Travel news overview

• Accomodation
• Beyond Africa
• 12/04/2023 18:52

Business Travel begins to take off, but Full......

Key takeaways

• Corporate travel spend in the U.S. and Europe is projected to surpass half of 2019 levels in the first half of 2023
  and rise to two-thirds by the end of the year. Full recovery following the pandemic appears likely by late 2024 or early 2025.
• Live events are set to comprise a significant share of corpo

• Miscellaneous
• 12/04/2023 18:52

Why successful campaigns use multiple advertising solutions

Travelers are shopping around more and that’s why your hotel’s visibility is essential when you’re trying to increase room bookings. This also presents hotels with a unique challenge: How do you balance budget constraints with getting in front of potential customers at the right time?

When you’re faced with empty rooms, it’s impor… read more

• Flights
• 12/04/2023 05:16

Arik Air: Receiver Manager bars Arumemi Ikhide from airline despite court ruling

There was drama at the Arik Air headquarters today as the airline’s Receiver Manager, Kamilu Alaba Omokhide issued an order to deny Chairman/Founder of the airline, Sir Johnson Arumemi Ikhide unfettered access to the company so accounts can be rendered and/or returns delivered covering the entire period of the receivership over Arik Air L… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 12/04/2023 05:16

Somalia to print its National Currency for the first timesSince 1991

Somalia has prioritized the reestablishment of the nation’s currency, which will enable it to take full control of monetary policy, according to the governor of the country’s central bank.

Somalia has not printed new banknotes since descending into civil war after the government collapsed in 1991. Most of the bills that were … read more

• Cruise
• 12/04/2023 05:13

Viking floats out its latest Nile River ship

The newest Viking ship, slated to set sail in Egypt later this year, has been floated out.

A traditional float-out ceremony was held April 4 for the Viking Aton at the Massara shipyard in Cairo, where it's preparing to move into the final stage of construction. Torstein Hagan, Viking's chairman and founder, along with Sayed Farouk, chairma… read more

• Flights
• 12/04/2023 05:13

EgyptAir to launch direct flights between Cairo and Dhaka

EgyptAir will initially operate two weekly flights from May 14

The airline had initially received permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to operate two weekly flights – on Wednesdays and Sundays to and from Dhaka.

CAAB Assistant Director (Air Transport) Md Wahiduzzaman signed the permission letter on March … read more

• Destinations
• 12/04/2023 05:12

Kampala Air Quality 5 times worse off than WHO recommendation

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has sounded a warning that the City’s air quality and tree cover are declining with now the air quality 5 times worse off than the World Health Organization recommendation.

Lukwago, who was presiding over a  launch dinner of the network on Championing Liveabl… read more

• Flights
• 12/04/2023 05:10

Intra-African connectivity: challenges and opportunities

In Africa, the prospects and potential of the aviation sector are rich.

Already, the sector supports $55.8 billion in economic activity and 6.2 million jobs. With demand for air travel in Africa expected to more than double over the next two decades, the crucial role of the aviation sector in Africa's economic and… read more

• Travel-tech
• 12/04/2023 05:10

What ChatGPT means for Marketing in the Travel Industry in 2023

Today, we’re talking about everyone’s favorite new small-talk tidbit: ChatGPT. Whether you’re an avid user or answer with a determined “no” when someone asks you if you’ve tried it, there’s no denying the buzz it’s created — especially with marketing.

Will it eliminate the need for copywriters? Will it change the way we create c… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 12/04/2023 05:08

A pilot makes an emergency landing in South Africa after the discovery of a cobra in the cockpit

The pilot of a Beechcraft Baron registered ZS-JYD made an emergency landing in South Africa after discovering a highly poisonous cobra in the cockpit of the aircraft, local media reported on Wednesday.

The pilot, Rudolf Erasmus, was flying with four passengers from Worcester in the Western Cape Province to Nelspruit in Mpumalanga Province.… read more