Travel news overview

• Flights
• 26/05/2021 17:37

Nairobi to London still a no-go

Despite Kenya Airways sending a notice to agents and  customer last week,  informing them of the resumption of the Nairobi-London route from May 22, and opening bookings from that date, it has emerged that  the ban on flights between the two countries has actually been extended by another month and the… read more

• Destinations
• 26/05/2021 17:37

Liati Wote: Home of Afadjato, waterfalls and attractions with natural splendor

Liati Wote is one of many tourist destinations in Ghana. It is located in the northern part of the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region, about 70km from Ho, the Volta regional capital, 220km from Accra and about 20km to Togo. Liati Wote provides a tourism climate characterized by breathtaking sights and sounds across… read more

• Flights
• 26/05/2021 05:28

RwandAir awarded Diamond status rating for COVID-19 prevention measures

The award comes from APEX Health Safety, powered by SimpliFlying, for the airline’s sustained work to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and sanitisation for its customers and crew. The Diamond rating positions RwandAir as the safest airline in Africa and comes after RwandAir was recently announced as the first African airline to vaccin… read more

• Destinations
• 26/05/2021 05:27

Kenya and Tanzania pave a way for regional tourism drive in Africa

Kenya and Tanzania have paved a way for a regional and intra-African tourism drive, taking advantage of their shared wildlife and tourism resources across each one’s territorial borders.

1. Tourism is among key economic areas which African countries are looking to develop, market, an

• Miscellaneous
• 26/05/2021 05:27

Sisa Ntshona steps down as CEO of South African Tourism

• Flights
• 26/05/2021 05:22

Lufthansa to start direct flights to Mombasa

Lufthansa will commence flights to Mombasa on July 24 on its new leisure carrier Eurowings Discover. It will comprise of two weekly flight services between Frankfurt and Mombasa with onward flights to Zanzibar.

The announcement on the launch of flights has nevertheless been delayed from March by Covid-19 related… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 26/05/2021 05:19

Loss of habitat: The biggest threat to Zimbabwe’s elephants

Parks and Wildlife Management of Zimbabwe (Zimparks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo, says while the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has been blocking Zimbabwe from sustainably reducing its elephants, the herd will eventually die from loss of habitat. CITES which came into force in 1975, is an international agr… read more

• Travel-tech
• 25/05/2021 18:56

Emirates inks strategic agreement with global tech giant, Huawei

Emirates last May 18 announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei, one of the world's top tech brands, to further extend its existing partnership. The enhanced collaboration will allow both brands to build awareness to a wider audience in the Middle East and beyond.

The agreement was signed at … read more

• Travel-tech
• 25/05/2021 18:55

Travelport wins long-term partnership with Business Travel Partners consortium

Worldwide leader in travel retail, Travelport, announced a multi-year agreement with Business Travel Partners, through e-Business Travel, one of the largest consortiums of independent IATA travel agencies in the Netherlands. The win will see Business Travel Partners members migrate to Travelport+, Travelport’s newly-launched… read more

• Flights
• 25/05/2021 18:54

Lufthansa temporarily reduces flights between Frankfurt and CPT

Due to operational reasons, Lufthansa is temporarily changing its Frankfurt <> Cape Town schedule.

According to a media release,… read more