Travel news overview

• Travel-tech
• 22/01/2021 21:15

Hotelbeds and HotelRunner extend partnership

Hotelbeds, the world’s leading B2B bedbank, has announced the extension of its partnership with HotelRunner, a sales channel management platform and B2B network for OTAs and hoteliers.

Further building on over six years of successful partnership, HotelRunner’s 40,000 hotel and hostel partners from all over the world will continue to… read more

• Destinations
• 22/01/2021 21:15

Travel Ghana to boost domestic tourism as Coronavirus lingers

Domestic tourism is one of the surest ways of getting the Ghanaian economy back on track from the ravaging effects of COVID-19. It’s a low hanging fruit that holds the key to unlocking our self-reliance and a buoyant economy.

People are not traveling en masse outside their home countries like they used to prior to the onset of Co… read more

• Flights
• 22/01/2021 21:14

Condor to resume flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek

German charter airline Condor is set to resume flights to Namibia. Effective 03 May 2021, the airline will operate two weekly non-stop flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, … read more

• Destinations
• 22/01/2021 21:14

Will Burundi's Tourism turn the Ttde?

Burundi, which describes itself as "The Heart of Africa", is generally bypassed by travellers to the region, with its more famous neighbours -- Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda -- taking the lion's share of East Africa's tourism pie.

Bedevilled by unending political and civil unrest since the country gained independence fro… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 22/01/2021 21:14

South Africa: Kruger National Park on high alert due to tropical storm Eloise

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that Kruger National Park is on high alert due to the … read more

• Flights
• 22/01/2021 21:07

Kenya Airways temporarily suspends flights to France & Netherlands

Kenya Airways has announced the temporary suspension of flights to some of its European routes during the entire month of February. The carrier says it will suspend services to France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport and the Netherlands Schipol Airport.

“The temporary suspension is due to new COVID-19 regulations in Europe … read more

• Travel-tech
• 22/01/2021 21:05

Kenya joins Tanzania and Uganda in taxing digital transactions

Kenya  has joined Tanzania and Uganda in taxing digital transactions to support its depleted public coffers in an economy weighed down by slowing private sector activities, shrinking revenue collections, growing public debt and increasing expenditure pressures.

The new tax has added more financial pain to househol… read more

• Flights
• 22/01/2021 07:05

Ups! Emirates to resume flights to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne

Emirates has announced it will resume a number of flights in and out of Australia, reversing a decision it made only a week earlier. The Dubai-based airline  made a shock announcement on Saturday that it would … read more

• Travel-tech
• Miscellaneous
• 22/01/2021 06:43

Travel agencies to explore dynamics of ‘new normal’

Travel agencies in the country (Nigeria) have been advised to leverage more on fresh opportunities of the COVID-19 era to survive the business downturn.

Group Managing Director of Finchglow Group, Bankole Bernard, at a virtual trade partners’ forum in Lagos, highlighted some trends that people in the travel market should expect. He also id… read more

• Flights
• 22/01/2021 06:34

Air Austral’s first A220 leaves Airbus' paintshop

Air Austral’s very first Airbus A220 has been spotted outside the paintshop with its paintwork all complete. Along with a beautifully adorned body and azure blue engine surrounds, the aircraft’s tail is something very special. Air Austral plans to launch its first flights with the aircraft in late February.

The aircraft is, a… read more