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As Kempinski Hotels has restructured its Middle East & Africa region, three seasoned hoteliers have been recently appointed as Area General Managers to oversee a number of the group ‘s luxurious hotels at the same time as keeping the responsibility for their own hotels as general managers.
Sébastien Mariette, the new Area Genera… read more
AFRAA, in partnership with Lufthansa Consulting
and Kenya Airways will hold a high level virtual workshop on Airlines
Consolidation on 14 September 2021, in virtual format.
According to AFRAA, this important workshop for airline CEOs, C-level
representatives and African air transport decision makers at polic… read more
British Airways has resumed direct flights between Nairobi and London despite Kenya remaining on the United Kingdom's travel red list.
The Kenyan government termed political the move by the UK to keep it on the red list due to a spike in coronavirus infections.
For Kenya, remaining stuck on the red list in the latest up… read more
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and
Hospitality Industry, Honourable Nqobizitha Ndhlovu has appointed Ray
M… read more
Malawi has revised its COVID -19 regulations and travel
restrictions to include previously banned countries to the Southern… read more
Kenya Airways subsidiary Jambojet has confirmed Karanja Ndegwa as the airline’s chief executive officer and managing director effective September 2, as per Business Daily Africa.
Ndegwa has held the post in an acting capacity since April 2020 after Allan Kilavuka joined its parent firm Kenya Airways as CEO.
Announcing t… read more
South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that it will be hosting the 16th annual SA National Parks Week in November 2021.
According to SANParks' General Manager: Media, PR and Stakeholder Relations, Rey Thakhuli, SANParks is postponing the free access week which is traditionally held in… read more
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada announced on Monday, September 6, the delivery of a new Dash8-400 to TAAG Angola Airlines. The 74-seat aircraft (MSN 4629) is the fourth of a planned six-unit order for the airline. The first three (MSN 4616/4619/4620) were delivered in July, August 2020 and February 2021 respectively.
These… read more
South African Airways (SAA) is set to take off on September 23,
almost a year and a half since it grounded due to the pandemic and
business rescue.
SAA and Comair resuming operations and subsequently an oversupply of flights will lead to cheaper tickets. SAA will operate flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, … read more
The NGOs say that if the mine goes ahead, it will not only risk contaminating water for communities in both Zambia and the neighbouring Zimbabwe, but for the entire Zambezi delta.
“We believe mining activities should be restricted to happening in mining areas of the country and should… read more