Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 26/05/2021 05:27

Kenya and Tanzania pave a way for regional tourism drive in Africa

Kenya and Tanzania have paved a way for a regional and intra-African tourism drive, taking advantage of their shared wildlife and tourism resources across each one’s territorial borders.

1. Tourism is among key economic areas which African countries are looking to develop, market, an

• Miscellaneous
• 26/05/2021 05:27

Sisa Ntshona steps down as CEO of South African Tourism

• Flights
• 26/05/2021 05:22

Lufthansa to start direct flights to Mombasa

Lufthansa will commence flights to Mombasa on July 24 on its new leisure carrier Eurowings Discover. It will comprise of two weekly flight services between Frankfurt and Mombasa with onward flights to Zanzibar.

The announcement on the launch of flights has nevertheless been delayed from March by Covid-19 related… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 26/05/2021 05:19

Loss of habitat: The biggest threat to Zimbabwe’s elephants

Parks and Wildlife Management of Zimbabwe (Zimparks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo, says while the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has been blocking Zimbabwe from sustainably reducing its elephants, the herd will eventually die from loss of habitat. CITES which came into force in 1975, is an international agr… read more

• Travel-tech
• 25/05/2021 18:56

Emirates inks strategic agreement with global tech giant, Huawei

Emirates last May 18 announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei, one of the world's top tech brands, to further extend its existing partnership. The enhanced collaboration will allow both brands to build awareness to a wider audience in the Middle East and beyond.

The agreement was signed at … read more

• Travel-tech
• 25/05/2021 18:55

Travelport wins long-term partnership with Business Travel Partners consortium

Worldwide leader in travel retail, Travelport, announced a multi-year agreement with Business Travel Partners, through e-Business Travel, one of the largest consortiums of independent IATA travel agencies in the Netherlands. The win will see Business Travel Partners members migrate to Travelport+, Travelport’s newly-launched… read more

• Flights
• 25/05/2021 18:54

Lufthansa temporarily reduces flights between Frankfurt and CPT

Due to operational reasons, Lufthansa is temporarily changing its Frankfurt <> Cape Town schedule.

According to a media release,… read more

• Leisure
• Opinion
• 25/05/2021 05:01

Why Mauritius is key to unlocking Africa’s blue economy

Various propositions have been recommended to tap into the ocean economy for more than a decade with a view to unleash the next phase of Mauritius’ economic development. Indeed, one may say that the blue economy in Mauritius is not fully utilised yet, therefore there is no reason to look for new shores.

Undoubtedly, the country should cont… read more

• Flights
• 25/05/2021 05:01

Air Peace commences Ilorin route & increases frequencies into Accra

Air Peace said it would commence flight services from the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja to Ilorin Airport from June 17, 2021.

The airline also said that it has increased its daily flight into Accra, Ghana to two daily from Lagos, Nigeria.

A statement … read more

• Flights
• 25/05/2021 05:00

Fly Africa to resume flights next month

Fly Africa Zimbabwe is expected to resume flights next month following the commissioning of a Boeing 737-500 at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday.

The company suspended flights in 2015 due to various operational issues that have since been resolved following a change in management. The company is expe… read more