Shanna Jacobsen | May 16, 2025
The projected economic benefits spurred by Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025, from event infrastructure and logistics to accommodation, restaurants, and local transport services, have been significant. The direct economic impact of Africa’s Travel Indaba...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 9, 2025
Africa’s most powerful tourism trade gathering, Africa’s Travel Indaba, kicks off on Monday, May 12, 2025, with the return of the dynamic BONDay (Business Opportunity Networking Day) – a one-day immersion into collaboration, insight, and...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 7, 2025
The newly released 2025 State of the African Industry Report: Ignite Africa! reveals billion-dollar blind spots holding back African tourism – and provides an actionable roadmap for reversing stagnation as global arrivals rebound unevenly across...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 5, 2025
Africa Tourism Partners, UN Tourism and BDO have announced the relocation of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge to Johannesburg, South Africa. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nairobi, Kenya, will no longer host the Summit....
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 29, 2025
African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent’s green wealth, emphasising that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are outdated and underestimate their true wealth. They spoke on Thursday...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 24, 2025
US$225 million in MIGA guarantees have enabled $450 million in foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa’s hospitality sector. This includes: 14 contracts of guarantee 17 hotel projects with 2,900 hotel rooms completed in three years 1,860...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 16, 2025
With a 14.4% increase in hosted buyer applications, more buyers have registered and confirmed to attend the 2025 Africa’s Travel Indaba compared to the same time last year. To date, a total of 873 buyers have been vetted and approved, with many...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 14, 2025
Tribute Portfolio, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s growing collection of characterful, independent hotels, today welcomes its first property in South Africa with the opening of the Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel. Set against...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 9, 2025
World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2025 officially opened today with unprecedented global participation, welcoming industry professionals from a record 96 countries under the theme ‘Ignite Africa’. The event signals strong recovery and growth in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 9, 2025
The excitement is officially underway for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025™, following the highly anticipated Official Draw held on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS) and streamed live...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 7, 2025
This year’s Hotel Development Pipeline Report, the definitive study of international hospitality development projects in Africa, reveals record activity. There are 577 hotels and resorts, with 104,444 rooms, in the development pipeline, up by 13.3%...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 2, 2025
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced the opening of Hyatt Place Nairobi Westlands and Hyatt House Nairobi Westlands, the first dual-Hyatt branded project in Africa that offers travellers and World of Hyatt members more choice of stay in Nairobi....
