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Africa CDC has mobilised a broad multi-stakeholder public private partnership with the help of its strategic partners, the PanaBIOS Consortium and Econet, and with the objective of addressing current challenges posed by citizens' and institutions' difficulty in accessing accurate health information, high costs and inconvenie… read more
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism today visited Health Passport South Africa (HPSA) to view the Rapid Covid-19 Testing Centre. The secure system combines testing and vaccinations with the latest digital technology to provide an efficient health passport system which can be integrated with existing travel, health and event systems.… read more
British Airways' fleet of 12 Airbus A380s remain grounded, but CEO Sean Doyle says the airline won't join others such as Lufthansa, Air France and likely Etihad which have scuppered the superjumbo.
"The A380 i… read more
Tensions came to a head today regarding the South African Airways rescue package after parliament members criticized the rescue committee. Members of the South African Parliament accused the rescue board of missing deadlines and having a bad attitude when dealing with parliament. The rescue practitioners were supposed to provide the government w… read more
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has launched the 6th Pearl of Africa
Tourism Expo (POATE 2021), which for the first time-ever, will be held
virtually. The 3-day event is scheduled to take place on 23rd-25th April 2020
under the theme, “Restarting Tourism for Regional Economic Development.”
Speaking at the launch event … read more
With the travel industry at a historic low, it’s hard to see how travel content creators may survive. But with people spending more time than ever on their mobile devices, content creators may find themselves with a heightened level of audience trust when travel starts to reopen.
Travel focused content creators often get a ba… read more
Despite the devastating effects of global corona virus epidemic on global tourism industry, Destination Gambia has been named among the World's Ten Best Ethical Destinations 2021 by the Ethical Traveler.
The Gambia was named (in alphabetical order, not in order of merit) alongside nine other countries by Ethical Traveler 2021 list o… read more
The South African economy contracted by 7% in 2020, Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, has revealed. Maluleke recently briefed media on the results of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2020. The decrease was despite the economy growing by 1.5% in the last three months of the year, giving an annualised growth rate of… read more
A rapidly evolving business travel landscape has been the catalyst for award-winning global travel management company FCM to transform its brand identity and take a fresh approach to developing a new tech platform.
With the global pandemic causing a seismic shift in the business travel industry, FCM has made it a priority to address… read more
Trial will further ANA’s goal to seek innovative digital solutions to make international travel more seamless and secure for customers
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will conduct a trial of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass mobile application. The trial will further ANA’s goal to seek innovative digital… read more
Ethiopian Airlines Joins African Union to launch test and vaccine passport
Media Statement - Committee On Tourism Calls On Govt to Support Health Passport South Africa
BA CEO says its A380s will return
South African Parliament Criticizes SAA Rescue Practitioners
Uganda Tourism Board launches POATE 2021— the first-ever virtual tourism expo
Destination Gambia Named Among World's 10 Best Ethical Destinations 2021
FCM unveils bold new brand identity and signals game-changing tech offering
ANA to trial IATA Travel Pass
