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Addo Elephant National Park: Lion relocated to Shamwari Private Game Reserve
South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that one of Addo Elephant National Park’s most popular lions has been successfully relocated to the … read more
Women's safari set for Zimbabwe
AdventureWomen, a by-women, for-women adventure travel company, is organizing a special women's safari to Zimbabwe in May in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF).
Joining the trip will be AdventureWomen owner Judi Wineland, a longtime conservationist and adventure travel pioneer, and Carter Smith, AWF… read more
New trajectory for Nigerian Airlines
Nigerian Airlines are beginning to choose aircraft types that are appropriate to their routes in addition to acquiring new equipment. Industry experts say this would make their operations more profitable, writes Chinedu Eze
Some years ago industry analysts used to excoriate Nigerian airlines at every aviation fora because of … read more
Regulator warns hotels against falsifying star ratings
Unscrupulous hotels and restaurants are giving themselves false star-ratings to dupe unsuspecting tourists, the sector regulator has warned. This alert comes especially at a time thousands of visitors have invaded Kenya to attend the World Rally Championship Safari Rally, which has revved off yesterday.
Event organiser… read more
Cameroon Express Train and new link to Link Mbalam with Port of Kribi
Yaoundé express train
According to the Ministry of Transport in Cameroon, the Minister has confirmed that the Douala-Yaoundé express train will officially resume operations on July 1, 2021, This news follows the recently held special session of the interministerial Committee for Rail Infrastructure and the Passenger Transport… read more
P&O Cruises announces restart plans and initiatives to ease boarding
P& O Cruises plans to bring Britannia and Iona back into service on September 25th, while Ventura will resume cruising on October 3rd, and Azura will restart on December 10th. P& OCruises is planning to have almost its full fleet back in operation by the end of the year, with Britannia, Iona and Ventura, while… read more
Qatar Airways’ U.S. network expands to over 100 weekly flights with four destinations offering doubl
Qatar Airways continues to strengthen its position as the leading international airline connecting the United States with Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The national carrier of the State of Qatar announce that it will expand its U.S. services to more than 100 weekly flights across its 12 gateways. These increased services are in additi… read more
SA, Delta Air Lines in spat over Cape To...
A spat between South Africa and Delta Air Lines intensified yesterday with government insiders claiming that the airline needed to stick to the foreign operator's permit to allow it a stop in Cape Town on the return segment of its Atlanta-Johannesburg service, reports IOL.
Officials of the department of transport accused Delta Ai… read more
Travelport introduces new APIs with next-generation retailing and exchange capabilities
Worldwide leader in travel retail, Travelport, is introducing its new, enhanced RESTful / JSON APIs that will provide next-generation retailing and exchange capabilities to travel retailers worldwide. As part of Travelport’s investment in its next-generation platform, Travelport+, the new APIs are being rolled out globally and will… read more
Sustainable tourism back on the agenda
Sustainable tourism is back at the top of the agenda for destinations as the sector continues to recover from the impact of COVID-19. The crisis has forced the industry to re-evaluate the drivers that will encourage people to resume traveling, and sustainable tourism is “1 million percent one of the biggest… read more
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