Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 08/04/2021 14:26

Comair delisted from Johannesburg Stock Exchange

South Africa’s Comair has delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as part of its restructuring efforts. Stocks in the airline had been publicly trading on the exchange since 1998. But with a consortium of seven companies owning 99% of the shares and the airline attempting to fly its way out of financial difficulties, the deli… read more

• Accomodation
• Conservation & Wildlife
• 08/04/2021 14:26

Wilderness Safaris opens a new property in Bostwana

Wilderness Safaris is delighted to announce the opening of the completely rebuilt DumaTau Camp, as well as Little DumaTau – a co-located but smaller and more intimate camp – in northern Botswana’s Linyanti Wilderness Reserve. The two new camps are situated on the same site as the previous DumaTau, to take advantage of… read more

• Flights
• 08/04/2021 06:22

South Africa: Airlink suspends its "Lodge Link System"

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the temporary suspension of its "Lodge Link System". The lodge service, which provides air shuttle services from Skukuza Airport (SZK) in … read more

• Travel-tech
• 08/04/2021 06:21

Travelport+ launches next-generation platform for a new era of travel

Travelport+ is the centre-piece of Travelport’s new global strategy and is designed to accelerate industry innovation in multi-source content distribution, travel retailing and value generation.

Travelport+ is an extensive, next-generation platform that creates a simplified, capability-rich, marketplace for travel retailing. As travel dist… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 08/04/2021 06:18

South Africa: SATSA to facilitate tourism transformation of ownership project in the Eastern Cape

• Flights
• 07/04/2021 18:45

Airlink suspends flights to and from Polokwane International Airport due to safety con

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the suspension of flights to Polokwane International Airport (PTG) in Polokwane in … read more

• Accomodation
• 07/04/2021 13:22

Novotel Convention & Spa Antananarivo Hotel implements latest in security access and digital key con

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions through its reputation as a leader in hotel security innovation and together with regional distributor, Indian Ocean Visions Co. Ltd., have been selected by Novotel Convention & Spa Antananarivo Hotel to implement VingCard Essence door locks with Mobile Access. Aiming to represent the latest in comfo… read more

• Miscellaneous
• Destinations
• 07/04/2021 13:20

Tanzania’s new president changes policy on COVID-19

Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of COVID-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic.

COVID-19 is “not something we should b… read more

• Flights
• 07/04/2021 13:19

Air France to launch flights between Paris Maputo (Mozambique)!´

The flag carrier of France, Air France, is set to launch scheduled flights to Mozambique.

Effective 20 June 2021,… read more

• Flights
• 07/04/2021 13:19

Ethiopian Airlines returns to Kano, its 3rd destination in Nigeria

Since the second quarter of 2020, Ethiopian Airlines has reconnected with almost all of its African network. In its most important markets such as Nigeria, the Ethiopian national carrier is working to recover its pre-pandemic traffic volumes.

Ethiopian Airlines (ETH) relaunched its Addis Ababa - Kano route (passenger fl… read more