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International flight restart will pave way for consistent rise in travel
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
Opinion: What’s next for Travel and Tourism
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
SAA: Is all this real?
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
The future of the Corporate Traveller
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
South Africa: Reopneing for international travel?
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
Worth reading: Do Iata and the airlines have no shame?
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
A Word from Comair CEO, Wrenelle Stander
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
Restructured SAA will boost aviation sector
We live in a world in which facts sometimes appear to no longer matter. Often fact, fiction or fallacy all seem to carry the same weight and meaning at the expense of the truth. In the case of SAA, we have seen exceptional levels of zeal from certain quarters of our society that seem intent on persecuting the airline and prosecuting those who are d… read more
Ministerial Outlook: SA’s Tourism recovery
South Africa's Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has re-echoed the tourism sector's vital role in getting the country's economy back from the ruins of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. The Minister who was participating in the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan Webinar said ''We have a firm belief that tourism will be one of the fa… read more
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