Travel news overview

• Travel-tech
• Beyond Africa
• 20/03/2021 05:35

IATA appoints Standard Chartered as EasyPay service provider in India

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Standard Chartered Bank as one of its IATA EasyPay service providers in India enabling greater payment flexibility to travel agents.

IATA EasyPay is a new payment method which aids streamline payment flows within the aviation ecosystem. This new payment … read more

• Travel-tech
• 20/03/2021 04:50

Travel technology solutions market insights on emerging scope 2030

Travel technology solutions are applicable in information and communication technology that is used in the hospitality and travel industry. Solution providers offer different software and applications to travel agencies for planning and booking tours, flights, to enable easy transactions, and other tour related operations.

Ac… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/03/2021 04:49

FITUR 2021 to have a new space for travel agents’ business meetings

FITUR 2021 will have a CEAV B2B space for business meetings between travel agents and tourism industry suppliers present at the Fair. This new special-interest space is organised by the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) to help boost tourism business again, one of the priorities for the International Tourism Fair’s Tourism R… read more

• Destinations
• 20/03/2021 04:40

South Africa: Tourism Recovery Plan to Be Presented to Cabinet Soon

When South Africa implemented lockdown restrictions, one of the sectors that was most affected by this was tourism, with businesses remaining shut even when economic activity resumed.

When Deputy President David Mabuza appeared before the National Assembly to respond to oral questions on Wednesday, he said a plan … read more

• Cruise
• 20/03/2021 04:39

New Princess cruise ship floated out as cruise line announces UK season

Discovery Princess, the sixth of Princess Cruises’ Royal-class cruise ships, has been floated out at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, while the cruise line has announced it will sail a UK season this summer. Discovery Princess is scheduled to be delivered next year, with her float out marking a significant milestone in her con… read more

• Flights
• 20/03/2021 04:38

Suspended Azman Air Was An Accident Waiting To Happen– NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the suspended Azman Air was an accident waiting to happen due to the series of serious incidents and numerous unprofessional conducts the airline involved itself in recent times.

The regulatory agency also revealed that the troubled airline had at least thre… read more

• Cruise
• 19/03/2021 07:09

P&O, Fred Olsen and Viking release UK-focused roundtrip itineraries

P& O Cruises, Fred Olsen and Viking Ocean Cruises have announced a summer cruise season out of the UK between May and September, but one of them will require full vaccination for all guests. P & O Cruises will be bringing two ships back into service, Britannia, and its new Excel-class mega ship Iona.… read more

• Flights
• 19/03/2021 06:07

Air Peace takes delivery of 2nd brand new Embraer jet

AIR Peace today took delivery of another of its thirteen (13) pre-ordered Embraer E195-E2 aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and has called on the Federal Government to impress on the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) the need to honour signed laws.

The brand new aircraft landed the country at 1:55pm… read more

• Flights
• 19/03/2021 06:05

Air Cairo: towards the opening of an air link between Egypt and Guinea

Air Cairo, which flies mainly to the Middle East and Europe, does not currently serve any African country.

But the situation should change soon. High-ranking discussions were initiated this week between the management of the company and the Guinean government to open a connection between Cairo (Egypt) and Conakry (Guine… read more

• Cruise
• 19/03/2021 06:04

Virgin Voyages joins full passenger vaccination trend as it prepares to resume cruises

Virgin Voyages has announced that all passengers booking cruises on its upcoming itineraries will be required to produce proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. The move by Virgin Voyages makes it the latest cruise line to require that passengers be fully vaccinated before boarding, joining Saga Cruises, Crystal, Swan Hellenic … read more