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South African Airways (SAA) aims to restart flights before September, the airline’s chief executive has said. However, the airline will closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and is also looking to resolve an ongoing pilot dispute before committing to a firm date.
After canceling all commercial operations in September last year, SAA … read more
Everyone takes water for granted and this begets complacency. Water may seem like a limitless resource, considering that most of the planet is covered in it.
But freshwater, the kind that we need for drinking, farming and sustaining life itself, isn’t infinite.
The United Nations Environment Program has predicted that half the globe’… read more
The 2021/22 Arabian Gulf cruise season is shaping up to be one of the slowest in over a decade, with just four cruise ships currently offering cruises from Dubai, as the global cruise industry struggles to resume operations. Last year was meant to be the biggest cruise season on record for Dubai, with ten cruise ships from nine cruise lin… read more
On a 5-point scale from “not at all important” to “extremely important”, duty of care (4.7) and traveler satisfaction and wellbeing (4.5) are the top two travel program priorities, steadily occupying the highest positions in travel buyers’ ratings throughout 2020-2021.
These findings are based on a recent BCD Travel survey of 101 travel bu… read more
In July 2018, Nigeria announced with great fanfare the imminent launch of its new airline called "Nigeria Air". In September of the same year, the Federal Executive Council decided to suspend the project.
3 years later, the state dusted off the issue by now opting for a new shareholding model.
The project to create Nigeria … read more
African Governments must work together to define a standardised travel protocol if tourism is to recover swiftly and deliver the economic benefits that are so critical for the continent.
That was the overarching message of the recent African Tourism Investment Summit (ATIS), hosted by International Tourism & Investment Conference (ITIC… read more
Qatar Airways is looking at Somaliland as one of its key destinations in Africa as the airline plans to expand its reach across the continent.
Hendrik Du Preez, Vice-President of Qatar Airways’s for Africa while speaking to Routesonline about the airline’s development and opportunities across the vast continent said Hargeisa will so… read more
We are pleased to announce that applications have opened today (13 May, 2021) for the SMME Booster Fund 2021 which will distribute up to R20 million to organisations and municipalities for programmes that focus on supporting small businesses to grow and improve their sustainability so they can create more jobs in the Western Cape.
Run by t… read more
The return of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) this year is expected to restore tourism recovery and business confidence in Zimbabwe as an investment destination, while impacting positively on the wider economy. Industry and commerce players are already seized with preparations for this year's ZITF, scheduled for July 20 to 23… read more
Zimbabwe plans to bring back rhinos to its second-largest national
park, Gonarezhou, for the first time since they were wiped out by
poachers in 1991.
At that time the total number of rhinos in the
country fell to just 100 due to poaching and has increased to 1,000,
according to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife… read more