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Following last year's launch of its award-winning tool, The Compass for web clients, Hotelbeds has revealed its most advanced tool to date, The Compass Pro, for API clients - a ground-breaking industry tool to help travel consultants tap into market trends and demand, while providing them with a unique insight, all in one place.
"Th… read more
Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels worldwide, announced it has reached a commercial agreement with Air France-KLM to enable the distribution of the airline group’s NDC content via Travelport+, Travelport’s next-generation content distribution and travel reta… read more
Addressing the 33rd Plenary Session of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) in Kigali, ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano reviewed the means by which the continent’s air transport sector could recovery through the adoption of scientifically informed and strategically aligned aviation and border policy.
The openin… read more
Nesma Airlines started its commercial operations in 2010 and now offers scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia as well as charter flights connecting Egypt's most popular tourist sites to Europe and the Middle East.
Hapag-Lloyd’s luxury cruise ship Europa has docked in Cape Town for a significantly curtailed turnaround in the city amid ongoing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Europa arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday, where she was meant to stay overnight and then depart on a roundtrip cruise along the South African and Namibian coasts, in… read more
Qatar Airways will add Tashkent, Uzbekistan to its global network
with twice-weekly flights. The first flight from Doha to Tashkent will
take off on 17 January 2022, operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft,
featuring 12 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Economy Class.
The
new service will enable passengers flying … read more
Kester Vickery, a conservationist is excited to have been among the group that supervised the translocation of 30 white rhinos from South Africa to Rwanda's Akagera National Park. Billed as the largest single rhino translocation ever undertaken--their journey covered a total distance of over 3,400 kilometres.
And for Vickery-- a co-… read more
Accor, a world-leading hospitality group with over 400 hotels across India, the Middle East, Africa and Turkey is expanding its footprint in Africa, with the signing of a twofold project: a Novotel hotel and the first Novotel Living in Africa, both located in Conakry, Guinea.
Strategically located in the Centre Busines… read more
The East African Community (EAC) has launched the EAC regional and domestic tourism media campaign set to publicise national and regional tourism products and services, in a move aiming at stimulating intra-regional travel. Dubbed "Tembea Nyumbani", the campaign seeks to entice East Africans to travel in their specific countries an… read more
Norwegian Cruise Line has become the first to cancel the entirety of its South African cruise season due to the travel restrictions imposed on the country due to a new variant of COVID-19. Norwegian Cruise Line was meant to deploy its ship Norwegian Jade in Cape Town during December, 2021 and January, 2022, but has cancelled all five roun… read more
Ηotelbeds launches its most powerful tool to date, The Compass Pro
Travelport reach agreement on NDC distribution with Air France-KLM and IAG
Science and strategy key to reconnecting Africa
Europa cruise ship arrives in Cape Town for curtailed turnaround
Qatar Airways to launch flights to Tashkent (Uzbekistan) from 17 January 2022
Arrival of white rhinos boosts Rwanda tourism
Accor expands its footprint in Africa with the opening of Novotel & Novotel Living Conakry, Guinea
East African Community (EAC) launches tourism campaign
Norwegian Cruise Line cancels Cape Town season due to Omicron travel ban
