Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 09/12/2020 17:02

Covid-19 shows overlooked need for crisis communication plans in tourism

Crisis communication plans are at the bottom of most destination marketers' to-do list, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the tourism industry's focus. Readiness for such incidents is why Bandwagon, a destination marketing firm, has been awarded two Marcom Awards for destination crisis planning and research projects during the pandemi… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/12/2020 17:02

Star Alliance named World’s Leading Airline Alliance

• Miscellaneous
• 09/12/2020 17:01

Cainiao, Ethiopian Airlines partner to l...

Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arms of Alibaba Group Holdings, has partnered with Ethiopian Airlines to launch special cold chain air freight for the transportation of temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport, China's first medical cross-border cold chain facility. Temperature-controlled … read more

• Destinations
• 09/12/2020 05:38

ATM expecting influx of Israeli exhibitors and visitors

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) has announced that it is expecting an influx of exhibitors and visitors from Israel and further afield.

ATM, which has already announced that the 2021 edition of its annual showcase will take place live at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 16-19, has witnessed a massive spike, not only i… read more

• Flights
• 09/12/2020 05:36

New route in times of the pandemic: Seattle with Qatar Airways from March 2021

Qatar Airways has announced the launch of 4 weekly flights to Seattle from 15 March 2021. The Seattle service will be operated with Airbus A350-900s featuring 36 Qsuite Business Class seats and 247 in Economy Class.

The launch of flights to Seattle in March 2021 will increase Qatar Airways’ U. S. network to 59 weekly flights … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 09/12/2020 05:34

Kruger International Airport welcomes black impala to resident herd

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport welcomed a black impala lamb to its local herd. The new lamb is the first of its kind to be born within the airport’s parameters.

Impalas are one of the most common antelope found in Southern Africa but a black lamb is quite a rarity.

The black colour is a genetic mut… read more

• Flights
• 08/12/2020 20:40

Uganda Airlines will operate soon to Dubai

Uganda Airlines is planning to start its service to Dubai using A330neo. The dates are yet to be announced.

On December 5, the airline started three times weekly flights to Mombasa, Kenya. Soon Johannesburg will join its network, it announced last week.

• Flights
• 08/12/2020 19:34

East African airline bound for JNB

Uganda Airlines, based at Entebbe, has been planning direct operations into South Africa since its launch in August last year.

Those plans, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are finally coming to fruition and flights between Entebbe and OR Tambo International are set to start this month. The schedule is still unkno… read more

• Travel-tech
• 08/12/2020 09:19

Travelport launches hotel Stay Safe Filter

Travelport  has added a new Stay Safe feature for agents connected to its API or industry leading Smartpoint agency desktop solution. Stay Safe is a searchable amenity which enables hotels to highlight to travel agents that they have signed up to industry-wide safety initiatives, within the agent’s booking workflow, mak… read more

• Flights
• 08/12/2020 09:19

South Africa’s new LIFT airlines livery debutes on 31-year-old Airbus A320

South Africa’s newest airline will be taking off very soon, and to build anticipation, the carrier has been slowly giving us a glimpse of what its aircraft and branding will look like. Video posted to both Instagram and LinkedIn in the past day show a timelapse of one of its aircraft getting painted in the airline’s livery. At the crossro… read more