Features | Business Traveller Africa

Know the beast

Johannesburg can be pretty intimidating to a traveller visiting it for the first time, so it’s advisable to get a good idea of the...

Dreamliner

Boeing’s B787 has changed the aviation landscape. Geographically, this is because you are flying directly from the factory, whether it’s Boeing at Everett, Washington, or...

Mad about tech

Technology is playing an increasingly bigger role in travel management, so what’s the best approach and how do TMCs get the balance right, without neglecting the human element of service?

No slowing down

The short-sighted among us may look to the poor performance of some of Africa’s biggest economies in the past year or so and wonder...

International travel in the time of COVID-19

In the recent Safe Travel Barometer, an initiative by tech provider Safe Travel Technologies which monitors global traveller health and safety measures, Air France...

Moving with the times

Cars remain a vital component of land travel for much of Africa. Whether you rent a vehicle, drive yourself around in a private car, catch a lift with a friend, flag down a taxi or book an Uber, the humble and hardworking automobile is the vehicle that gets you

Be Different

Event organisers are finding themselves under increasing pressure to make their events stand out from the rest and deliver sustained and real value for...

A different kind of luxury

Not only has the definition of luxury travel changed, but travellers have completely different expectations of luxury travel experiences, and industry service providers have...

Smart Traveller

Miles (or points) are a perk of frequent travel and can be redeemed on future flights, upgrades, experiences, merchandise, car hire, accommodation and so...

Back on its feet

Kenya is the biggest economy in East and Central Africa, and after a difficult few years is starting to once again assert itself as...

24 hours in the Free State

Dams The Vaal Dam is located in the mountainous Free State province. It is stretched along the Maluti Mountains bordering Lesotho, near the sandstone...

To share or rent?

The emergence of Uber and other ‘ridesharing’ technology offerings has left people asking about the future of the car rental industry. Kate Kennedy investigates...