Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 15/06/2023 08:43

Botswana courts investors at TIFA

The Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) has invited potential investors to consider the southern African nation when they think of investing in the SADC sub-region.

Showcasing some of the bankable projects to the investors at the maiden Tourism Investment Forum Africa (TIFA), Patience Chika, Acting Executive Manager, Investment an… read more

• Attractions
• 15/06/2023 08:27

Cape Town: SANParks increases safety on Table Mountain

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town has received eighteen so-called Tourism Safety Officers who will joi… read more

• Flights
• 15/06/2023 08:27

Emirates and Kenya Airways agree interline partnership

Emirates and Kenya Airways (KQ) have announced an interline partnership that will allow customers of both airlines access to new destinations on the two airlines’ networks within a single itinerary. The agreement will provide customers with increased travel options as well as seamless baggage check-in to their final destination.

Bas… read more

• Flights
• 15/06/2023 08:26

Radisson Hotel Group announces seven new hotels in Africa for the first half of 2023

Radisson Hotel Group aims to strengthen its presence in Africa with additional hotel openings and over 1,400 rooms this year. The company has been experiencing significant growth and aims to reach its objective of 150 hotels within the next five years.

The new hotel signings include properties in Egypt, Nigeria, Gambia, and … read more

• Flights
• 15/06/2023 08:22

Air France launches direct flights to Dar es Salaam, its second destination in Tanzania

Air France has launched direct flights from Paris to Dar es Salaam, marking its return to Tanzania after a 28-year absence. Dar es Salaam becomes Air France’s second destination in Tanzania, joining Zanzibar where the airline has been operating since October 2021.

The airline will operate three weekly flights to Da… read more

• Flights
• 15/06/2023 08:05

Airlink & LATAM Airlines have signed an interline agreement

South African regional carrier Airlink and the largest airline in Latin America, LATAM Airlines, have signed a new interline agreement.

The agreement becomes effective on 02 September 2023 (04 September 2023?) when LATAM resumes flying from São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro Inte… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 14/06/2023 05:37

The cost-of-living crisis won’t kill the business travel sector

The world is lurching from one crisis to another and the leisure sector can’t seem to catch a break. Just as forecasts showed a measured return for post-COVID travel (business or otherwise), rapid inflation and surging costs are threatening to put the brakes back on.

But while businesses and consumers everywhere are feeling the … read more

• Flights
• 13/06/2023 05:40

Rwandair & Ethiopian Airlines CEOs urge swifter SAATM implementation

The CEOs of RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines have called on governments to accelerate air transport development in Africa to support the continent’s economic growth.

Speaking at the International Air Transport Association's Annual General Meeting in Istanbul when asked about the progress of … read more

Madagascar: call for tenders launched for the project to install a solar power plant at the airport

Antananarivo International Airport, Madagascar's largest hub, has signed up to the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme, and aims to continue its efforts to decarbonise its own consumption and contribute to the island country's energy transition.

• Accomodation
• 12/06/2023 20:41

UNWTO and MSC Foundation look to Net-Zero Future on World Ocean Day

To mark the official naming of the MSC Euribia ship, MSC's most energy-efficient to date, international leaders from the worlds of science, policymaking and business explored new paths to responsible consumption and production in tourism as a key strategy for transitioning to a regenerative, carbon-neutral, and circular blue economy.… read more