Travel news overview

• Beyond Africa
• 30/05/2022 23:28

Global travel management company CTM appoints global head of ESG and sustainability

Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has appointed John Nicholls as Global Head of ESG and Sustainability in a newly created global role designed to further elevate CTM’s sustainability strategy and customer solutions.

Prior to joining CTM, John successfully delivered carbon reduction initiatives and social benefits to improve sustaina… read more

• Travel-tech
• 30/05/2022 23:28

New Travelport+ self-service suite unlocks productivity and propels travel retailing

Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, debuted the latest product feature release for its next-generation travel retailing platform, Travelport+. The new self-servicing suite and automation tools, now available on Travelport+, help travelers, and the travel ret… read more

• Destinations
• 30/05/2022 23:27

An amazing Morocco tour with a local tour operator

Traveling does not only mean visiting a place but also means getting in touch with the culture of the place, with new people and new customs.

I didn't fully understand this meaning until I travelled with www.marrakech-expedition-4x4.com and had the opportunity to get in touch with the Moroccan people at 360 degrees. They’re a local tour op… read more

• Travel-tech
• 30/05/2022 23:27

New TravelTech Show poll: Tech will be key for travel recovery post-covid

New data from TravelTech Show shows that 97 per cent of industry professionals believe tech can help travel emerge stronger from Covid. Asked ‘what tech in particular?’, the poll of over 100 buyers and suppliers responded with artificial intelligence, customer relationship management, online booking tools, self-service portals and innovat… read more

• Destinations
• 30/05/2022 23:27

South Africa to recognise all COVID-19 vaccination proofs to avoid confusion

The South African government has said it will recognise all verifiable vaccination proofs to avoid confusion and inconvenience to international travellers at the ports of entry after some passengers presented COVID-19 vaccine certificates that are not defined in the current regime of health regulations.

The government … read more

• Flights
• 30/05/2022 23:26

Air Tanzania is adding two Boeing 737MAX aircraft to its fleet modernisation plan

Despite the deficits accumulated by Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL) in recent years, the government is maintaining its plan to densify its fleet in order to expand its network.

• Destinations
• 30/05/2022 23:26

Tunisia: Air passenger traffic up by 183%.

Air traffic in Tunisia has seen a certain revival since the opening of the borders last year. The boom continues this year with the easing of travel restrictions and the lifting of the inter-governorate travel ban decided in mid-February.

During the first quarter of 2022, Tunisia recorded a 182.9% year-on-year increase in air pas… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 30/05/2022 07:13

A new charter air service connects two popular African wildlife spots

Air Wilderness has partnered with Scenic Air Safaris to create Scenic Wilderness, which will operate direct flights between Kenya's Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and the Masai Mara beginning in June.

The Scenic Wilderness charter flight eliminates the necessity of a stopover in Nairobi when traveling from Mara to Lewa and vice ve… read more

• Destinations
• 29/05/2022 20:23

Cape Verde successfully puts its AIP online

The AIP, as a basic document, aims primarily at providing air users with aeronautical information of a lasting nature essential for air navigation.

• Flights
• 29/05/2022 20:20

Congo suspends flights from Rwanda

Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda’s ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to what it says is Kigali’s support for M23 rebels carrying out a military offensive in its eastern borderlands. Rwanda denies supporting the rebels, who advanced as close as 20 km (12 miles) this week to eastern Congo’s main… read more