Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 2, 2024
FlySafair has just announced their new route between Cape Town and the Kruger National Park. This opens up new opportunities for meeting organisers wanting to organise events around the Park and draw delegates from the Cape. This service will...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 8, 2024
A nexus for travel professionals across South Africa, the continent and the globe, Africa Travel Week plays hosts to various shows, conferences and award ceremonies focusing on leisure tourism, luxury travel, LGBTQ+ travel, MICE/business travel,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 7, 2023
The public opening of GrandWest’s Grand Hotel took place on 1 December, following its long-awaited expansion. Since opening the flagship GrandWest property in December 2000, this extension is the first new hotel investment in Cape Town for...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 23, 2023
Registrations are now open for the 10th edition of Africa Travel Week (ATW), which will run from 07 to 12 April in the City of Cape Town. This year’s events will celebrate of a decade of bringing together the continent’s leading B2B travel...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 10, 2023
Century City Conference Centre (CCCC) has announced a R15 million investment which will be used to increase its capacity with the addition of a new venue, and to enhance its Business Lounge experience with refurbishments. Gary Koetser, CEO of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 5, 2023
On 31 August 2023, Cape Town Helicopters, part of the Explore Collection, unveiled a new hangar and products at the iconic V&A Waterfront Heliport in Cape Town. These upgrades promise a new dimension of adventure and luxury travel in the Cape,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 11, 2023
In the early evening on 23 December 2022, a fire broke out at exhibition and events supplier Scan Display’s Cape Town offices on the foreshore. The fire resulted in part of the facility being destroyed. A security guard saw the smoke coming from...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 4, 2022
Delta Air Lines has introduced non-stop flights between Cape Town and Atlanta. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is recognised as the world’s busiest airport, with 75.7 million passengers passing through it last year. The new...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 19, 2022
The Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) project – an initiative by Wesgro to improve air route development for Cape Town – was awarded the Destination award at World Routes 2022 hosted in Las Vegas on 18 October. The World Routes is the biggest aviation...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Megan De Jager (née Oberholzer), RX Africa Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & Marketing International Luxury Travel Market Africa (ILTM Africa) has announced its return to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in 2023. This gorgeous...
Sep 2, 2022
BON Hotels has added the iconic Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel on Long Street in Cape Town to its collection of South African hospitality properties. Guy Stehlik, CEO of BON Hotels A historical icon Previously known as the Metropole, the hotel has now...
Shanna Jacobsen | 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...
