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The Africa Travel Recovery, Opportunity & Risks Research Brief by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company, revealed that for travel to recover in Africa, speedy vaccination rollouts are critical.
The report, written exclusively for Africa Travel Week, f… read more
Travel experts predict a surge in travel bookings this year and beyond. They believe that people will make up for lost time and plan adventures wherever countries would welcome them. This phenomenon is known as “revenge travel”.
The concept is similar to revenge spending, which originated during the Cultural Revolution in Chi… read more
Once the flag carrier of the southeastern African nation of Malawi, Air Malawi collapsed in 2013. However, the airline had a long history before that, stretching far back into the 1960s. So what happened to Air Malawi?
Roots
Air Malawi was founded in 1964 as a subsidiary carrier of the erstwhile Central African Airways … read more
The commitment came as WTTC, which represents the travel and tourism private sector, launched its Women Initiative, at its Global Summit in Cancun, with the help of 18 Grand Slam singles title winner, Martina Navratilova.
WTTC President and CEO Gloria Guevara unv… read more
A month-long initiative by the United Nations World Tourism
Organisation (UNWTO) dedicated to promoting Africa’s tourism and
gastronomy has begun.
The ‘Month of Tourism and African Gastronomy’ features a series of
conversations with stakeholders within the continent’s tourism and
gastronomy space and UNWTO all throu… read more
Professionals in the Nigerian aviation industry have canvassed for the emplacement of a guaranteed payment process such as Bill Settlement Plan (BSP) for indigenous airlines to foster interline and codeshare arrangements. The professionals also agreed that while interline and codeshare are business decisions, such should not to be initiated by r… read more
Riskified, a leading fraud prevention solution provider announced a strategic partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). With this partnership, IATA will integrate and offer Riskified’s Chargeback Guarantee to IATA member airlines that use the IATA Financial Gateway (IFG). Member airlines will be able to q… read more
Yvonne Sandra Kunda, a tour consultant, appeared to be in a jovial mood at the closing ceremony of this year's Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala. She said it was a moment of relief after taking part in the first virtual tourism expo as the sector navigates towards the new normal.
It took Kunda two d… read more
Hendrik Du Preez is Qatar Airways' VP for Africa and based in Doha.
How many destinations does Qatar Airways now serve in Africa?
The number of destinations increased and the number of flights remains very flexible. Last year in September we had only 19 des… read more
Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to March 2019, which followed a normal demand pattern.
Total demand for air travel in March 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 67.2% compared to March 20… read more
The problem with Africa's sluggish vaccine rollout
What has happened to Air Malawi?
WTTC launches initiative to support women in travel and tourism
UNWTO Month of Tourism & African Gastronomy kicks off
Professionals advocate Endorsement of BSP
Riskified and IATA announce new strategic partnership
Interview: QR VP Africa Hendrik du Preez
African airlines traffic sank 73.7% in March
