Travel news overview

• Flights
• 19/05/2021 19:43

Royal Air Maroc to widen Spanish network

Royal Air Maroc is planning to add a pair of new routes to Barcelona in the coming weeks as the oneworld alliance member continues to rebuild its network between Morocco and Spain. The planned launch of the services comes as air travel in Morocco is expected to formally resume on June 10 when the Nor… read more

• Flights
• 19/05/2021 19:43

Emirates, flydubai combined network to reach 168 destinations

Emirates Airline and LCC flydubai have further expanded their combined network and expect to reach 168 destinations by the end of May. Since resuming their strategic codeshare partnership in early September 2020, close to 500,000 passengers have flown on the  Emirates-flydubai  combined net… read more

• Cruise
• 19/05/2021 19:42

AIDA Cruises confirms AIDAnova for Dubai 2021/22 cruise season

Just days after it appeared to drop its 2021/22 Dubai cruise season for AIDAcosma, AIDA Cruises has confirmed that it will instead be deploying her sister ship AIDAnova in the region.

AIDAnova, which at the time of her launch in 2018 was the world’s first LNG-fueled cruise ship, will homeport in Dubai, cruising roundtrip from the ci… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 19/05/2021 16:29

Travel and Business Tourism: The Foundational Pillars of AfCFTA

The continent of Africa has a land area of 11.7 million square miles (30.37 million square kilometres), which is large enough to fit India, China, the US, Mexico, Japan, and many European nations, combined. With 55 countries and a population of 1.2 billion people (which is expected to double over the next 3 decades to 2.4 billion in 205… read more

• Destinations
• 19/05/2021 16:29

Namibia/Botswana: The Ngoma/Kasane Border Post has been re-opened to the public

Namibia's Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safery and Security (MHAISS) … read more

• Flights
• 19/05/2021 16:14

RwandAir to focus on African routes in new recovery strategy

RwandAir  plans to  focus on  regional routes in order to optimize its  operational cost and boost its financial performance. This was disclosed  by Yvonne Manzi Makolo, the airline’s Chief Executive, during an  interview with The New Times on Monday. Makolo was speaking at the margins of the … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 19/05/2021 14:33

Namibia set to host UNWTO Brand Africa Conference in June

Namibia will host the United Nations World Tourism Organization Regional Conference on Strengthening Brand Africa for the Swift Recovery of the Tourism Sector from the 14 to 16 June in Windhoek. The United Nations World Tourism Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Elcia Grandcourt, has been present in Namibia this past week undertaking a pl… read more

• Travel-tech
• 19/05/2021 06:21

Meet Ethiopia’s ten year-old coding champion

Much has been written about the importance of advancing digital literacy on the African continent, especially among its younger citizens. With more than half of the world’s under-25s expected to live in Africa by 2050, mobilising and inspiring this youthful population to be active participants of the global digital economy is central to the cont… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 19/05/2021 06:09

Kruger National Park is anticipating a lot more fires this winter season

South African National Parks (SANParks) is anticipating a lot more fires in Kruger National Park during this wint… read more

• Attractions
• 18/05/2021 19:30

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has launched private cable car offering

Cape Town's Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has launched a private cable car service. This new offering is ideal for those wishing to have an extra level of social distancing and privacy when hosting their event, special occas… read more