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Recognizing that innovation is the key to success for a recovering aviation industry, the Senegalese flag carrier Air Senegal has partnered with Amadeus to implement the Altea Suite including the full Passenger Service System (PSS). As Air Senegal resumes services in the region, the carrier is placing emphasis on automation,… read more
Google has chosen Italy for the launch of the new platform dedicated to accommodation facilities. The goal is to help businesses in the tourism sector, one of the most affected by the pandemic.
Milan, January 2021. “Be ready when new tourists will look for you” is the welcome message on the new Google Hotel Insights portal.
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Hotelbeds has announced a strategic partnership with Juniper, a global travel technology company and leader in online solutions for the tourism industry under the Juniper and Cangooroo brands.
Thanks to this agreement Hotelbeds’ ancillary partners – via the Beyond the Bed portfolio – will now have access t… read more
In 2018, Carbon, a Nigerian fintech startup, made its financials public for the first time. Although typical for foreign private startups, it’s almost an anomaly in Africa. There have been rare cases in the past, for instance, when Rocket Inter… read more
As the world moves into the second year of coping with COVID-19 and the many changes and consequences that the virus has brought about, traveller confidence remains a key focus for corporate travel managers. The question is, how can travel suppliers do their part to restore and nurture traveller confidence? According to research, the answ… read more
The currency of a country tells you a substantial amount about its economy as well as living standards of the people. As diverse as the African continent and her countries are, so are the currencies which see high daily volumes of trade.
Tunisian Dinar (TND)
The … read more
Cape Town-based remittance and money transfer business, Mukuru, has said that more customers joined its platform after informal platforms took a knock during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Mukuru chief executive Andy Jury said Mukuru has now partnered with WorldRemit, the online money transfer business that provides international money tran… read more
Hotelbeds has published its second Corporate Responsibility report, highlighting all the ways it adapted its CSR approach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide support to the global travel industry and to communities most impacted by the unprecedented situation.
Prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (… read more
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
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
Air Senegal selects Amadeus tech to enhance passenger services
Google Hotel Insights, preview launch in Italy
Hotelbeds signs strategic agreement with Juniper to distribute ancillary services
Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019
Mukuru expands to more African countries
Kenya joins Tanzania and Uganda in taxing digital transactions
