Lia Marus | Aug 24, 2022
The 2022 Aviators Africa Conference and Awards will bring together top stakeholders in African aviation to find ways to advance the development and sustainability of the continent’s aviation industry and allied industries. With air travel facing...
Lia Marus | Aug 23, 2022
Earlier this month, FEDHASA Cape held it’s first in-person AGM in three years. The meeting was an important opportunity to assess the association’s performance and how this can be fine-tuned to make it increasingly future-fit. The result is a...
Lia Marus | Aug 22, 2022
Frequent business travel can take a toll. As many as one third of business travellers have admitted to having concerns about the impact of travel on their mental health, according to a study by Collison. These same respondents also admitted to...
Lia Marus | Aug 19, 2022
The pandemic put all incentive travel on hold. Now that travel restrictions have been lifted around the world, incentive travel is making a return and the industry is eager to discover what the market wants. Fortunately, the Incentive Research...
Lia Marus | Aug 15, 2022
Mohahlaula Airlines has announced it’s intention to launch a local Lesotho airline within the next year. Initially it will service the popular Maseru to Johannesburg route, with plans to expand into more South African destinations. Seizing...
Lia Marus | Aug 15, 2022
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its data for passenger air travel in June 2022. Based on Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) – which is the standard measure for air travel demand – total air traffic in June 2022 was...
Lia Marus | Aug 11, 2022
One big positive for the events industry that came out of the global pandemic is a willingness to collaborate. And through collaboration, everyone has recognised just how powerful and beneficial it is – and can be. For this reason, Cvent...
Lia Marus | Aug 7, 2022
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released a public abstract of its annual statistics report last week, to shed light on how association meetings were impacted by the pandemic in 2021. This includes a Destination...
Lia Marus | Aug 3, 2022
People are eager to travel despite the challenges the tourism industry is facing as it reboots after prolonged lockdowns. This desire is apparent across the globe, although South Africans have an above average wanderlust. This finding is one of...
Lia Marus | Aug 2, 2022
The Planner Guru learns how some of Marriott’s leading ladies have risen through the ranks to establish themselves in top management positions. Karen Battaliou, hotel manager for Johannesburg Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch and Marriott Executive...
Lia Marus | May 2, 2021
The R1.2 billion Tourism Equity Fund (TEF) that was launched in January by the Department of Tourism in partnership with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency has been stalled further. This follows a High Court interdict on 15 April 2021 to...
Lia Marus | Apr 30, 2021
South African-based Atter Pathology Services (APS) is the first African pathology network to sign up to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Travel Pass, an app-based record of a person’s verified Covid-19 vaccination and test...
