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Fred Olsen Cruise Line will sail a roundtrip grand voyage from Southampton in the UK to Africa and the Middle East in 2023.
The 93-night cruise aboard Fred Olsen’s new Bollette (the former Amsterdam of Holland America Line) will depart Southampton on November 19, 2023, with the ship becoming the first Fred Olsen vessel ever to call … read more
Radisson Hotel Group continues its ambitious African growth and development plan with five new hotel signings secured across the continent to date this year, adding almost 600 rooms to its African portfolio. In 2022, the Group aims to add more than a dozen hotels, reaching just over 100 hotels in operation and under development on … read more
As African countries attained their independence in the 1950s and 1960s, a common joke was that the three symbols of their newfound sovereignty were a national anthem, a national flag, and a national airline.
Indeed, the following decades saw the rise and fall of numerous national and multi-national airlines throughout the continent, almos… read more
Azman Air was granted international carrier status in June 2021 after successfully conducting a series of demonstration flights from Nigeria to Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Bahamas with its recently acquired Airbus A340-600.
Nigerian private carrier Azman Air has resumed service to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday 30 March, flight … read more
Tourism is a serious business! I should expect that anyone within the value chain would know that by now.
Tourism goes beyond just entertainment and events; of course, the two are a necessary component of tourism. And even with that, it’s the income these events or entertainment generates that makes them relevant to tourism.
Unfortunat… read more
The project of opening, by Air Senegal, of a direct line between Dakar and Fort-de-France, capital of Martinique, follows its way. On Monday 14 March 2022, the Martinique Tourism Committee welcomed a delegation made up of representatives of Air Senegal, travel agents and tourist institutions.
It is a question for the Senegalese part… read more
Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, the President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), in this interview with OLUSEGUN KOIKI, speaks on the forthcoming 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association scheduled to hold in Kano State, why she’s seeking re-election and the challenges facing the airline sub-sector amo… read more
Air Senegal's new Airbus A220-300 made its first commercial flight on Sunday 6 February 2022. The aircraft, registered 6V-AOA, was lined up on the route between Dakar and Yaoundé in Cameroon (flight SZN3043), as part of the series of special flights organised by the airline in conjunction with the final of the African Cup of Nation… read more
In November 2021, the Algerian Minister of Transport, Aïssa Bekkaï, revealed that his services had given approval to nine future private air carriers. This is a quasi-revolution, since the country has not allowed the creation of private airlines since the disappearance of Khalifa Airways, in the wake of the bankruptcy of the Khalifa group… read more
The West African country of Senegal is determined to build a strong tourism ecosystem that is hinged on health safety and security, infrastructure and creating an enabling environment for sustainable investments into the sector.
This is according to the Secretary-General of Senegalese Agency for Tourism Promotion, Mamadou Diallo. Speaking … read more
New Fred Olsen cruise ship Bollette to sail via Saudi and South Africa in 2023
Radisson Hotel Group delivers a strong start to the year with five hotel signings in Africa
A flag, an Anthem and an Airline
Azman Air re-launches its Kano-Jeddah A340 service
Tourism is business! What Ghana needs to understand to build a robust industry
Air Senegal on mission in Martinique with a view to launching a Dakar/Fort-de-France service
High aviation fuel, forex scarcity militating growth of domestic airlines – Akporiaye
flyWestaf becomes Algeria's first officially incorporated low-cost airline
Senegal on course to building a resilient Tourism Economy
