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New Tourist Resort for Harare
Harare's face will never be the same again as Augur Investments is set to build a state-of-the-art tourism and hospitality resort at Warren Hills Golf Course.
Dubbed the Warren Hills Golf and Residential Estate, the resort will provide world class services that Zimbabwe has never experienced.
Perched on a hill, the reso… read more
Qatar Airways Group releases 2021 sustainability report
Qatar Airways Group has published its Sustainability Report for FY2019-21, a special 2-year edition themed “Response, Relief, Recovery, Resilience”. Acknowledging the unprecedented circumstances the global aviation community faced in 2020, the approach of this two-year report differs from previous years, due to the impact of the CO… read more
OTA Insight launches the Overview homepage
OTA Insight, a global leader in cloud-based hospitality business intelligence, announced the launch of the Overview, the only solution on the hotel market that consolidates and tracks key commercial metrics, in one singular view. The Overview delivers an actionable snapshot of overall performance, including: distribution heal… read more
Lithuanian Heston Airlines leases A320 from Arik Air
Arik Air, once the largest airline in Nigeria, has nearly 20 aircraft. But today, more than three quarters of them are grounded due to lack of maintenance. The carrier is now forced to charter aircraft to support its operations.
Uganda Tourism Board in roadshow to attract more Kenyan tourists
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has commenced a tourist roadshow in Kenya, partnering with Kenyan tour operators in a bid to boost intra-African tourism between the two East African countries.
The roadshow taking place at the Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, from May 23-25 seeks to increase tourist arrivals from Kenya b… read more
WTTC proposes one-stop digital solution to ease travel
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has published a new report
on best practices and support for governments for the introduction of a
common ‘Digital Travel Portal’, to allow safe, stress-free travel, that
would reduce delays at airports.
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted a lack of global coordinatio… read more
Virgin Atlantic to resume flights between London Cape Town!
British airline Virgin Atlantic has announced that it resumes flights to Cape Town in South Africa. The airline suspended fligts … read more
The Airbus A220 continues its successful breakthrough in Africa
Since Airbus took over Bombardier's CSeries programme, the European aircraft manufacturer has made the A220 a change-maker in the medium-haul single-aisle segment. In Africa, the aircraft has made quite a splash since its first entry in 2018 with Air Tanzania. To date, nearly 20 aircraft are active on the continent. Other operators include Eg… read more
With the launch of its operations, Ituru Airlines becomes the first regular airline based in Ituri. This is a province considered the bloodiest in the DRC where various armed groups, in their quest to control the region's natural resources, sow terror and desolation.
Kenya taps into Meetings & Conferences to sell leisure activities
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is capitalizing on conferences and business meetings to popularise leisure activities in the country.
KTB Chief executive officer Betty Radier says tour operators are quickly taking advantage of conferences hosted in the country to offer travel packages to visitors.
"Business and leisure travel… read more
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