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Domestic markets across Africa recorded a slight reduction in passenger demand although still outperforming intra-Africa and intercontinental traffic. Domestic traffic for the month under review was 58.9% compared to 22.7% for intra-Africa and 18.4% for intercontinental. On passenger capacity (seats offered), domestic, intra-Africa and intercont… read more
Extremely slow vaccination rates are hindering Africa’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the continent’s main airline representative body said.
Surging infection rates are cutting into the ability of airlines to increase passenger numbers and reinstate routes, the African Airlines Association (A… read more
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) and Cvent, a leading travel and transient sourcing technology provider, have created a new set of sourcing questions to help drive corporate responsibility within the business travel and meetings sector.
The new questions aim to standardize and increase the availability of sustainability… read more
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO said: “Protecting public health must remain the priority and WTTC strongly supports safety protocols to stop the spread of COVID-19. However, the EU’s recommendation to reimpose restrictions on U.S. travellers is a step backwards and will only slow down the recovery of the sector.
“With high v… read more
South Africa’s aviation industry has been massively transitioning in recent years. Veterans have gone through financial and operational turmoil while new players are emerging. Jonathan Ayache, the CEO of recently-launched Lift, expresses that the legacy model is broken and that the industry needs to adapt.
Challenging conditions
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Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit (ATTS) is set to reignite the continent’s travel sector after the effects of Covid-19. The
summit's theme is Reawakening Africa, a fitting title considering the
industry is doing all they can to rebuild a sector hard hit by Covid-19.
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Amos Fish Mahlalela, said at the
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OTA Insight, the cloud-based data intelligence platform for the hospitality industry, unveiled the incorporation of RMS Cloud’s property management system (PMS) into Revenue Insight, the leading business intelligence solution in the industry.
RMS Cloud, the globally renowned PMS provider to the hospitality industry, trusted by more … read more
The deployment of clean and renewable energy is one of the priorities of Togo's energy policy. And today, the country has made its civil aviation one of the main areas of experimentation, attaching particular importance to environmental protection and the control of greenhouse gas emissions.
Vaccination certificates are nothing new. They are health documents that record a vaccination event - traditionally as a paper card - with key details including the date, product and batch number of the vaccine administered.
The Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates is proposed as a mechanism by which a person's COVID-19-re… read more
The business travel industry continues to report an overall willingness and optimism about the return to business travel. However, the rise of the Delta variant and other variants has become a cause for uncertainty and increased concern over the past month. This is according to the latest poll from The Global Business Travel Association (… read more
AFRAA releases African airlines performance updates
Africa's airline traffic continues to lag the world
American Express Global Business Travel and Cvent launch corporate responsibility initiative
WTTC responds to the latest recommendations from the EU
Lift CEO: Legacy airline models are broken
Africa countries ready to welcome travellers; says pandemic helped reinvent the sector
Togo launches an int'l tender for a solar power plant at Lomé airport, ASKY's hub
Moving towards digital documentation of Covid-19 status
