Cape Town looks set to make a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2021/22 cruise season, with 32 cruise ships calls expected.
The 32 scheduled cruise ship calls will primarily be made by ships homeporting in South Africa for the summer cruise season between November, 2021 and March, 2022.
The honey badger is regarded as one of Africa’s most ferocious
mammals, and was even named the ‘most fearless animal in the world’ in
the 2002 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
This feisty animal is once again in the spotlight after an extremely rare albino honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
was recently… read more
At the launch of the expo at Uganda Museum last week, Mr Herbert
Byraruhanga, the founder of Bird Uganda Safaris, said the growth of the
expo has earned them membership with the prestigious World Bird Fair
Council, a global body that promotes birding events across the world.
Uganda hosts 1,083 bird species, and hold… read more
Air Belgium h as commenced services between Brussels Airport and Mauritius. It was a festive occasion with a new airline and a new destination for Brussels. The Mauritius route will be operated twice-weekly. Air Belgium will also launch two-weekly BRU-Punta Cana-Curaçao-BRU from 15 December. More routes are expected to be an… read more
Tunis/Tunisia — The national carrier Tunisair recalled in a press release on Monday the conditions for travelling to the United Kingdom.
Tunisair pointed out that fully vaccinated passengers (Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen) travelling to the UK must book and pay for a COVID-19 test to be conducted on the second da… read more
Nearly $39 — 2 million (about Sh90 billion) of funds allocated by the government to mitigate the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry has starkly divided key stakeholders over priority investment areas.
The funds are part of the $567.25 million loan approved in September by the International Monetary F… read more
Qatar Airways has revamped its 'Beyond Business' corporate rewards programme to offer benefits to more businesses. First launched in January 2019, 'Beyond Business' catered mainly to the corporate travel needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). The new and improved 'Beyond Business' caters to companies of all … read more
On Saturday 23 October, Etihad Airways operated its most sustainable flight ever, leveraging the learnings and efficiencies developed over the last two years of its comprehensive sustainability programme to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) by 72% in absolute terms compared to the equivalent flight operated in 2019.
ACCORDING to professional airline executive and aviation consultant, Sean Mendis, African governments are investing millions of dollars and 5-10% of their Gross Domestic Products (GDP) to finance vanity projects like airline establishment at the cost of true economic development.
This is just as he said corporate governance as regard… read more
Airlink will become the first carrier in southern Africa to trial the
International Air Transport Association's (Iata) Travel Pass, a digital
smartphone app for passengers to provide accurate information on their
Covid-19 health status and access the entry requirements of any
countries they intend visiting. The Iata Travel Pass is being … read more
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Cape Town set to make strong recovery in 2021/22 following pandemic shut down
Uganda to host Africa Birding expo
Air Belgium launches new route from Brussels to Mauritius
Tunisair/ Covid-19 - Travel Conditions to UK
How Sh90 billion for tourism revival split key Ppayers
Qatar Airways rolls out new and improved 'Beyond Business' corporate rewards programme
Etihad Airways’ sustainable flight reduces carbon emissions by 72%
Many African governments investing millions in vanity projects
Airlink first southern Africa airline to trial Iata digital travel pass
