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Virtual Payments Are the Future of Travel
This week’s webinar, 'Buyer Discussion: Virtual Payments for the Future of Travel,' featured executives from three different companies sharing their experience with integrating virtual payment systems at their companies: Ryan Pierce, a senior travel manager with Salesforce; Sally Ferrell, a senior manager of Meetings, Events and Global Tr… read more
Costa adds second ship, Costa Diadema, back into service out of Italy
Costa Cruises has added Costa Diadema to its line-up of resumed cruises in Italy, making it the second ship to be brought back into service by the cruise line. Costa Diadema departed Genoa on Saturday on a week long roundtrip cruise calling in Civitavecchia/Rome, Naples, Palermo, Cagliari and La Spezia.
Her all-It… read more
IATA calls for systematic COVID-19 testing before departure
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all passengers before departure as an alternative to quarantine measures in order to re-establish global air connectivity. IATA will work through the Int… read more
Air Peace Increases Frequencies To Enugu
Air Peace has increased its daily frequencies to the recently reopened Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu from the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, to two from one. The airline in a statement said the increase would take effect from Tuesday.
The statement hinted that the second daily flight woul… read more
European Commission proposes upgrade of Single European Sky
Today, the European Commission is proposing an upgrade of the Single European Sky regulatory framework which comes on the heels of the European Green Deal. The objective is to modernise the management of European airspace and to establish more sustainable and efficient flight paths. This can reduce up to 10% of air transport emissi… read more
Emirates revises Dubai – Auckland aircraft use
Emirates in the last 24-48 hours filed additional changes for New Zealand service, during Northern winter 2020/21 season. The airline’s planned Dubai – Auckland nonstop service resumption remains unchanged on 03JAN21 (Dubai departure), as of 21SEP20, however operational aircraft has changed from 777-300ER to 777-200LR.… read more
Luxury Tanzanian hotel improves online business performance with eRevMax
White Sands Resort & Conference Centre, a 4-star luxury property in Tanzania, strongly recommends RateTiger for its highly effective online distribution and business performance management solutions. The property has been using RateTiger product suite, including RTConnect for channel management, Google Hotel Ads, metasea… read more
Somaliland’s Berbera Airport being spruced to match the best in Africa
Work at the Berbera International Airport in Somaliland is almost complete with new infrastructure being put in place to make it one of the most modern aviation facilities in the continent, Dritan Gjonbalaj, the airport Director General Berbera has said.
Gjonbajaj said there has been serious investment in infrastructur… read more
South Africans invited to name new airline
As low-cost Kulula.com founder Gidon Novick prepares to launch a new airline, he has invited South African’s to come up with a name for the carrier. The new airline, which was inspired by Uber, is a partnership between Novick and leading South African Airbus A320 operator Global Aviation. The new airline’s first flight is sche… read more
Princess Cruises sells Sun Princess and Sea Princess
Today, the international premium cruise line, Princess Cruises, announced the sale of two of its ships, Sun Princess and Sea Princess, to undisclosed buyers. The sale of these vessels is in line with parent company Carnival Corporation’s plan to accelerate the removal of less efficient ships from its fleet.
“Sun Prince… read more
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