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 18, 2021
Africa Travel Week (ATW) is less than a month away, taking place from 7 to 9 April. This fully-virtual event encompasses the World Travel Market Africa (WTMA) and International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTMA) shows, as well as a number of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 14, 2021
BestCities, the Global Alliance of business events destinations, has announced three new appointments to its board, who will take up these positions in May 2021. These are: Kit Lykketoft, Director of Conventions at Wonderful Copenhagen, who will...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 26, 2021
It is common knowledge that the full tourism value chain has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but seeing this impact in numbers in a recently released TBCSA report is grim. Prior to the second wave, in October 2020, an International...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 24, 2021
British Airways, operated locally by Comair, has announced the reopening of bookings for daily regional flights between Johannesburg and Harare. One-way fares start from R995, including taxes and surcharges. Flights will resume operating on 28...
