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We are pleased to announce that applications have opened today (13 May, 2021) for the SMME Booster Fund 2021 which will distribute up to R20 million to organisations and municipalities for programmes that focus on supporting small businesses to grow and improve their sustainability so they can create more jobs in the Western Cape.
Run by t… read more
The return of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) this year is expected to restore tourism recovery and business confidence in Zimbabwe as an investment destination, while impacting positively on the wider economy. Industry and commerce players are already seized with preparations for this year's ZITF, scheduled for July 20 to 23… read more
Zimbabwe plans to bring back rhinos to its second-largest national
park, Gonarezhou, for the first time since they were wiped out by
poachers in 1991.
At that time the total number of rhinos in the
country fell to just 100 due to poaching and has increased to 1,000,
according to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife… read more
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines has revived plans to begin serving Newark (EWR), a year after the carrier was forced to postpone the launch to the airport serving New York because of the pandemic. Flights between Istanbul (… read more
Kenya Airways in a release has stated that it has kept on hold the launch flights to Hargeisa, Somaliland from Nairobi. The move is due to pending requisite clearance and approvals.
The carrier has resumed domestic passenger flights with two daily flights to Mombasa and one daily to Kisumu from May 2.
Last week, the air… read more
When it comes to itineraries, cruise lines up the ante every year, offering more ports, harder-to-reach locales and ever more creative themes. And when ships begin returning to service in earnest after the long pandemic pause, many cruise lines will debut some of their unique itineraries.
Here are a few of the most intriguing ones on offer… read more
The Africa Travel Recovery, Opportunity & Risks Research Brief by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company, revealed that for travel to recover in Africa, speedy vaccination rollouts are critical.
The report, written exclusively for Africa Travel Week, f… read more
Travel experts predict a surge in travel bookings this year and beyond. They believe that people will make up for lost time and plan adventures wherever countries would welcome them. This phenomenon is known as “revenge travel”.
The concept is similar to revenge spending, which originated during the Cultural Revolution in Chi… read more
Emirates Airlines has said it would showcase its Premium Economy seats for the first time at the Arabian Travel Market 2021 (ATM), which starts on Sunday, May 16 through 19, 2021.
A statement by the media consultant to the airline in Nigeria said that the travel and tourism exhibition would be the first in-person travel indus… read more
Once the flag carrier of the southeastern African nation of Malawi, Air Malawi collapsed in 2013. However, the airline had a long history before that, stretching far back into the 1960s. So what happened to Air Malawi?
Roots
Air Malawi was founded in 1964 as a subsidiary carrier of the erstwhile Central African Airways … read more
Western Cape Economic Development and Tourism opens applications
ZITF Return to Restore Confidence, Tourism Recovery
Turkish Airlines to open 10th US gateway
Kenya Airways plans to launch Hargeisa flights
ATM: EK will showcase Premium Economy Seats
What has happened to Air Malawi?
