Travel news overview

• Travel-tech
• 27/08/2022 05:48

Travelport and Oman Air strengthen relationship with agreement renewal

Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, and Oman Air, the national airline of Oman announced today that they have reached a multi-year renewal of content agreement that will enable modern travel retailing by bringing Oman Air content to Travelport-… read more

• Travel-tech
• 27/08/2022 05:48

HotelPORT announces new agreement with tech leader Sabre

HotelPORT, specialists in technology and distribution solutions for the hotel industry, announced a new technology agreement with Sabre. This partnership will integrate PropertyVIEW, HotelPORT’s AI-Powered content monitoring and audit solution into Sabre’s Content Services for Lodging.

PropertyVIEW combines artificial intelli… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• Attractions
• 27/08/2022 05:47

South Africa: Free access to provincial nature reserves in the Eastern Cape in October 2022

Eastern Cape Tourism has announced that day visitors will have free access to selected provincial nature reserves in the Eastern Cape from 01 - 09 October 2022. Day visitors will also be exempted from paying the conservation fees for the… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 27/08/2022 05:46

Kenya Airways maintains steady path to recovery as it releases its Half Year 2022 results

National carrier Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) has released its Half Year financial results for the six months ending June 2022 at a virtual investor briefing held this morning. The Group's total revenue stood at Kshs 48,104 million, recording a 76% increase compared to the same period last year. This increase is mainly attributed to a significa… read more

• Flights
• 27/08/2022 05:43

Delta Air Lines' 'faulty' Boeing 767-300 banned in Ghana

Delta Air Lines currently offers 1 daily flight between the US and Ghana. This service is usually operated by Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

The Boeing 767-300, registration N195DN, of Delta Air Lines, is no longer allowed to operate the New York - Accra route (1 daily flight). This is according to a correspondence from the Ghana Civil… read more

• Destinations
• 27/08/2022 05:40

Mozambique: Changes to Short-Term Tourist Visa, New Visa Waiver Program and eVisa System Forthcoming

Mozambique’s government authorities have announced revisions to the short-term tourist visa, transitioning this option to a joint tourist-business visa. The visa validity period will also increase to 90 days, up from 30 days.

Select nationalities will benefit from a new visa waiver program for tourists and business visitors.… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 27/08/2022 05:39

Emirates to reintroduce direct Airbus A380 services to Auckland and Kuala Lumpur from December

The airline currently operates to both cities with a linked Boeing 777-300ER service, which makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur before continuing on to Auckland. The start of A380 flights will see both cities delinked and served with direct services to and from Dubai. The latest update to the airline’s schedule will offer customers greater leve… read more

• Cruise
• 27/08/2022 05:36

Regent Seven Seas to sail Dubai and Cape Town cruises for 2024/25

Regent Seven Seas Cruises will sail a Dubai to Cape Town voyage in December, 2024 and a Cape Town to Athens cruise in 2025, as part of a wider announcement of its 160 itineraries for the 2024/25 season.

The collection spans every continent, from Africa and Arabia, to Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, New England, Alaska, and … read more

• Cruise
• 26/08/2022 21:50

Silversea expands African itineraries for 2024 with six ships and 19 voyages

Silversea Cruises has expanded its range of cruise itineraries in South Africa and the rest of the continent for the 2024/25 cruise season, with new expeditions, destinations and ships.

An unprecedented six ships will explore more than 60 destinations in 23 countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean, with expedition options abo… read more

• Flights
• 26/08/2022 20:48

Uganda Airlines veut démarrer ses vols vers Guangzhou (Chine) à la date symbolique du 18 octobre

Everything is almost complete for the start of Uganda Airlines' commercial operations in China. The Ugandan flag carrier has set Tuesday 18 October as the date for its inaugural flight to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

"We are well ahead of schedule in launching the service to Guangzhou. We can now say with… read more