Travel news overview

• Accomodation
• 21/07/2021 05:24

LXR Hotels & Resorts celebrates Seychelles debut with opening of Mango House

LXR Hotels & Resorts, Hilton’s collection of independent luxury properties,  celebrates the opening of Mango House Seychelles, an intimate and exclusive island oasis promising a captivating, yet refined Seychellois experience on southern Mahé’s unspoiled beachfront.

Stretching along the edge of the Anse Aux Poules Bleues, a… read more

• Destinations
• 21/07/2021 05:24

Top five destinations to visit in Africa with a negative PCR test and no quarantine

Covid-19 has been the greatest pandemic in all the recent centuries. While the world almost took the whole of 2020 without any serious hope; in the first weeks of December 2020, the first vaccines were rolled out in the different western countries; including but not limited to United Kingdom, United States of America among several other countrie… read more

• Flights
• 21/07/2021 05:24

Gulf Air operates 80% of pre-pandemic destinations

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, begins the summer season with 80% of its pre-pandemic destinations as it continues to resume operations and restore services to cities of its original 2019 destination network. The airline has also announced that it has successfully launched all of its seasonal destinations … read more

• Flights
• 21/07/2021 05:24

Air Seychelles to establish direct connection with Kazakhstan this Summer

In August, Air Seychelles will operate for the first time into Kazakhstan's largest metropolis and cultural hub, Almaty.

The series of new charter flights will be operated by the airline’s A320neo jetliner.

For this new market to Seychelles, the initial phase is to introduce the national flag carrier and destination Sey… read more

• Flights
• 21/07/2021 05:24

Death nail for Air Zimbabwe as rival airline targets Its prime route

More trouble is brewing for Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) following a recent announcement to add another jet to its fleet by rival competitor, Fast Jet Zimbabwe Limited which will start servicing the lucrative Harare-Bulawayo route.

This is the last profitable route the national airline has been plying wi… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 20/07/2021 08:41

Tana Leaders push to rescue abandoned primate reserve centre

Leaders in Tana River County have called on the State Department of Tourism to save a local primate reserve and research centre.The Tana River Primate Reserve and Research Centre, locally known as Muchelelo, is losing its value for research and potential for revenue, they said.

"The whole place looks deserted, sad and desolat… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/07/2021 08:40

 Vista Bank Acquires BNP Paribas’ Guinea

Vista Bank Group (‘Vista’) has closed the deal to acquire BNP Paribas’ majority interest in La Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie de la Guinée (BICIGUI)  in Guinea.

The acquisition adds to Vista’s existing banking operations in Guinea, in addition to its banks in Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and The… read more

• Flights
• 20/07/2021 08:29

Etihad Airways lands at Vienna Airport for the first time from Abu Dhabi

As of today, July 18, 2021, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has landed in Vienna for the very first time as part of a new flight connection. With Etihad Airways, a new airline is represented in Vienna and Abu Dhabi is now also accessible from Vienna. Etihad Airways now serves the route twice a week with a… read more

• Flights
• 20/07/2021 08:28

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Doha from Pulkovo Airport

Qatar Airways plans to resume regular flights between St. Petersburg and Doha on 23 July 2021. Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Hamad International Airport will initially be operated twice-weekly on Fridays and Sundays.  The route will be served with an A320.

“We are happy to resume sc… read more

• Cruise
• 19/07/2021 22:37

Carnival makes moves that could change two key aspects of the cruise experience

Carnival Cruise Line has announced the end of its Fun Times printed daily planner across the fleet, while also creating separate non-smoking casino areas on at least three of its ships. Carnival’s end to the print version of the Fun Times is an environmentally friendly move to save paper, while the non-smoking areas in the casinos are based… read more