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Rwanda's Conference Tourism registers 490% growth
Rwanda is looking to fully recover from the Covid-19 pandemic impact on the country's conference tourism, Nelly Mukazayire, the chief executive of Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB) has said.
In the last fiscal year, over $38.5 million was collected in 86 conferences that attracted more than 18,400 international visitors.&… read more
Business travelers set to see air fares rise by 8.4%, hotel rates by 8.2%, and car rental charges by
Global travel prices are predicted to continue to increase in the remaining months of 2022 and throughout 2023, according to the 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast, published by CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry.
Rising fue… read more
Travel industry missing opportunity to cross-sell experiences
Tours and experiences B2B connectivity platform Globick has published research showing a significant opportunity to cross-sell in-destination experiences to travellers who have already booked a hotel or flight.
Globick recently conducted a survey with its partner NTT DATA – part of the global provider of IT and business services NTT… read more
Tech & travel: Which devices should you bring
Technology has simplified travel in countless ways. The rollout of more robust cell networks means that more people have basic service no matter how far off the grid they wander. Meanwhile, free Wi-Fi continues to pop up in more urban centers around the world, connecting travelers to the internet—and sites that offer cheap flights, guided… read more
What is PayPal and how does it work
Since Q1 2022, PayPal has been quite frequent in financial news due to issues relating to its stock value and the recent unpromising PayPal stock forecasts. These events make it quite essential to briefly examine the platform and what it does.
The name "PayPal" is almost a literal summary of the company's nature and function. In pra… read more
Russia cuts up Western planes to hoard spare parts
Some modern aircraft are too sophisticated to be repairable with other parts. Russia thus begins to sacrifice planes to be able to keep other machines alive. Ultimately, Western sanctions will hurt the Russian aviation.
Sanctions are beginning to show their effects. With the war in Ukraine, the West banned its aircraft manufa… read more
Chad and Zambia join Unesco’s world biosphere network
Five Southern African countries kick-start Elephant census
Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent's elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it.
Light aircraft will fly simultaneously across the plains of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — in a conservation area known as the … read more
In the midst of a takeover process, Mango Airlines is surprised by the expiry of its licences
Due to financial and operational problems, Mango Airlines entered into voluntary restructuring on 10 August 2021. Since then, the low-cost subsidiary of South African Airways (SAA) has been in the process of privatisation.
It was thought that the end of the tunnel for the takeover of Mango Airlines was in sight, after a potential bu… read more
Uganda Airlines wants to capitalise on the future development of the Ugandan oil industry
As of 1 April 2022, Uganda Airlines has a new board of directors, chaired by Priscilla Mirembe Seruka. The new team wants to turn the page on the financial malpractices and management problems that have tainted the reputation of Uganda's national airline since its launch three years ago.
Uganda Airlines wants to take advantage of the futur… read more
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