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Royal Caribbean International has reported its best booking day in history on the back of the opening of bookings for its upcoming new ship Icon of the Seas. When reservations opened for Icon of the Seas, the cruise line saw more demand than on any other single day in its 53-year history.
Icon of the Seas is a 250,000-… read more
Tourism leaders and stakeholders from Africa and beyond have gathered
in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital for this year’s Africa Tourism
Leadership Forum (ATLF20220).
For the next three days will look at ways and means of driving
Africa’s tourism agenda through an avalanche of experts’ discussions,
networking and business engagement … read more
Echelons in the tourism industry have arrived in the capital of
Botswana, Gaborone ahead of the country’s hosting of the 5th Af… read more
H.E. Siandou Fofana, the Minister of Tourism of Côte d’Ivoire and
Chairperson of UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa and UNWTO Executive
Council has charged African countries to forge closer relationships
with one another to enable them advance their respective development
agenda; especially in the tourism sector.
He said count… read more
JetBlue has broadened its codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways.
Under the expansion, JetBlue customers will have codeshare access to 11 additional Qatar Airways routes from Doha. Thirteen destinations are already part of the codeshare.
The 11 new destinations are Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alexandria and C… read more
Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has announced the emergence of preferred and reserve bidders for three (3) out of four (4) Airports and Cargo Terminals as approved for concession under the programme.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of the Nigeria Airports Concession Programme (NACP), which came to a close on September 19, 2… read more
Designated protected areas for wildlife - such as national parks - are the world's principal conservation strategy. But this model to conserve wildlife in Africa is increasingly coming under pressure. Changing climates, volatile economies and political systems, conflicting sentiments around wildlife management practices (like trophy hunting) and… read more
After being battered by Covid-19, African airlines are re-modelling operations to increase connectivity, traffic volumes and profitability.
The launch of a portal to share route traffic data, including on underserved markets, connections and partnership opportunities, is the latest attempt by African airlines to shore up air travel numbers… read more
Despite opposition from Domestic Airline Operators, the planned take-off of Nigeria Air in December will come to pass. The Federal Government on Wednesday stated this in Abuja, during an Interactive session with the Senate Committee on Aviation.
However, domestic airline operators in Nigeria have been kicking against the project.… read more
Six Senses enters into its first sub-Saharan African project, which will front Princess Elizabeth Island on the approach to the largest waterfall in the world. The partially concealed, tree-level lodges at Six Senses Victoria Falls will be ecological, tactile, and understated to provide a bird’s eye platform for what’s most importa… read more
Royal Caribbean sees biggest booking day in history on Icon of the Seas demand
Digitalisation & MICE sessions dominate day one of ATLF2022 in Botswana
Africa will not cease to be the continent of tomorrow
Qatar Airways adds routes to JetBlue codeshare
Nigeria: Bidders for three of four international Airports
Africa’s airline industry reorganises to boost profitability
December take off for Nigeria Air sancrosant
