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South Africa to introduce new e-visas this year
The Department of Home Affairs plans to extend its e-visa programme to a number of countries in 2021 in a potential boost for the tourism industry.
Presenting to parliament last week, the department said that the rollout of the e-visa system by the end of the 2021/22 financial year would be subject to lockdown regulations … read more
The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is going cashless
The Pretoria National Botanical Garden, located in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria, has announced that it is migrating to a card only payment system, phasing out cash payments. Cash will still be accepted, but the management of the Nationa… read more
Riskified and IATA announce new strategic partnership
Riskified, a leading fraud prevention solution provider announced a strategic partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). With this partnership, IATA will integrate and offer Riskified’s Chargeback Guarantee to IATA member airlines that use the IATA Financial Gateway (IFG). Member airlines will be able to q… read more
Uganda hosts first virtual Tourism Expo in the Region
Yvonne Sandra Kunda, a tour consultant, appeared to be in a jovial mood at the closing ceremony of this year's Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala. She said it was a moment of relief after taking part in the first virtual tourism expo as the sector navigates towards the new normal.
It took Kunda two d… read more
Interview: QR VP Africa Hendrik du Preez
Hendrik Du Preez is Qatar Airways' VP for Africa and based in Doha.
The number of destinations increased and the number of flights remains very flexible. Last year in September we had only 19 des… read more
Business travel associations support proposal from the EC to lift restrictions
BRUSSELS – An international group of Business Travel Associations welcome the proposal released by the European Commission earlier this week to ease restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU for vaccinated individuals.
The group which includes the Austrian Business Travel Association (ABTA); AFTM (Association Française du Travel Manag… read more
Resumption of scheduled flights in July?
After officially exiting its lengthy business rescue process on 30 April, SAA has indicated it aims to resume scheduled flights from the beginning of July. According to the document seen by Fin24, the now liquid and solvent national carrier plans to take flight within the next two months. The document indicates that the airline … read more
SWISS plans restructuring in response to structural market change
In view of the continuing global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting structural changes in its markets, SWISS has concluded that a restructuring of the company now seems unavoidable. In the medium-term future, the company expects to see a structural decline of 20 per cent in overall demand. In response to this, the SWISS aircraft fleet should… read more
Difficult to reach Zanzibar
The absence of Mango Airlines’ direct flights between Johannesburg and Zanzibar reduces the appeal of this tropical island which was seeing an uptick in the number of South African holidaymakers travelling to this destination amid the global pandemic. Mango Airlines announced that it would suspend all flights to the Indian Ocean is… read more
Five best instagram hashtag generator tools
Social media has gone all the way to becoming an inherent part of our lives. From morning to bedtime, we are constantly hooked to one or another post. Social media platforms have been thriving for decades and today we will discuss an important feature that changed history. It is a component that proved as a game changer in social networking. Yea… read more
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