Radisson Hotel Group announce a hotel expansion record in Africa with 13 signings to date, translating to a new hotel signed every 20 days. The Group’s expansion drive, adding 2,500 rooms to its African portfolio, includes the announcement of nine hotels in Morocco, the Group’s debut in Djibouti and the introduction of the Radisson… read more
AIDA Cruises has opened bookings for its 2022/23 cruise seasons in South Africa out of Cape Town and the Middle East out of Dubai. AIDA Cruises will be homeporting its largest and newest cruise ship AIDAcosma in Dubai for the 2022/23 season, while its smaller boutique cruise vessel AIDAmira, will homeport in Cape Town.
Airlink, the independent regional airline, has been ranked as South Africa’s most punctual airline, based on its 98% average on-time performance for the year to date, according to the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA).
This puts Airlink on track to repeat its 2020 top ranking when its overall on-time performance was consistently … read more
According to the findings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-25), most member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)* are likely t… read more
Hapag-Lloyd’s luxury cruise ship Europa 2 has been confirmed for the Cape Town 2022 cruise line-up, with a scheduled 13-night voyage to Mauritius. Europa 2, one of the top cruise ships in the world, will depart Cape Town at the end of October, 2022 and bounce down the South African ‘Wild Coast’ visiting several SA cruise ports befo… read more
The first of the three A220s for Air Austral, France’s La Réunion Island-based airline, has been delivered from the Airbus A220 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mirabel, Canada. The second and third aircraft are expected to join the Air Austral fleet in the coming days.
Airbus is delighted to welcome Air Austral as a new Airbus customer and op… read more
Leading luxury destination management company Ker & Downey Africa positions itself to cater for the pent-up demand for travel to Africa by expanding its footprint in key source markets across the globe. In addition to the existing operations in North America, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, China and Hong Kong, the compa… read more
Following our highly successful SPOTLIGHT VIRTUAL TRAVELEXPO’S in
September, November and February, we are pleased to announce our next Spotlight Virtual on 28 & 29 July.
The July Spotlight Virtual will promote ALL African countries as well as the Indian Ocean islands: Seychelles, Mauritius, Maldives… read more
The Moroccan authorities have decided to resume flights to and from the Kingdom as of Tuesday, June 15, 2021, announced on Sunday the ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, adding that these flights will take place under exceptional authorizations given that Moroccan airspace is still closed.
Ailing national carrier Sudan Airways is reportedly in talks with Lufthansa Consulting to revive the airline’s fortunes. Stumped by EU flight bans and US sanctions, the airline has fallen a long way from where it once was. But with the assistance of one of the industry’s leading restructuring consultancies onboard, could the tables… read more
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Radisson Hotel Group announces a record year in Africa
AIDA Cruises opens bookings for Dubai and Cape Town cruise seasons
Airlink most punctual airline in Southern Africa, says ACSA
Southern Africa: Rainfall season (October 2021 - March 2022) outlook
Luxury cruise ship Europa 2 to cruise from Cape Town to Mauritius in 2022
Indian Ocean based Air Austral becomes first French Airbus A220 operator (days before Air France)
Buyer registration opens for Spotlight Africa & Indian Ocean Virtual TravelExpo
Flights to and from Morocco to resume from June 15
Lufthansa may help Sudan relaunch its National Carrier
