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Driving direct bookings: Maximise the potential of your brand website
It's the final Summit Series throwback of the year. Today we close off with the second and last episode of HN Summit Series - Distribution 2.0. The episode was sponsored by … read more
Fastjet adding service to popular tourist spots in Zimbabwe
Fastjet Zimbabwe will start daily flights from Harare and Victoria Falls to Kariba and Hwange National Park beginning March 27.
The flights will be operated on an Embraer E120, a 30-seater turboprop aircraft designed for domestic operations, offering customers a pressurized cabin with spacious legroom and overhead baggage space.
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African Travel & Tourism sector’s climate rootprint Revealed
It’s safe to say that the news about travel (and the world in general) hasn’t been too cheerful over the last few months. Between economic concerns and travel disruptions, you’d be forgiven for having an outlook that was glass half empty for the new year. Luckily, it isn’t all doom in gloom for the business travel industry. After a stron… read more
Durban: Twelve beaches are currently open and safe for swimming!
The eThekwini Municipality, the local government body responsible for governing and managing Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has … read more
2022 Africa Visa Openness Index shows improvement in visa policies across continent
The 2022 Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI) report shows African countries making progress in their freedom of travel policies, most of which had been severely curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis.
The annual publication, prepared by the African Development Bank Group in collaboration with the African Union Commission, is … read more
Our last newsletter in 2022
To all our subscribers: Another tough year is about to come to and end, and as far as we can foresee - things will remain challengin also in 2023 for our businesses in the travel trade,
But we all we stay strong, search for opportunities and potential business.
From all the team here on our side we wish you a calm festive season and … read more
Qatar Airways to increase Doha – Edinburgh route to 10 weekly flights
Qatar Airways will operate an enhanced service from Edinburgh Airport in 2023 after increasing the frequency on its Doha route.
The airline will strengthen its route between Edinburgh and Doha to ten flights each week from February, improving access to Qatar while also further enhancing connectivity to other parts of the worl… read more
Shrinking Ice Cap on Kilimanjaro threatens Tourism in Tanzania
U.N. experts say the ice cap on Africa's biggest peak, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, is among world-famous glaciers predicted to melt by 2050 due to climate change.
Julius Keyyu of the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, who has participated in various studies on Mount Kilimanjaro, said it is true, the glacier atop t… read more
New Visa Policy - Envoy advises Nigerians to check with airlines
The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija has advised the Nigerians in the U.S. with expired passports travelling home to cross check with the airlines before travelling. Egopija gave the advice in an interview with Newsmen while reacting to the new visa policy of the Federal Government.
The new visa policy states that Ni… read more
Global travel & tourism deal activity down by 3% YoY during January to November 2022, finds GlobalDa
A total of 912 deals* were announced in global travel and tourism sector during January to November 2022, which is a decline of 3% over the 940 deals announced during the same period in the previous year, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “A decline in deal activit… read more
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