Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 18, 2022
Last Thursday, 15 September, Air Belgium’s first fight to South Africa touched down at OR Tambo. This inaugural flight launched the airline’s new route between Brussels, Johannesburg and Cape Town, and is Air Belgium first route to an African...
Sep 17, 2022
Byline: Sam Nassimov, MD of Premier Hotels Face-to-face conferencing is making a comeback. Sam Nassimov, MD of Premier Hotels In-person is popular Virtual conferencing holds a great many benefits outside of the obvious Covid-19 safety factors. From...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 10, 2022
dmg Events has signed a joint venture agreement with KAOUN International, the newly incorporated event organising company of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), in order to develop an international portfolio in the food and hospitality sectors. A...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 10, 2022
Delta Air Lines is increasing its flight capacity to South Africa with the introduction of a seasonal ‘triangular’ route from Atlanta-Johannesburg-Cape Town-Atlanta. The four-times-weekly route will start on 02 December, providing nonstop service...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 10, 2022
US airline United has invested $15 million in Eve Air Mobility with a conditional purchase agreement for up to 400 flying taxies – or eVTOLs, which stands for electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle. The company believes that these four-seat...
Aug 24, 2022
The Durban ICC has been recognised as Africa’s leading convention centre multiple times. Meetings speaks to Lindiwe Rakharebe to understand how her leadership has driven the venue forward. Lindiwe Rakharebe, CEO of the Durban ICC The Durban...
Aug 24, 2022
MSC Cruises has seen a steady year-on-year increase in the South African MICE cruising market. This can be attributed to a growing number of companies and agents becoming aware of its great value-for-money and the convenience cruising offers. Some...
Aug 24, 2022
Byline: Daryl Keywood, MD of Walthers DBS and CEO of Authentic Travel Africa Although we are seeing a surge of activity in terms of inbound incentive travel, we should remain cautious. Much of what we are experiencing is due to pent up demand in...
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...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 15, 2022
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its data for passenger air travel in June 2022. Based on Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) – which is the standard measure for air travel demand – total air traffic in June 2022 was...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 29, 2022
Together with the Government of Barbados, Afreximbank will host the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum to take place at the beginning of September. Under the banner of ‘One People, One Destiny: Uniting and Reimagining Our...
Jul 26, 2022
Loadshedding, inflation and the rising cost of living is hitting small business owners in South Africa hard. Oz Desai, GM Corporate Traveller, weighs in. With little or no cash to spare, many SMEs are reconsidering their business travel needs,...
