Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 31, 2021
IBTM Africa, the leading conference for the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) industry in Africa, will be running as part of Africa Travel Week Virtual, from 7-9 April 2021. This year’s conference content is focused on inspiring...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 31, 2021
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) has joined up with WTM Africa 2021 to present a new LGBTQ+ travel event called EQUAL Africa. EQUAL Africa stands for EQUAL Love, Rights, Experiences & Opportunities. It will feature three...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 29, 2021
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) today announced an exciting new collaboration with Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service with 204 million members in 190 countries around the world. The two entities have committed to explore...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 28, 2021
Mauritian authorities have announced that the island nation’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign, which launched on 26 January, is on track to achieve herd immunity. They expect to be able to relax travel restrictions from the end of June 2021. So far,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 28, 2021
The annual Hotels.com ‘Loved by Guests’ Awards is based on guest reviews and experiences of hotels from around the world, which makes it one of the more authentic award ratings. This year, Sun International’s five-star hotel Table Bay Hotel in Cape...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 28, 2021
The Global Association of the Exhibitions Industry, better known as UFI, has launched a new UFI-accredited qualification: the UFI Certified Professional (UCP). This new designation expands on two existing UFI programmes, the UFI-VMA Venue...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 26, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are expected to add trillions to global GDP in the next 20 years, putting it on par with the disruptions and opportunities being created by cloud computing and blockchain. According to the Oxford Insights...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 26, 2021
The Townhouse Hotel in Cape Town’s CBD was opened in 1971 by the Petousis family. It was their first hotel development, and the foundation of the Petousis Hotels portfolio which grew to include the iconic Vineyard Hotel in Newlands (which opened in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 25, 2021
SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions have announced that the Castle Lager Lions Series will go ahead as planned in South Africa, in July and August 2021. However, no final decision has yet been made on whether spectators will be allowed into...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 23, 2021
OurAfrica.Travel has reported another successful event, with almost 24 000 meetings taking place, connecting 1 177 global buyers to 340 exhibitors from Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Co-organiser Allie Hunt says travel bookings are slowly...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 23, 2021
New Zealand has demonstrated the strongest domestic business travel recovery in the world since the Covid-19 pandemic broke, but South Africa claims the second spot. This finding was revealed in FCM’s A fresh approach in a new world. What does it...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 21, 2021
As industries and governments scramble to find effective ways to limit the spread of Covid-19 while reopening economic activity, health passports have proven a hot topic and could play a key role in making events safer to attend. Proponents praise...
