Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 7, 2021
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies stopped all business travel while some allowed only essential travel. Now, as vaccination programmes start to roll out around the world, Oz Desai, GM Corporate Traveller, believes things could change;...
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...
