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Pacific Princess is leaving Princess Cruises fleet
Princess Cruises, the world’s leading international premium cruise line, today announced the sale of Pacific Princess to an undisclosed buyer. The sale of the cruise ship is in line with parent company Carnival Corporation’s plan to accelerate the removal of less efficient ships from its fleet.
Pacific Princess first j… read more
Costa Cruises confirms Costa Toscana will be delivered in 2021
Just a few days after Carnival Corporation announced it would be delaying delivery of all but one of its 2021 newbuilds, its Costa Cruises brand floated out its latest Excel-class ships, Costa Toscana. Costa Cruises confirmed during the float out of Costa Toscana that she will be delivered in 2021, after parent company Carni… 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
Qatar Airways to resume Atlanta services
Qatar Airways announce it will add its 12th gateway in the U. S. with the resumption of four-weekly Atlanta flights starting 1 June. The carrier will also significantly increase frequencies adding an additional 13 weekly flights to operate a total of 83 weekly flights across its 12 gateways. Having become the largest international … read more
Hotelbeds and HotelRunner extend partnership
Hotelbeds, the world’s leading B2B bedbank, has announced the extension of its partnership with HotelRunner, a sales channel management platform and B2B network for OTAs and hoteliers.
Further building on over six years of successful partnership, HotelRunner’s 40,000 hotel and hostel partners from all over the world will continue to… read more
Travel Ghana to boost domestic tourism as Coronavirus lingers
Domestic tourism is one of the surest ways of getting the Ghanaian economy back on track from the ravaging effects of COVID-19. It’s a low hanging fruit that holds the key to unlocking our self-reliance and a buoyant economy.
People are not traveling en masse outside their home countries like they used to prior to the onset of Co… read more
Condor to resume flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek
German charter airline Condor is set to resume flights to Namibia. Effective 03 May 2021, the airline will operate two weekly non-stop flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, … read more
Will Burundi's Tourism turn the Ttde?
Burundi, which describes itself as "The Heart of Africa", is generally bypassed by travellers to the region, with its more famous neighbours -- Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda -- taking the lion's share of East Africa's tourism pie.
Bedevilled by unending political and civil unrest since the country gained independence fro… read more
South Africa: Kruger National Park on high alert due to tropical storm Eloise
South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that Kruger National Park is on high alert due to the … read more
Kenya Airways temporarily suspends flights to France & Netherlands
Kenya Airways has announced the temporary suspension of flights to some of its European routes during the entire month of February. The carrier says it will suspend services to France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport and the Netherlands Schipol Airport.
“The temporary suspension is due to new COVID-19 regulations in Europe … read more
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