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Digital health passport launches in South Africa
Health Passport South Africa — a mobile app solution that offers quick delivery of COVID-19 test results — is now available locally.
The platform is meant to help increase the safety of local events and streamline travel.
It’s the work of the Irish tech company ROQU Group, which focuses on facilitating COVID-19 testing f… read more
Ethiopian and Airlink may be Africa’s post-pandemic winners
Ethiopian Airlines and South Africa’s Airlink are well positioned to emerge as African industry winners from the Covid-19 pandemic, analysts say.
The outlook for South African Airways (SAA) and Air Mauritius, meanwhile, is bleak.
No African airline will emerge from the pandemic unscath… read more
Radisson Hotel Group Accelerates Its Expansion Plans in Africa
Great news of infrastructure development on the continent as Radisson Hotel Group is adding to its portfolio in Africa, with a new property in each of Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia, and two in South Africa.
Ramsay Rankoussi, vice president, development, Africa and Turkey, at Radisson Hotel Group, says Africa has always been at t… read more
Department of Tourism hosts Eighth Best Practice Workshop
In the pursuit for excellence, organisations are constantly exploring new ways to work better and smarter. Sharing of best practice is a benchmarking mechanism which is at the forefront of many organisational strategies. Align to this, the Department of Tourism today hosted its 8th Sharing of Best Practices Workshop virtually with countri… read more
Three best locations in Kenya for an African safari
Kenya, located in the heart of East Africa is one of the more well-known countries in Africa largely due to a strategic location, vibrant economy, highly literate population, and being a peaceful democracy which also happens to be the headquarters for several United Nations agencies.
On the tourism front, Kenya is also one of the best plac… read more
Democratic Republic of Congo apples to join East African Community
The DRC is widely considered to be the richest country in the world by its natural resources, tourism standing as a major resource that has remained underdeveloped. The East African Business Council conducted a study and found out that there was a huge benefit in having DRC as the seventh member of EAC. Common tourism products with DRC’s neighbo… read more
City Lodge Hotel Group sees several notable achievements
The JSE-listed City Lodge Hotel Group has announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2020, reflecting the sweeping effects of the coronavirus pandemic. However, during this time the group has notched up several notable achievements. The opening of Courtyard Hotel Waterfall City next week is a signif… read more
SA Hosts workshop as tourism industry is about to recover
South Africa is today hosting the 2021 Sharing of Best Practices Workshop, as the tourism industry wades through a long road to recovery in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Tourism Deputy Minister Fish Mahlalela on Tuesday said COVID-19 has devastated the whole world and has forced people to change the way they do t… read more
No food on domestic flights
South Africa has moved back to a Level 1 lockdown after several consecutive weeks of receding numbers of new COVID-19 cases. To combat any new rise in infections as restrictions begin to ease up, the government wants to encourage better adherence to mask-wearing on aircraft. As such, it has now prohibited any form of catering or food cons… read more
Africa business events industry set for its first and 2021 hybrid Africa MICE Masterclass 2021
Africa Tourism Partners in collaboration with South African Tourism, Gauteng Tourism Authority and BDO South Africa announce that the 2021 Africa Business Tourism MICE Masterclass will be held in hybrid format. The in-person session of the Masterclass is scheduled to take place at Marriott Hotel, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg o… read more
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