Business travel in Africa: a road to recovery?
After months of shutdown and remote working, the reopening of African borders for business travel, as discussed in my last article (see story here),...
Survival of the wisest
Without a doubt, 2020 has been an unprecedented year … and it’s not yet over. While it would be unfair to say that the...
How COVID-19 has affected travel and traveller expectations
How will travel be different as the world deals with the aftermath of COVID-19? Recovering from the COVID-19 crisis will be complex, and businesses...
The business of SA’s open borders
The big news of the reopening of South Africa’s international borders from 1 October 2020 means that business travellers to the continent’s most industrialised...
Adopting contactless biometric & automation technologies in COVID 19 screening protocols
As part of South Africa’s move to lockdown level one on 21 September 2020, air travel restrictions have been eased. International air travel commenced...
Unrelenting entrepreneurial spirit kept my business alive during COVID-19
At a time when many hotels and other hospitality businesses have been facing and dealing with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic, as...
Fighting back
The hospitality and tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa must adopt a new “adapt and innovate” modus operandi to meet the challenges produced by the...
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...
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,...
African Hotel pipeline resilient despite unprecedented challenges
Whilst the African hospitality industry is facing extraordinary and unprecedented challenges and obstacles in light of the global pandemic, development sentiment remains optimistic amongst...
Q&A with Hilton’s Andrew McLachlan
Q: What does your role at Hilton as Managing Director of development in sub-Saharan Africa entail?
A: I will be leading a team of developers...
Technology will help protect ‘Travel Bubbles’ from popping
In 2020, new vocabulary has seeped into global consciousness. From ‘new normal’ to the more practical yet equally disliked ‘social distancing’, the additions to...