Travel news overview

• Accomodation
• 30/07/2023 22:06

TravelBoom Releases 2023 Leisure Travel Trends Study

TravelBoom, the leading data-driven digital marketing agency for hotels, resorts, and vacation rental companies, released its annual Leisure Travel Trends Study after recently surveying approximately 2,000 travelers in 2023. The findings uncover the influence of an ever-changing economy on travel choices, increases in online bookings, … read more

• Cruise
• 30/07/2023 22:03

Costa Cruises to sail Middle East and North Africa with new Voyages program

Costa Cruises new Costa Voyages program will deploy six ships on a range of unique itineraries in 2023 and 2024, including cruises to the Holy Land, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and more.

The new cruises include “extended itineraries,” Costa said, as part of longer cruises to the Holy Land, Egypt, the Azores Archipelago, the Canar… read more

• Accomodation
• 30/07/2023 22:02

Seychelles' Tourism environmental evy not to be included in advertised room rates

The Seychelles tourism environmental sustainability levy will into force on August 1 as per the structure announced by the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade in July, the Ministry said on Thursday.

The regulations governing the levy will be gazetted on Friday, July 28, and the ministry said that it will be charged on a three-… read more

• Accomodation
• 30/07/2023 21:59

Radisson Blu Hotel Umhlanga celebrates first-year milestone

Radisson Blu Hotel, Durban Umhlanga has announced its exceptional achievements, having received two prestigious awards from the esteemed Durban Tourism Board. The hotel, which recently celebrated its first anniversary, was honoured with the Visitor Experience & Restaurants Award as well as the Meetings, Exhibitions and Special… read more

• Flights
• 30/07/2023 21:55

RwandAir celebrates a decade of flying to Accra

RwandAir operates the Boeing 737-800 between Kigali and Accra. The airline offers customers four flights a week between Kigali and Accra, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Customers can choose from 154 seats across with 16 in Business Class and 138 in Economy Class.

Robert Okumu, RwandAir Country Manager Ghana… read more

• Opinion
• 30/07/2023 21:49

Ambassador Uko says airports & airline systems not structured for facilitation

Frequent flyers in the country are the ones worse hit when airlines and the entire airport system fails to live up to the standards of being the fastest means of transportation.

According to Ambassador Ikechi Uko, a travel enthusiast, frequent flyer and organiser, Chinet AviaCargo Conference, for the average Nigerian passenger to get to … read more

• Flights
• 30/07/2023 21:46

Air Peace connects Lome

Air Peace has further expanded its wings to another West African country with the commencement of flight operations to Lome, Togo.

The operations which commenced today (28th July, 2023) is geared towards easing air travel and bridging the connectivity gap among West African countries.

According to the safety Manager, Ai… read more

• Cruise
• 30/07/2023 20:26

Princess Cruises updates Plus and Premier packages with more inclusive options

Princess Cruises is upgrading its Princess Plus and Princess Premier packages with more inclusive options at no additional cost.

The new options include casual dining, OceanNow delivery service, room service delivery and express Green Lane embarkation. Princess Plus and Princess Premier are two inclusive add-ons for guests that feat… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 30/07/2023 19:53

Global Airlines, the future all-A380 airline, partners with American Express and announces first two

Global Airlines,a new long-haul airline flying exclusively Airbus A380 aircraft, has entered into a significant partnership with American Express to collaborate on payments processing and offer exclusive deals to Amex Cardmembers.

The agreement allows high-spending Amex Cardmembers to be among the first to b… read more

• Flights
• 30/07/2023 19:53

Air Peace commences London & Houston this year

Air Peace is set to commence flight operations to Houston, United States and London before the end of this year.

This is just as the airline over the weekend commenced flight to Lome, Togo and also eyeing operations to Cotonou, Benin Republic, Abidjan, Cote d’ ivoire, Congo, Kinshasa and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

The… read more