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Ghanaian travellers to Kenya exempted from ETA fees
Kenya announced visa-free travel for all Africans last year, replacing visa requirements with an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system, that was criticised in part as being "hectic". Ghanaian travellers to Kenya are now exempted from paying Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) fees, Ghana's Ministry of Foreign A… read more
TUI Group expands in Africa with new destinations and hotels
TUI accelerates growth in sub-Saharan Africa, unveils new projects in Zanzibar and beyond
TUI Group is expanding its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa, developing new holiday destinations and increasing its hotel portfolio in the region. Following successes in Cape Verde, TUI is creating a new destination cluster in Zanz… read more
Air France announces new winter service to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Air France is expanding its long-haul network with a new route to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, starting November 18, 2024. The route operates 3 times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays) as an extension of their existing Paris-Zanzibar service.
Flights will be operated using Airbus A350-900 aircraft with Business, P… read more
Tanzania launches electric passenger train services
Passenger services on the 201·8 km electrified standard gauge railway from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro were formally launched on June 14. President Samia Suluhu Hassan paid the fares for the 1 400 passengers on the first trip.
The journey time is less than 2 h. Services are to be extended to the capital city Dodoma by July 25, … read more
Sabre Hospitality launches SynXis Concierge.AI: revolutionizing customer service with generative AI
Sabre Hospitality, a division of Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced the launch of SynXis Concierge.AI, an innovative solution harnessing the power of Generative AI to tran… read more
TAZARA resumes passenger train operations
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced that passenger trains are set to continue to operate within the respective regions between Dar es Salaam and … read more
How Google and Meta could disrupt travel discovery with AI
The travel industry, worth an estimated $9.5 trillion in 2023, has long been a prime target for tech giants like Google and Meta. With AI, they aim to capture a larger share of the lucrative trav… read more
Nigeria is important to TAAG Angola Airlines
The management of TAAG Angola Airlines has said that the Nigerian travel market is important to its growth due to its resilience and excitement.
This is as the Southern African airline has unveiled plans to deployed Airbus aircraft series to the Nigerian route from its base in Luanda to replace the current Boeing 777 aircraft… read more
What’s on the horizon for: Sabre
At Routes Americas 2024 in Bogota, representatives from Texas-based software and technology company Sabre spoke to Routes about how changes in route development have led to the need for more robust data sources.
Sabre is the largest global distribution systems (GDS) provider for air bookings, as well as offering a broad rang… read more
Kenya Railways: Unlocking land potential to enhance urban mobility
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) boasts an extensive railway network, comprising 2,778 km of narrow-gauge lines and 605 km of standard-gauge lines across the country. Additionally, KRC is the second largest landowner in Kenya, with significant land holdings along the railways and around station areas. Despite this, much of this land r… read more
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