Register today for tomorrow’s Travel Industry Conference at The New York Times Travel Show Friday, January 23, 2015 Jacob Javits Convention Center The New York Times Travel Industry Conference offers a comprehensive education program designed for travel professionals. Featuring 18 Focus Conferences covering the latest products, services, destination information and trends, travel professionals will have…
Award-winning luxury safari outfitter Great Safaris re-introduces their classic program Great Tanzania Wing Safari with an amazing, limited time offer for Spring Break. Book your clients on this family safari and their first child travels FREE; in addition, they will receive a 50% discount for their second child! Help travelers plan this amazing adventure with…
APTA member lan Feldstein (Infinite Safari Adventures) has announced the publication of his E-Book The Best African Safari – Tips From An Obsessive Planner. The book, based on Feldstein’s 15 years of traveling to Africa and arranging safaris for a vast array of clients, contains a wealth of information and answers to the common questions he…
FOLLOWING on the success of its award-winning Shongololo Lounge at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, Menzies Aviation is to open a lounge that will be open to any passenger, including walk-ins, in April. Visitors to the Sesfikile Premium Arrivals Lounge, adjacent to the SAA Arrivals Lounge at OR Tambo, would have access to private bathrooms…
Ranger Safaris has announced the launch of its new Serengeti Explorer Camp which uses three different campsites during the year, following the annual wildebeest migration in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. The camp features eight double tents and two family tents, all en suite. There are solar panels offering 24-hour electricity, Wi-Fi and new lounge…
Gezahegn Abate, International and Public Relations Director at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, told reporters on Thursday (January 8) that Ethiopia’s tourism sector has created 783,638 jobs over the last four years of the GTP period. He also said that “The plan was to create 886,000 jobs.” The massive expansion of standard hotels, cafeterias,…