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Peermont spruces up properties

Peermont Hotels, Casinos & Resorts is making a number of changes to some of its properties. Among them, the Walmont Hotel at The Grand Palm...

StayEasy Maputo opens in Mozambique

Tsogo Sun has announced the official opening of its newest offshore hotel property, StayEasy Maputo, located in Maputo. This addition to the Tsogo Sun Hotels...

Travelport changes in Africa

Travelport  has announced the secondment of Guido Verweij from the UK to  the role of Regional Managing Director, Africa, based in Johannesburg. Verweij has been...

Flight Centre extends employee shareholding

Flight Centre Travel Group South Africa will extend its 30% black women employee shareholder ownership trust for its newly created corporate travel entity, FCTG...

Ethiopian to help re-launch Zambia Airways

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has finalised the shareholders agreement with the Zambian government for the re-launch of Zambia Airways. The government will be...

Amadeus collaborates with SA tourism industry

Amadeus IT Group has announced an initiative that will see the creation of a new model for public-private collaboration in the tourism industry in...

Air Mauritius welcomes new A350

Air Mauritius is taking delivery of its new A350 on Friday (20 October) during a ceremony to be held at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International...

Mango partners with Amadeus

South African low-cost carrier Mango and Amadeus have entered a content agreement that brings the carrier’s content, including corporate fares, to Amadeus’ travel sellers. Mango’s...

Protea Hotels By Marriott Debuts in Botswana

The opening of Protea Hotel by Marriott Masa Square in Gaborone on 1 July marked the expansion of the Protea Hotels by Marriott brand...

BON Hotel Sunshine Enugu opens its doors

BON Hotels has added BON Hotel Sunshine Enugu to its Nigerian portfolio, bringing the number of properties it manages in the region up to...

SAA temporarily grounds Abuja flights

South African Airways has temporarily cancelled flights between Johannesburg and Abuja from 25 May to 16 June.The airline has cited ‘operational reasons’ for the...

Lufthansa provides cabin staff with iPads

Lufthansa is providing its 20,000 flight attendants with iPad Minis. The cabin mobile device (CMD) will be successively issued to the entire cabin crew over...