Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 4, 2021
South African domestic airline FlySafair has announced its first regional flight route, between Johannesburg and Port Louis in Mauritius. The twice-weekly service will begin when the borders reopen which, with vaccination programmes having recently...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 2, 2021
Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa noted that the rate of Covid-19 infections are declining across South Africa. As a result, a number of lockdown restrictions have been lifted – a decision which has been widely welcomed by the hospitality...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 28, 2021
Africa Travel Week (ATW) has unveiled its plans for 2021, which includes a new strategy to reignite tourism on the continent while continuing to prioritise the safety of its global community. This involves a blend of both live and virtual events...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 26, 2021
The Department of Tourism in partnership with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) today launched the Tourism Equity Fund. The fund will be used to provide debt finance and grants to black entrepreneurs in the tourism sector, and especially...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 22, 2021
On 21 January 2021, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane today released a draft of the Tourism Act: National norms and standards for the safe operations of tourism sector in the context of COVID-19 and beyond. Members of the public are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 21, 2021
British Airways, locally operated by South African airline Comair, has made a book with confidence commitment to its customers which allows them to change the dates and destinations of bookings without any change fee. Additionally, a booking made...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 20, 2021
In a bold move to resuscitate its tourism industry, Seychelles has announced its plans to make the country more accessible to more visitors as quickly and safely as possible. The plan was outlined during a press conference on 14 January 2021,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 17, 2021
Mauritius has announced its national Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The country hopes to achieve herd immunity in the near future, which requires most of its population (potentially as much as 80-90%) receive a vaccine. As the vaccines are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 15, 2021
Monika luel, the former MD of Private Safaris, has been appointed to the position of Chief Marketing Officer at WESGRO, the tourism, trade and investment promotion agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape. She will take up her new role from 5...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 13, 2021
Seychelles began administering Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, 10 January 2021. The republic’s president, H E Wavel Ramkalawan, took the very first dose (pictured above) – making him the first Head of State in Africa to do so. He was joined by roughly...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 8, 2021
On 28 December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced several adjustments to the level 3 of lockdown that we are currently in. These will remain in place until at least 15 January, after which they will be reviewed. Face-to-face gatherings All...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 7, 2021
While roughly 4.8 million people in America and over half a million in the UK have received a Covid-19 vaccine to date, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 28 December 2020 that South Africa would only start rolling out its vaccination programme...
