Travel news overview

• Rail
• 16/10/2022 20:32

TransNamib Railway safety awareness

TransNamib announced the start of the rail safety week campaign scheduled for the 10-14 October 2022 – themed, “Be Vigilant around the tracks, trains are fast but slow to stop”. The focus is to reach out to motorists, learners, pedestrians, truck drivers, communities living near the railway tracks, and the communities we operate in… read more

• Flights
• 16/10/2022 11:51

ET changes to 3 daily widebody flights to JNB

Ethiopian Airlines is increasing Addis Ababa to Johannesburg to 3x daily. But that's not the real news: it had that many flights in 2018, 2019, and in early 2020, and is simply returning to that level. Instead, it's noteworthy because&nbs… read more

• Car rental
• 15/10/2022 08:23

Enterprise expands global footprint into South Africa

Enterprise Holdings, the world’s largest vehicle rental business, announced the addition of new franchise locations featuring car rental options from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car through the Woodford Group in South Africa. This marks the first time Enterprise Holdings brands will be availab… read more

• Travel-tech
• 15/10/2022 08:23

Travelport delivers more content, made simple with a wider range of options

Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced several new supplier connections are delivering more content to travel retailers on Travelport+. Travelport’s new and expanded agreements with Booking.com and Hertz will now bring more options for accommod… read more

• Destinations
• 15/10/2022 08:22

South Africa introduces a new "Traveller Pass" for everyone entering or leaving South Africa

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced that South Africa is set to introduce an online traveller declaration system to simplify passenger mo… read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2022 08:21

Conakry relaunches its project to create a new national airline 20 years later

Conakry has not had a national airline since the privatisation and subsequent liquidation of Air Guinea in 2002 - at the time of President Lansana Conté - under pressure from the Bretton Woods institutions. In the meantime, the West African country has attempted to relaunch a flagship airline, with no less than three projects having been … read more

• Rail
• Opinion
• 15/10/2022 08:20

The economy cannot afford strike at Transnet

SEIFSA understand all too well the consequences of industrial action in the context of wage bargaining. A four-week strike in 2014 followed by a three-week strike last year left many an employer on the brink of contemplating closure.

Arguing that the right to strike is enshrined in our constitution and strike action is a functioning mechan… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 15/10/2022 08:19

To be a step ahead of tourism safety we have to work together to deal with the root cause

Every member of South Africa’s tourism industry should be part of the solution to dealing with the root causes of tourism safety issues.

This according to Oupa Pilane, SATSA Co-Chair, who was addressing a session with Mpumalanga stakeholders this week to provide an update of on-the-ground measures in place to enhan… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 14/10/2022 13:04

WTTC and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance announce partnership

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance  have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing both organisations to closer collaborative working, focusing on improving the environmental and social impact of the global hospitality industry.

Through the MoU, WTTC … read more

• Flights
• 14/10/2022 13:02

Towards higher air fares on domestic flights

Currently in Ghana, the Airport Passenger Service Charge (APSC) is imposed at 5 cedis (US$0.46) per passenger on domestic flights. For the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), which continues to work on its empowerment, this charge is insufficient to properly maintain the domestic hubs.