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No more vast buffet meals, sun-tanning shoulder-to-shoulder on the deck or enjoying captain’s dinners with hundreds of other passengers. When cruising finally resumes, from the curb to the cabin to shore and back again, sea life will have to undergo some drastic changes. The cruise industry was hit hard by the global pandemic. Acco… read more
After reading that the department of public enterprises is in discussions with Ethiopian Airlines, among other companies, to offer support to our perpetually bankrupt flag carrier, I cannot help but be reminded of Martin Luther King Jnr, who once said that “nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientiou… read more
Tourism itself has been hit hard by this unprecedented crisis. During the first five months of the year alone, the world welcomed 300 million fewer international tourists than in 2019, UNWTO data shows. This translates into around US$320bn in lost revenues, triple the amount … read more
Mr. Bankole Bernard is the Group Managing Director of Finchglow Group, a holding company for the country’s leading travel agency Finchglow Travels, Finchglow Holidays, Lagos Aviation Academy, FCM Travel Solutions, Nigeria; Prysm Investments, and Travelden Nigeria Limited having a carrier in the travel agency that has spanned over a decade a… read more
We are in unprecedented, uncertain times, challenged by a pandemic & facing an economical crisis. Covid-19 pandemic has triggered an immense amount of shock in the travel & tourism industry which is extensively affected and on a standstill due to the strict measures introduced to flatten the curve and contain its spread. According to UN … read more
The World Travel Awards recognised the state-owned enterprise (SOE), South African Airways (SAA), as Africa’s leading airline – every year from 1994 to 2015.
However, behind the scenes, the flag carrier has repeatedly been given lifelines thanks to government guarantees. The last year that the SAA made a… read more
In May, The Economist predicted the end of working life as we know it, going as far as saying the shift to remote working may rival the great workplace transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Twitter declared that all its employees will be allowed to work from home permanently– and Facebook expects half… read more
An announcement on international travel – so that foreigners can start planning and booking trips to South Africa – will go a long way in aiding South Africa’s economic recovery, says the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) at the University of Stellenbosch. However, given that the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe … read more
Travel News received this letter from Allan Wolman, who has 30 years in the retail travel business and is ceo of XL Rosebank Travel.
Reading Travel News (last Friday, August 21), I felt there were no words to express the injustice of Iata and the system under which our industry is g… read more
We are being confronted by one of the most devastating global pandemics in modern times, COVID-19. Globally as well as locally, our industry is severely affected by this disaster and it certainly has put a huge strain on our operations and how we serve our customers.
On Monday evening, our President announced a nation-wide lockdown for 21-… read more