Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 29/10/2022 09:07

Botswana named by National Geographic as a must-see destination in 2023

National Geographic has unveiled its Best of the World 2023 list, and Botswana was selected as one of the 25 must-see destinations for the year ahea… read more

• Destinations
• 29/10/2022 09:06

South Africa's tourism sector already in its prime as the summer season approaches

South Africa's tourism sector is recovering very well from the health crisis.  Since the beginning of the year, South Africa has welcomed a total of 3.3 million international visitors, an increase of 165% compared to the same period last year. The African and European continents remain the main sources of the Rainbow Nation's tourism windfa… read more

• Cruise
• 29/10/2022 04:16

Royal Caribbean sees biggest booking day in history on Icon of the Seas demand

Royal Caribbean International has reported its best booking day in history on the back of the opening of bookings for its upcoming new ship Icon of the Seas. When reservations opened for Icon of the Seas, the cruise line saw more demand than on any other single day in its 53-year history.

Icon of the Seas is a 250,000-… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 29/10/2022 04:15

Digitalisation & MICE sessions dominate day one of ATLF2022 in Botswana

Tourism leaders and stakeholders from Africa and beyond have gathered in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital for this year’s Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF20220).

For the next three days will look at ways and means of driving Africa’s tourism agenda through an avalanche of experts’ discussions, networking and business engagement … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 28/10/2022 19:35

Africa Tourism Leadership Forum assembles industry leaders in Gaborone

• Miscellaneous
• 28/10/2022 19:33

Africa will not cease to be the continent of tomorrow

H.E. Siandou Fofana, the Minister of Tourism of Côte d’Ivoire and Chairperson of UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa and UNWTO Executive Council has charged African countries to forge closer relationships with one another to enable them advance their respective development agenda; especially in the tourism sector.

He said count… read more

• Flights
• 28/10/2022 19:33

Qatar Airways adds routes to JetBlue codeshare

JetBlue has broadened its codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways.

Under the expansion, JetBlue customers will have codeshare access to 11 additional Qatar Airways routes from Doha. Thirteen destinations are already part of the codeshare.

The 11 new destinations are Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alexandria and C… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 28/10/2022 06:24

Nigeria: Bidders for three of four international Airports

Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has announced the emergence of preferred and reserve bidders for three (3) out of four (4) Airports and Cargo Terminals as approved for concession under the programme.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of the Nigeria Airports Concession Programme (NACP), which came to a close on September 19, 2… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 28/10/2022 06:21

South Africa's Wildlife ranches can offer solutions to Africa's growing conservation challenges

Designated protected areas for wildlife - such as national parks - are the world's principal conservation strategy. But this model to conserve wildlife in Africa is increasingly coming under pressure. Changing climates, volatile economies and political systems, conflicting sentiments around wildlife management practices (like trophy hunting) and… read more

• Opinion
• 28/10/2022 06:21

Africa’s airline industry reorganises to boost profitability

After being battered by Covid-19, African airlines are re-modelling operations to increase connectivity, traffic volumes and profitability.

The launch of a portal to share route traffic data, including on underserved markets, connections and partnership opportunities, is the latest attempt by African airlines to shore up air travel numbers… read more