Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 08/02/2022 01:21

Tourism sector to retain 100% of foreign currency earnings

Tourism players in Zimbabwe are in for exciting times as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has allowed then to retain all their foreign currents earnings. Previous businesses were only allowed to keep a certain percentage in foreign currency while the rest would be converted.

The move according to the central bank is allow the secto… read more

• Destinations
• 08/02/2022 01:21

Morocco reopens its border to leisure travelers

Morocco reopened its borders to international leisure travel on Monday, ending a two-month ban.

Visitors must be fully vaccinated and must present proof of that vaccination as well as a negative PCR test taken no more than 48 hours before boarding a flight, according to the country's Visit Morocco website. Rapid antigen tests… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2022 06:46

Air Peace to resume direct flights to Dubai march 1, launch Niamey february 25

Nigeria’s leading airline Air Peace has revealed that it will resume direct scheduled flights to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on March 1, 2022. This is as the airline is also set to expand its West Coast presence by launching flight operations into Niamey, Niger, on February 25, 2022, as well as Kinshasha and Malabo … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 07/02/2022 06:44

Dana decorates new Captain on Boeing 737 aircraft, employs more pilots

Dana Air has decorated a new captain on its Boeing 737 aircraft, Captain Andrew Igbe-Arase in Lagos; stating that the airline will continue to invest in training and re-training  of pilots having commenced the  recruitment  of more qualified Nigerian pilots.

Director of flight operations Captain Segun Omol… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2022 06:43

Air Senegal's Airbus A220-300 makes its first commercial flight

Air Senegal's new Airbus A220-300 made its first commercial flight on Sunday 6 February 2022. The aircraft, registered 6V-AOA, was lined up on the route between Dakar and Yaoundé in Cameroon (flight SZN3043), as part of the series of special flights organised by the airline in conjunction with the final of the African Cup of Nation… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2022 06:42

EgyptAir and CemAir interline

EgyptAir and CemAir have signed an interline ticketing agreement. This means that tickets can be issued on either airline’s paper for travel on either airline.

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• Destinations
• 07/02/2022 06:27

Pandemic not slowing down Zanzibar Tourism at all

Zanzibar, the Indian Ocean island holiday paradise in the country of Tanzania, adapted and stayed open, with its tourism getting on and attracting tourists from Europe and the United States of America, apart from other parts of the … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 06/02/2022 13:19

Media Registration open for Meetings Africa

Media registration for the 16th installment of Meetings Africa is officially open. After the cancellation of the 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, South African Tourism is excited to once again host Meetings Africa in physical format this year.

Under the theme “Shared Minds. Shared Economies”, this year’s trade show will take plac… read more

• Cruise
• 06/02/2022 13:19

Cunard Line flagship to host 2022 Literature Festival at Sea

Cunard Line ‘s flagship, Queen Mary 2, will play host to the 2022 Literature Festival at Sea, with some of the biggest names in publishing due to give talks onboard. The Literature Festival at Sea is organized by The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and The Times programming team.

The line-up of authors includes Ian … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 05/02/2022 17:18

Tanzania: Tour Operators names Dr Manongi as conservation hero

THE Ngorongoro Conservation Area(NCA)'s Commissioner, Dr Freddy Manongi has been recognised by the tourism stakeholders as the green champion.

Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr Sirili Akko said over the weekend that Dr Manongi is an unsu… read more