enables businesses in the sector to play an active role in the...

Emirates will introduce a third daily service between Dubai and Cape Town from 4 July, supplementing the two current daily flights between the two cities. Operated by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, flight EK778 will depart Dubai at 10h50 and arrive in Cape Town at 18h30. The return flight, EK779, will depart Cape Town at 20h05 and arrive in Dubai at...

The Protea Hotel Karridene Beach will close from 2 May to 8 July for extensive refurbishment. The hotel, on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast, is situated near the town of Amanzimtoti alongside the Umsimbazi Lagoon, just 20 minutes from Durban. The overhaul includes redoing the bathrooms, the installation of refurbished furniture and new carpets, installing new air-conditioners, putting in new carpeting, redoing the...

Air Seychelles and NIKI, the Austrian subsidiary airline of the airberlin group, have expanded their codeshare agreement. Air Seychelles will place its flight code on 12 weekly services operated by NIKI between Vienna and Paris, and NIKI will place its code on six weekly services operated by Air Seychelles between Paris and Seychelles. These new routes extend the already existing codeshare...

Peermont Hotels, Casinos and Resorts has announced two hotel extensions and a variety of refurbishments and upgrades at a number of its properties. At Emperors Palace Hotel, Casino, Convention and Entertainment Resort, next to O.R. Tambo International Airport, the $7 million expansion of the three-star Peermont Metcourt hotel by 100 rooms is currently underway, with the planned opening in December. The...

According to eTurboNews, Air Mauritius has launched weekly flights connecting the island with Tanzania. The airline will be flying its Airbus A319 from Port Louis to Dar es Salaam on Fridays, with a return trip via Nairobi (Kenya).

Air Namibia will introduce a temporary change of aircraft to replace one of its Airbus A330-200 aircraft that service the Windhoek-Frankfurt route effective 13 May, with a wet leased Airbus A340-500 aircraft. This A340-500 comes in a two-class cabin configuration of 36 business class seats offering full flat beds and a seat pitch of 78 inches, as well as 201...

Newmark Hotels, Reserves and Lodges has opened its first office outside South Africa in Lusaka and has created the Kaufela Collection in Zambia. Kaufela, which means ‘together’ in Lozi, brings together lodges of a certain standard under one management brand. “There are literally hundreds of independently owned lodges in Zambia that do not have the resource to market and sell their...

According to eTurboNews, Air Zimbabwe will return to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) on 4 June. Flight UM438/9 will operate every Tuesday and Saturday using the airline's Boeing B737-200. Ticket prices for return flights are estimated to start at $270, all taxes included. This follows the recent announcement that Air Zimbabwe intends to return to the London route as a result of...

Carlson Rezidor will soon open its first Radisson Blu hotel in Morocco. Located in the heart of the Guéliz district, Radisson Blu Hotel, Marrakech Carré Eden will offer 198 rooms and suites. All rooms and suites offer sophisticated modern amenities, including free high-speed, wireless internet, air-conditioning, large plasma TVs, walk-in showers and private balconies. Guests can dine on a modern take on...

We look at Cape Town and Nigeria as business travel destinations. Private aviation is still a viable transport option. We review Turkish Airlines. We chat to Edward Frost at BA, Hara Jackson at Legacy and Robyn Christie at Travelport.

According to Juniper Research, it is expected that more than 500 million air tickets will be purchased on mobile devices by 2018 (up from approximately 200m in 2014), with the corresponding transaction value expected to grow from $52 billion in 2014 to $ 45 billion in 2018, making mobile technology the fast-growing segment of the travel industry. Robyn Christie, Travelport’s...