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It’s only February, but 2022 is promising to be a great year for tourism to Southern Africa. Admittedly, it got off to a bit of a rocky start with the omicron variant still fresh on everyone’s minds. But -- dare I say it? -- things finally seem to have turned a corner: there are new flights from the U.S., a massive surge in interest from America… read more
Rwanda and Mauritania sign air transport deal
Rwanda and Mauritania have signed an Air Transport Agreement that will enable the national carrier RwandAir to establish flights to the latter in the future, according to Stephanie Nyombayire, the Presidential Press Secretary.
President Paul Kagame alongside his Maurita… read more
Progress made in disposal of stake in airline SAA
The South African government said on Thursday that further progress had been made in the disposal of 51% of shares in national airline South African Airways to the Takatso Consortium. A cabinet statement read: "The Sales and Purchase pro… read more
Kulula holidays relaunches booking platform as travel recovers
Kulula Holidays, a Comair Travel brand, has relaunched its platform with new features that make it easier and cheaper for travellers to plan and book domestic and international holidays.
“Under the restrictive conditions of the pandemic, we reinvented kulula holidays so we could offer South Africans real savings and co… read more
Towards a reduction of the Kenya Airways fleet
Between May and August 2021, the British firm Steer Group drew up the restructuring plan for Kenya Airways (KQ). Although this new business plan for the Kenyan parastatal remains secret, some of its outlines have leaked to the press.
In concrete terms, the plan is to reduce the 787 Dreamliner fleet to five and the Embraer 190s to 10… read more
WTM London unveils new brand identity for its travel & hospitality tech event
WTM London – the leading global event for the travel industry – has redesigned and renamed its co-located travel & hospitality technology show.
Previously called Travel Forward, it will become WTM Travel Tech and offer more features for exhibitors and visitors at WTM London 2022 (7-9 November 2022).
Show organisers are planning t… read more
Tourism raises its voice for Peace
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, people, as well as our whole societies and economies, have suffered enough. We cannot afford for this to continue. We must rebuild and look to the future with hope, not fear.
Peace and mutual understanding are essential ingredients for recovery. Now is the time to work together, and for d… read more
Significant rise in vaccination rates in sub-Saharan Africa
In Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, and Zambia, United States support contributed to a steady rise in vaccinations–with the most notable increase in Uganda, which in just six weeks experienced a 33% increase in first-dose shots among the eligible population.
The case studies detail several effo… read more
Longer booking trends start to emerge
Booking patterns are starting to return to more normal trends seen before the pandemic, according to Skyscanner global head of industry marketing Betsy Croft.
Speaking at Routes Americas, she said that longer booking horizons are starting to increase while bookings made under a week are in a sharp d… read more
Cape Verde Prime Minister outlines priorities for air transport; some realistic, others not so much
Before the coronavirus pandemic – which stopped it dead in its tracks – Cape Verde, the Atlantic Ocean archipelago which is right on the operational limits for leisure airlines flying out of … read more
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