African states navigate paths to ‘open skies’… & doors
Although many governments continue to advise against ‘nonessential’ international travel, a host of African destinations have begun the easing of COVID-19 border restrictions in a bid to...
Emirates resumes Lusaka flights from 4 September
Emirates will resume passenger services to Lusaka with two weekly flights to/from Dubai effective 4 September.
Flights to Lusaka will be operated with a Boeing...
Airlink updates routes and frequency
Following the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions to Level2, Airlink will re-introduce five routes and increase frequency on two of the routes it’s currently...
The Capital launches new properties in Gauteng
The Capital Hotels and Apartments is bucking the COVID-19 doom and gloom by opening one completely new hotel and a completely refurbished hotel back...
Radisson SA passes SGS inspection & validation
The Radisson Hotels in South Africa have successful lycompleted of the SGS Disinfection Monitored and Cleaning Checked mark by SGS, a leading inspection, verification,...
Virgin provides COVID-19 insurance cover
Virgin Atlantic has introduced free COVID-19 insurance cover on all new and existing bookings.
The policy, which applies automatically to all flights booked with Virgin...
Radisson announces six new hotels in Africa
Radisson Hotel Group is adding six new hotels to its African portfolio, bringing the total to almost 100 hotels across 32 African markets.
The new...
Will domestic travel save South Africa’s tourism industry?
The world over, countries that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic are slowly creeping towards a sense of normalcy. The United Kingdom,...
TDTT to shake up the market
Touch Down Travel Tech (TDTT), which entered the South African market last week, is an integrated tourism technology solution business that develops full, end-to-end...
KZN hotel group expands portfolio
ANEW Hotels & Resorts has partnered with the Fortis brand and has concluded an agreement to acquire an additional six properties.
This brings the ANEW...
City Lodge launches #YourPrivateOffice
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people working from home. Cue children/partner/pets crashing the Zoom meeting for the umpteenth time, or living their...
Women and business travel: TMCs are stepping up
Women remain the fastest growing segment of business travellers (interestingly, women are also leading the boom in solo, wellness and adventure travel). What's more,...