Travel news overview

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:03

Ethiopian Airlines opens its second aviation training centre

The Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), which is one of the eight strategic branches of the Ethiopian Airlines Group, has five schools with a total annual intake capacity of 4,000 trainees. To date, the academy, established since 1957, has trained more than 18,000 professionals from Africa and abroad.

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:02

IATA signs cooperation agreement with Somali government

Somalia is at the crossroads of some of the busiest air routes linking the Horn of Africa with the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, and Western Europe with the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean islands. Because of this key regional position, the East African country is keen to upgrade to the highest industry standards in order to reap the maximum benefits.

• Miscellaneous
• 07/02/2023 22:02

Mwinyi stresses making Tanzania medical tourism hub

ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi has said it is the desire of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Union Government to improve the health sector towards making Tanzania a hub of medical tourism in the region.

"Through improvement in the health sector, we want people from other countries to come to T… read more

• Cruise
• 07/02/2023 22:01

Regent Seven Seas new ship Seven Seas Grandeur floated out in Italy

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has marked the float out of its new cruise ship, the third in the ultra-luxury Explorer-class, Seven Seas Grandeur. Seven Seas Grandeur touched water for the first time at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, the same shipyard where her sister ships Seven Seas Explorer and Splendor were built.

The ship… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:01

Weather station strike affects seven airports

The Sudanese Meteorological Corporation has been on strike for seven weeks in Sudan, meanwhile, the nationwide state schoolteachers' strike entered its eighth week on Sunday. After the failure of the meteorological corporation's management to reach an agreement with the strike committee, the committee announced the continuation of … read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:00

EgyptAir Holding company chairman dialogues with AFRAA

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, met EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman – Eng. Yehia Zakaria at EgyptAir Headquarters in Cairo – Egypt for the year’s first edition of the “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues”. The CEO Dialogues initiative, which hosted a total of 8 airline CEOs … read more

• Accomodation
• 07/02/2023 21:59

Tourism Tidbits: Reviewing Some of the Travel & Tourism Industry’s Basic Principles

We began the year by reviewing some of the fundamental principles of a successful tourism business or industry. Tourism is multifaceted and despite the fact that there is no one form of tourism many of the industry’s basic principles hold true no matter in which aspect of the travel and tourism industry one works. Despite our cultural, l… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 21:59

CemAir launches flights between Cape Town and Kimberley

South African domestic and regional carrier CemAir is set to launch flights between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and Kimberley Airport (KIM) in … read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 21:58

Antigua and Barbuda is negotiating with Nigeria's Air Peace to replace Antigua Airways

On 1 November 2022, Antigua Airways started a charter service between Nigeria and Antigua and Barbuda. After investigations, the government of Antigua and Barbuda finally suspended the service last month after the operator failed to comply with certain "regulatory requirements".

• Destinations
• 07/02/2023 05:15

Three destinations in the Western Cape are among the "Leading Places"

According to the findings of the global Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI), a travel data intelligence solution created by the destination marketing agency Destination Think, three destinations in … read more