Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 14/02/2022 13:57

Meetings Africa 2022 promises to re-activate long awaited business events industry return

With over 1 000 meetings already set up on the online diary system, Meetings Africa 2022 is set to remain true to its purpose of bringing together buyers and exhibitors and growing the business events industry on the continent.

Media, tourism and meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) stakeholders gathered at the Southern… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 14/02/2022 07:54

Abelana Game Reserve nabs Responsible Business Education Award

Global news publication, Financial Times, sets out to honour and promote sustainability and improved social impact through its annual Responsible Business Education Award. The award acknowledges researchers, academic institutions and alumni who are contributing to changing how the world does b… read more

• Flights
• 14/02/2022 07:54

DRC: flyCAA expects second Airbus A320 this month

flyCAA's new Airbus A320-200, previously operated by the Indian airline GoAir, has completed its painting at Airplane Painter in Toulouse, France. It is expected to arrive at its base in Kinshasa in the coming days.

flyCAA is well aware of the potential of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a vast country of 2.345 million km… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 14/02/2022 07:46

Botswana offers Start-Up wildlife stock tofFarmers to boost Agro-Tourism

In a bid to boost agro-tourism, the Botswana government is offering wildlife start-up stock to farmers to keep in their ploughing fields. The government says the move will give locals an improved stake in the lucrative tourism sector.

Botswana's National Parks and Wildlife director, Kabelo Senyatso, said the government will run a pilot pro… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 13/02/2022 18:56

Ugandan conservationists leverage technology to save Mountain Gorillas

A pioneering initiative to protect Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has officially been launched, leveraging technology to create sustainable sources of non-trekking revenues to fund conservation.

RoundBob and The Naturalist, Ugandan conservation enterprises working with Uganda Wildlife Authority, have launched My Gorilla Famil… read more

• Flights
• 13/02/2022 09:34

Tunisair takes delivery of its second A320neo

In October 2021, Tunisair finalised a "Sale and Lease Back, SLB" agreement with the Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital for the financing of five Airbus A320neo. The carrier is counting on the operational capacities of this aircraft to revitalise its fleet which has suffered several breakdowns in recent years.

The aircraft deliver… read more

• Flights
• 13/02/2022 09:34

EgyptAir adds Kinshasa in DRC to its African network

EgyptAir continues to expand its African network. On the continent, the Star Alliance airline already connects some twenty destinations including Cameroon and Chad in Central Africa.

EgyptAir will enter the Congolese market from Sunday 27 March. The direct route between Cairo and Kinshasa will b… read more

• Cruise
• 13/02/2022 09:34

Mardi Gras sister ship Carnival Celebration floated out in Finland

The second of Carnival Cruise Line ‘s Excellence-class cruise ships, Carnival Celebration, has been floated out at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland. Carnival Celebration is a sister ship to Mardi Gras and the second ship in her class for Carnival Cruise Line, but the sixth overall within the wider Carnival Corporation fleet.

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 12/02/2022 08:07

Ugandan conservationists leverage technology to save Mountain Gorillas

A pioneering initiative to protect Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has officially been launched, leveraging technology to create sustainable sources of non-trekking revenues to fund conservation.

RoundBob and The Naturalist, Ugandan conservation enterprises working with Uganda Wildlife Authority, have launched My Gorilla Family… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 12/02/2022 07:59

Horizons Brief: Travel Trends & Insights – 28 January

Welcome to our second travel trends report of 2022. In this edition, we look at the top 10 destinations currently more popular than at this time in pre-pandemic 2019, plus the countries driving these booking surges.

And as shorter booking horizons of up to 59 days  increase in popularity, we shine a spotlight on  how traditi… read more