South African Airways will launch a new non-stop service between Washington, D.C.-Dulles International Airport and Accra’s Kotoka International Airport on August 3, 2015. With the introduction of this new flight, SAA will be providing the only non-stop flight between Washington D.C. and Ghana, as well as the only Skytrax 4-Star-rated airline service and world-class quality…
As of May 18th, Henok Teferra, previously Vice President for corporate strategy communications and alliances at Ethiopian Airlines, is the new CEO of ASKY Airlines. ASKY is a Pan African airline, based in Lomé. Ethiopian Airlines holds a 40 percent stake in ASKY and has a five-year management and technical service agreement with ASKY. A…
Franschhoek, South Africa – May 2015 – The 14th edition of The World’s Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, has been announced. The Tasting Room was honoured with position 88, and is the only South African restaurant to have made it into the 51-100 list. According to the organisers, the awards provide ‘an annual…
Cape Town: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, has announced that it has finalized preparations to start flights from Addis Ababa to Cape Town, as of 30 June, 2015. Ethiopian Airlines announced in a statement. that, together with this new route, the airline will also launch a direct flight to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.…
South African Airways (SAA), the leading carrier on the African continent, and its feeder partner airline, Airlink, have entered into a joint commercial venture which, as a first ever, will offer scheduled air services at Tshwane City’s Wonderboom Airport. Effective 16 August, the service will operate between Wonderboom and Cape Town, a key domestic route…
The inconsiderate behaviour of tourists has led Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park to lose its unique selling point – unescorted walking. Until now, the game sanctuary has been one of a very few in Africa that has allowed visitors to wander about unguided in big game territory. The practice has been marketed as one of…
Cape Town – Mantis has confirmed that its renowned Zambezi Queen luxury river boat will now form part of the Zambezi Queen Collection, teaming up with three smaller existing luxury river boats, previously known as Ichobezi Safariboats and The Pride of the Zambezi. The three safari boats have been renamed the Chobe Princesses and join the…
It is with great excitement that we launch the newly-refurbished and totally-redecorated rooms at Chobe Game Lodge. The rooms have been completely refurbished with a lively, contemporary finish, in keeping with the beautifully-designed public areas. The bathrooms have tripled in size, with his-and-hers twin basins, walk-in, frameless glass showers and large, free-standing baths. “A new range…
In the face of a long chain of crises across Africa, specialists and suppliers have had to remain vigilant and get creative with their marketing and selling initiatives to prevent their businesses from becoming yet another casualty of the continent’s catastrophes. “Specialist tour operators focusing on Africa have to be prepared for the peaks and…
Cape Town – The advance of South Africa’s budget airlines, recently joined by FlySafair and Skywise, looks set to benefit air travel consumers, as competition between the private and state-owned sector strengthens. A study undertaken in February indicated that FlySafair had already helped bring prices down on some domestic routes. Now hopes are pinned on Skywise…
South Africa’s hospitality industry is prepared to grow further in the next five years, with most growth in the sector expected to be generated in Cape Town, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today. Nikki Forster, the hospitality industry leader for PwC Southern Africa, says: “Although South Africa’s economy has weakened, the hotel…
Djibouti is out of this world! It’s a claim no travel writer should ever make, but it really is as if a great chunk of Mars has been carved out and jigsawed on to the Horn of Africa. Seated on the Afar Triple Junction – the meeting point for three of the Earth’s tectonic plates,…
President Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual conference that connects entrepreneurs with business leaders, international organizations, and governments. “His trip will build on the success of the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and continue our efforts to work with countries in sub-Saharan Africa,…
Windhoek In an effort to curb an upsurge in wildlife crimes, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, says no private guns will be allowed into national parks, following a spate of illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has been working with other law enforcement and conservation agencies to…
Recently, Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) announced a new regulation which, experts say, will confine tourists within the national parks. If enforced, the regulation will compel tourists who wish to visit communities or stay outside the parks after game driving, to pay multiple entry fees. This means that, having previously paid a single fee for a…
‘Given the continued insistence of governments to place travel advisories to specific areas of Kenya where the Congress was to be held, the Executive Committee and Chair of the LOC have agreed to postpone the congress and that Kenya will reconsider holding a congress in 2018.’ READ MORE:
From 1 June 2015, a person traveling with a child will be required to possess an unabridged birth certificate of the child, and written consent from the parent or parents authorizing such travel, that is, if the child is traveling with somebody else or with only one parent.For countries abroad, any legal document issued by…
The 2015 Travel & Adventure Show Season broke records regarding attendance and exhibitor participation attracting over 135,000 qualified travel enthusiasts and over 2,000 exhibitors. With misconceptions regarding travel to Africa at an all-time high, this is your best opportunity to get in front of tens of thousands of interested consumers who are looking to book…
The government of Malawi has announced its development of a strategic five-year 2020 Tourism Development plan to guide the country’s developments in the tourism sector. Minister of Information, Tourism and Wildlife, Kondwani, said in the capital, Lilongwe, that the plan will be due for implementation in the next financial year. “The plan will see tourism…
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) has announced the opening of Hyatt Place Taghazout Bay, the first Hyatt Place hotel to open in Africa. Hyatt Place Taghazout Bay, an upscale select service Hotel, is located at the new Taghazout Bay Resort, just 17 kilometers from Agadir. Offering a prime situation, Hyatt Place Taghazout overlooks the Atlantic…
Hoopoe Safaris is very proud to host the Clinton Foundation here in Tanzania once again. In the recent past, we have had the privilege of organising a major conference for Clinton Healthcare Access Initiative (CHAI), as well as safaris for the delegates. This time around, we hosted visits by President Bill Clinton and the top…
Elephant’s Eye, Hwange, recently introduced game walks experience. The new activity will see you step out of the safari vehicle to walk amidst the African wildlife. Our ZimPro guide/ranger will take a small group of 6 guests on these intimate walks in the morning or afternoon. This nature encounter brings guests closer to where lion,…
When we set out to invent Wild Luxury, we knew we had to strive for perfection. So our plan for the spa at Mara Bushtops was simple: Create the best luxury safari spa in the world. The great news is we’ve achieved our aim: On 30 April 2015, the World Luxury Spa Awards announced that…
Cape Town – South African Airways Cargo has taken a decision to place a total embargo on its worldwide services for the transportation of hunting trophies, effective 21 April 2015. The embargo was issued after SAA Cargo was fined by the Civil Aviation Authority following an incident in which hunting trophies were allegedly shipped to Perth, Australia…