Travel news overview

• Accomodation
• 22/08/2021 07:21

Ghana Business Standard Awards 2021: Accra City Hotel is Hospitality Service Provider of the Year

Accra City Hotel was adjudged the ‘Outstanding Hospitality Service Provider of the Year’ at the Ghana Business Standard Award 2021 held last Friday, August 13 at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.

The Ghana Business Standard Awards (GBSA) celebrates organizations committed to remarkable business standards in their s… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/08/2021 05:39

Zambia Election Euphoria fuels Kwacha’s World-Beating Streak

Zambia’s kwacha extended its gains versus the dollar, making it the world’s best-performing currency since Hakainde Hichilema was announced the winner of the Aug. 12 presidential vote.

The kwacha has appreciated by 7.8% this week to 17.92 per dollar, the best performance out of more than 140 currencies tracked by Bloomberg globally … read more

• Flights
• 20/08/2021 05:37

British Airways, kulula.com confident of return to the SA skies in September

If all goes according to plan, Comair, which operates kulula.com as well as British Airways domestically, plans to restart flights in September, its business rescue practitioners said on Thursday.

In a status report to affected persons dated 31 July and seen by Fin24, rescue practitioners  Richard Ferguson and Neil Hablutzel ind… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/08/2021 05:14

Africa Travel Week 2022 to be held in Cape Town from 11 to 13 April

Africa Travel Week 2022 will go ahead from 11 to 13 April in the Host City of Cape Town bringing together Pan-African & International exhibitors as well as buyers from across the globe at headline shows, World Travel Market Africa (WTM Africa) and International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa).

The highly anticipated event wil… read more

• Flights
• 20/08/2021 05:14

Lufthansa Group to increase flights to South Africa

Following the recategorizing of South Africa as a Covid-19 high risk country from 01 August 2021 by the German Government and the easing … read more

• Flights
• 20/08/2021 05:13

Privatisation of Air Botswana: what if this time is right?

Initiated five years ago, all attempts to privatise Air Botswana have so far failed. 

And yet, the Botswana State has still not given up hope of finding an investor to revitalise the national carrier, which has been loss-making for several years. This is what is at stake in the discussions recently opened with a potential partner.

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 20/08/2021 05:12

Emirates signs codeshare with Brazil’s Azul

Emirates has signed a codeshare agreement with Azul that allows passengers to connect to eight cities in Brazil via São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU).

The deal, which has be… read more

• Flights
• 20/08/2021 05:11

RwandAir expands its presence in the DRC, adding Lubumbashi and Goma

From Kigali International Airport, RwandAir serves more than 30 cities, with a strong presence in Africa where it intends to further consolidate and expand its network.

• Flights
• 20/08/2021 05:05

Air Tanzania prepares to return to Lubumbashi in DRC after 23 years of absence

Air Tanzania has traffic rights to thirteen countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) including the DRC, in accordance with procedures approved by the Sadc Aviation Safety Organization (SASO). Already present in 3 member countries (Comoros, Zambia, Zimbabwe), the Tanzanian national airline wants to continue its expansion slo… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 19/08/2021 14:45

Corporate Travel Management returns to profitability – recovery underway

CTM announced earnings for the year ended June 2021, posting a $13.6m June quarter underlying EBITDA profit, representing a $19.1m turnaround on the previous quarter. Positive second half underlying EBITDA of $8.1m helped reduce the Group’s underlying EBITDA loss to $7.3m for the full year.

After the acquisition of Travel and Transport (T&… read more