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Aero Africa ready to handle vaccine
Aero Africa has announced that its hubs in Johannesburg and Nairobi can handle vaccines for regional network rollout into Southern and East Africa. The vaccine team in both the hubs will monitor all the shipments 24x7 with specialist cool chain transport partners to upgrade tracking and GPS capabilities.
The company ha… read more
Passengers decry upsurge in air fares
Nigerians, who travel by air, have decried the “sudden” upsurge in air fares and urged the Federal Government to intervene to avoid poor patronage that could dwindle the fortunes of the aviation industry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the air fares shot up by about 100 per cent in the last one week, with some airlin… read more
WTN temporarily suspends the Safer Tourism Seal
World Tourism Network (WTN) is temporarily suspending awarding the Safer Tourism Seal. Current applications will be worked on after the seal program is resumed. Safer Tourism Seal started with an initiative by the rebuilding. travel discussion group and is now part of the newly established World Tourism Network.
WTN president… read more
Namibia to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Namibia will soon receive an approved COVID-19 vaccine. The country has contributed to the Covax global COVID-19 vaccine distribution scheme co-led by the World Health Organization, and has appointed a team to prepare the necessary infrastructure to store and administer it in the country.
It is not clear yet which vaccine Nam… read more
WTTC: International travel can safely restart, without waiting for vaccines
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and major international industry bodies have joined forces to call for the immediate restoration of international travel using proven processes and without waiting for or requiring vaccinations.
WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, along wi… read more
Africa Travel Week to drive Diversity & Inclusion initiatives for 2021
With WTM Africa set to run as a live/hybrid event at the CTICC in Cape Town from 07-09 April 2021, the team at Africa Travel Week (ATW) has pledged to continue driving Inclusion and Diversity (D& I) efforts in the build up to the show.
The tourism landscape is going to look very different next year and we want t… read more
With the holiday season and New Year quickly approaching, many consumers are trading in their annual holiday traditions and travel plans for safe alternatives. In fact, this month’s Amex Trendex found 1 in 4 consumers are willing to drive up to 25 hours per trip in the next three months in order to travel safely.
The December Amex Trendex … read more
Africa Travel Week to drive Diversity & Inclusion initiatives for 2021
With WTM Africa set to run as a live/hybrid event at the CTICC in Cape Town from 07-09 April 2021, the team at Africa Travel Week (ATW) has pledged to continue driving Inclusion and Diversity (D& I) efforts in the build up to the show. "The tourism landscape is going to look very different next year and we want to do what we can to make it b… read more
NANTA strengthens southern flanks, builds partnership on golf tourism, meets Ibom Air
President of NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, has redefined the Nigerian domestic tourism ecology, with aggressive presence at the just concluded Obong of Calabar International charity Golf Classic, which took place in Calabar, Cross River State recently.
Globally, Golf has been adjudged as the game for top industry players and c… read more
Air Senegal seeks support and revival
Early this year Air Senegal had begun a new phase of ‘extremely rapid and accelerated’ development in line with the country’s ‘Emerging Senegal’ plan.
It was the first airline in Africa to take delivery of an Airbus A330neo… and then a second joined the fleet, connecting a dozen regional destinations and also serving Paris,… read more
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