Travel news overview

• Flights
• 26/02/2023 05:31

Akwa Ibom State releases US$30.4m to strengthen Ibom Air fleet

On 16 November 2021, Ibom Air ordered ten Airbus A220 aircraft at the Dubai Air Show. To finance these acquisitions, the airline of the Federal State of Akwa Ibom will benefit from a public funding of 14 billion naira (USD 30,407,202).

• Travel-tech
• 26/02/2023 05:29

M-PESA eyes global remittances market’s multi-trillion dollar surge

The African mobile money giant is looking to replicate its African success in new markets as the global demand for seamless, fast and affordable remittance services heats up.

With global remittances set to reach US$5.4 trillion by 2030, according to a specialised UN agency, African fintech darling M-PESA, part of Kenyan mobil… read more

• Flights
• 26/02/2023 05:26

Ethiopian Airlines to resume direct flights between Abidjan and New York

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest network operating carrier in Africa, announces the resumption of its direct flights between Abidjan and New York John F. Kennedy Airport as of 29 May 2023. Ethiopian first started serving New York from its main hub Addis Ababa via Abidjan in June 2019. However, the route was suspended in March 2020 d… read more

• Destinations
• 26/02/2023 05:24

Botswana & Namibia sign Memorandum of Agreement for use of ID cards to cross borders

The countries of Botswana and … read more

• Destinations
• 26/02/2023 05:18

Namibia: Temporary Closure of District Road 212 (Aussenkehr Rosh Pinah)

The Namibian Roads Authority (RA), whose core business is to construct and maintain Namibia's road sector, has informed the public that the DR 212 between … read more

• Flights
• 26/02/2023 05:16

Airlink To Launch “Skybucks” Frequent Flyer Programme

Airlink, one of Southern Africa’s airlines, has announced that its Skybucks frequent flyer programme will be launched on 01 March 2023, enabling its customers to earn rewards on its flights and redeem them against future travel and other Airlink purchases.

The airline says since it “became a totally independent carrier in 202… read more

• Cruise
• 26/02/2023 04:31

River cruise lines sail into Egypt with new ships and itineraries

Destinations outside of Europe are seeing an increased share of attention from river cruise lines developing new ships and itineraries, expanding their product offerings.

But no destination seems to be more popular right now than Egypt, where a number of river cruise companies continue to double down on new offerings in the region and deep… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 23/02/2023 14:51

ITB Berlin: African Destinations make a massive return this March

One of the globe’s leading tourism market place, Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB Berlin) will be making a return to live (person-to-person) event since 2019 when it last held the event in the marquee Messe Berlin Arena.

Scheduled to take place from March 7-9, 2023 in Messe Berlin in the Charlottenburg province, this year’s event has Ge… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 23/02/2023 14:07

ITB Berlin makes a strong comeback with High international participation

Around 90 per cent of the available stand area is occupied – The multi-purpose hall hub27, which is fully booked, is the destination hot spot – Debut for the German marketplace – Cultural tourism organisers are represented in the Culture Lounge – High participation in the Travel Technology, Mobility and Cruise segments

A fitting live comeb… read more

• Accomodation
• Travel-tech
• 23/02/2023 14:07

Kempinski Hotels selects Sabre technology to upgrade customer booking experience

Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, has announced an enhanced agreement with Kempinski Hotels, the Europe’s oldest luxury hotel company, to enable the luxury hotel chain to upgrade its customer bookin… read more