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WTM Africa will be a fully virtual exhibition
Africa Travel Week (ATW) has unveiled an audacious plan for its 2021 suite of shows, which includes several value-add opportunities, in addition to WTM Africa, which will run as a 100% virtual exhibition from 07-09 April 2021.
“The plan for WTM Africa has always been about offering value beyond the show floor. This year, we’r… read more
Global tourism recovery assumptions
Four main friction forces have been identified as having a determining role in the realization of the recovery assumptions:
Africa Travel Week unveils 2021 roadmap to reignite travel and tourism in Africa
Africa Travel Week (ATW) has unveiled a plan for its 2021 shows, which virtual WTM Africa, from April 7 to 9, 2021.
Megan Oberholzer, Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism and Creative Industries at Reed Exhibitions Africa, said the plan for WTM Africa has always been about offering value beyond the show floor. "This year, we are focu… read more
Zambian diplomat says innovation could save tourism after Covid-19
Zambian high commissioner to South Africa Jackson Miti has called for increased innovation within Zambia’s tourism sector to ensure the survival of the industry amid the debilitating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in that country. Miti made the remarks at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria.
It was necessary to … read more
USA: Ban on travellers from South Africa
United States President Joe Biden is set to ban most non-U. S. citizens who have recently been in South Africa from entering the country, in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of Covid-19, a senior U. S. public health official has told the Reuters news agency.
The agency reports that Biden will also reimpose an entr… read more
The Hiccup Effect: Australia points 2021 direction for int'l aviation & travel
Australia’s leading health official on 18-Jan-2021 announced his belief that national border restrictions on international travel were likely to remain in place for the duration of 2021.
On 17- and 18-Jan-2021, Australia recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus, the first time in many months, with constant monitori… read more
Arusha Airport Facelift gathers pace
Plans are underway to relocate the Arusha-Minjingu highway to facilitate Arusha Airport operations. Part of the stretch will now feature in the envisioned Kisongo-four way lane, Arusha Airport Manager Elipid Tesha said on Saturday. In a telephone interview with this paper, Mr Tesha said the regional airport had currently undergone massive… read more
80% of passport holders in Africa do not feel their passport is powerful
Passport holders in Africa want a more powerful passport with more options. A recent survey conducted by CS Global Partners, a legal advisory firm headquartered in London, has revealed that the vast majority of passport holders across Africa do not feel their passport is powerful when it comes to travel options.
Close to half those surveye… read more
Travel agencies to explore dynamics of ‘new normal’
Travel agencies in the country (Nigeria) have been advised to leverage more on fresh opportunities of the COVID-19 era to survive the business downturn.
Group Managing Director of Finchglow Group, Bankole Bernard, at a virtual trade partners’ forum in Lagos, highlighted some trends that people in the travel market should expect. He also id… read more
IATA CEO speaks at The World Tourism Organisation
“I certainly don’t need to tell you—the leaders of the global tourism sector—how difficult the COVID-19 situation is. But I do need to emphasize that this terrible situation is not improving. Even the weak recovery in passenger markets stalled in November. Over the year-end we saw many governments increase travel restrictions. It is good that mo… read more
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