Travel news overview

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 25/10/2022 21:14

Addo Elephant National Park: Tap water currently unsafe to drink

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that the tap water in the whole Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, which encompasses the Addo Elephant National Park in the … read more

• Flights
• 25/10/2022 08:57

Air Côte d'Ivoire orders two Airbus A330neo, cancels two A319neo

Ten years after its creation, Air Côte d'Ivoire is ready to launch itself on the long-haul. At the end of a ten-day working visit by Airbus teams in Abidjan, the Ivorian national flag has reshaped its order book to match its new growth ambitions.

• Destinations
• 25/10/2022 08:50

Madagascar extends indefinitely the suspension of flights with South Africa

Since December 2020, Madagascar and South Africa have been at loggerheads, due to a case linked to illegal gold trafficking between the two countries. A diplomatic problem that led the Malagasy authorities to suspend its air links with the Rainbow Nation.

Suspended since March 2020 (first because of the health crisis, then because o… read more

• Destinations
• 25/10/2022 08:15

Tanzania up for Tourism investors

The Governement of Tanzania has pledged to strengthen cooperation with private sector as a key catalyst to boosting tourism industry.

It has also expressed the readiness to receive investors in the tourism sector given the available opportunities and supportive business climate, including legal and fiscal reforms. The re… read more

• Accomodation
• 25/10/2022 08:07

Zambezi Grande in Zambia opens on the banks of the Zambezi river

The Zambezi Grande, a family-owned, luxury boutique lodge on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia, opens bordering Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National Park. The new lodge is the most sophisticated and luxurious along this game-filled stretch of the mighty Zambezi River, an idyllic home base for exploring all the destination … read more

• Cruise
• 25/10/2022 08:06

Princess Cruises lifts Covid-19 protocols for most voyages

Beginning October 21, Princess Cruises is lifting its Covid-19 protocols, meaning there are no longer vaccination or testing requirements on most voyages. Guests sailing with Princess Cruises will no longer have to provide a negative test result, regardless of their vaccination status.

The cruise line already changed its prot… read more

• Flights
• 25/10/2022 08:02

Ghana: Sentra Airways completes first recruitment phase, confirms winter launch

Sentra Airways, the UK-based startup backed by Ghanaian investors, plans to start flying by December with the opening of a direct route between Manchester and Accra.

• Flights
• 25/10/2022 08:01

ET to expand its service to Switzerland with new flight to Zürich

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, is pleased to announce that it will add Zürich to its expanding global network, with thrice-weekly flights. The first flight from Addis Ababa to Zürich will take off on 31 October 2022, operated with the ultra–modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Zürich will be Ethiopian Airlines’ second… read more

• Flights
• 25/10/2022 07:58

Fresh Efforts to Relaunch Somali Airlines

Somali Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Fardowsa Osman Egal appointed seven committee members to work on the re-operation of Somali Airlines.

In a decree issued on Sunday, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation said the committee’s nomination comes following consultation of re-operation the Somali flag carrier.

• Miscellaneous
• 25/10/2022 07:58

Tourism thought leaders in Africa gather in Botswana to look into intra-Africa travel

Intra-Africa travel through intra-Africa trade is expected to top the agenda when the tourism industry’s thought leaders on the continent engage in roundtable discussions in Gaborone in Botswana. This as the fifth Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) kicks off at the Gaborone International Convention Centre of the Grand Palm Hotel on Monday un… read more