South Africa Airways needs $540 million in working capital
South Africa’s cash-strapped state airline will need a total of 7.5 billion rand ($540 million) from next month to fund day-to-day operations into 2019, a presentation to a parliamentary committee […]
Uganda’s Digital Passport Set for January 2019
Uganda’s digital passport, which will be launched in January 2019, will cost Ush250,000 ($67), a 67 per cent increase from the current cost of Ush150,000 ($40), making the document one […]
Get Festive at Taj Cape Town
Celebrate Christmas and New Year with a variety of exclusive festive events at Cape Town’s most prestigious city centre hotel, Taj Cape Town, this December. With a range of luxurious […]
WTM London and Travel Forward 2018 Records Six Percent Increase in Visitors
WTM London 2018, the event where ideas arrive, and its co-located sister event Travel Forward experienced a massive 6% increase in visitors fuelled by an increase in senior travel and […]
Mozambique and Kenya Scrap Entry Visas
Mozambique and Kenya have agreed to scrap entry visas, and this agreement should take effect within a few days when it is ratified by the governments of the two countries. […]
Meliá Hotels International to open five-star property in Tanzania
Meliá Hotels International will open a five-star hotel in Arusha, Tanzania, in April next year. Meliá Arusha will be the third hotel in the Tanzanian portfolio, joining the Meliá Zanzibar […]
Tourists flock to Kenya’s coast as Lamu Cultural Festival kicks off
Hotels and other accommodation facilities in Lamu are gearing up for roaring business as thousands of local and international participants flock into the iconic island for the 18th edition of […]
Protea Hotels by Marriott to open its Second Hotel in Ghana
Protea Hotels by Marriott, part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR), announced the signing of Protea Hotel by Marriott Accra, Kotoka Airport, the brand’s second hotel in Ghana and the […]
UNWTO Features as Tourism Enters Ibero-American Cooperation Agenda
The 26th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government (La Antigua, Guatemala, 15-16 November) concluded with a high-level political declaration on sustainable development in which tourism plays a key […]