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Q&A: Going strong

ExecuJet is a pioneer in business aviation in Africa, having opened its first African FBO at Johannesburg’s Lanseria International Airport in 1991. Since then...

ASATA: Sharing is caring

Our personal data has become a highly valued currency; one which we are not willing to trade easily. Marketing companies are trying continuously to...

Amadeus: The sharing economy

The sharing economy has disrupted the travel industry around the world. And although it might have seemed that Africa wasn’t as quick to the...

Amadeus:The people behind the people

Managing business travellers is becoming more and more complex every day. They used to be unidentified spokes in the wheel of a corporate travel policy,...

W Column

I attended a hotel investment conference in Abu Dhabi recently, and although it focused primarily on the Gulf and Indian Ocean region, I did...

Q&A: A ‘brand’ new game

Hilton Worldwide is about to embark on an interesting African roll-out of its Hilton Garden Inn brand, with the letters ‘HGI’ set to feature...

Q&A: On Business on point

SMEs are an increasingly important part of the global economy, but a sector the travel industry has largely overlooked. British Airways’ answer to this...

Ed’s Note

There have been some interesting developments in the African meetings and events space of late – a space that plays an integral role in...

Bumpy Road Ahead

It’s been a year since Bidvest announced that it would no longer represent Budget Car Rental in the South African market, with Avis Southern Africa...

ASATA: Moving brains, not bytes

Pick up the phone, pop off an email or Skype up a storm. If there are so many ways to ‘do business’ over cyberspace,...

Amadeus: Your best travel companion

If you’re anything like me, you can’t imagine life without your smartphone. Imagine you’re driving to the office and you realise that you have...

Q&A: Doing SA Proud

The South African hotel industry has some challenges, with the changes to the country’s visa regulations top of that list. Tsogo Sun CEO Marcel...