Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe is urging caution in the wake of new COVID-19 infections in the East African nation, and has reinstated the country’s indoor mask mandate. This applies to all closed or confined spaces, such as in public-service vehicles, aircraft, offices, supermarkets, and places of worship. “This sharp rise in numbers of new infections…
European luxury hotel group, Kempinski Hotels, has signed management contracts for three luxury safari properties – two lodges and a tented camp – which will open in Tanzania next year. The new luxury tented camp, Kempinski Msasa Lodge Lake Manyara, will have 19 tents with terrace and outdoor showers, two junior suite tents with an…
With the introduction of the Museum Of African Liberation that is being built in the Warren Park area of Harare, there are calls for western Harare to be marketed and recognised as its own unique tourism corridor in the southern African nation. The 101ha museum site will be known as the Liberation City, accompanied by…
Tanzania’s Royal Tour film content, its strategic premiere USA market and timing have started paying dividends in terms of commanding significant traffic of tourists. Produced by Peter Greenberg, the maiden film featuring President Samia Suluhu Hassan, as his key guide—showcasing Tanzania’s rich cultural, wildlife heritage and array of investment opportunities through her leadership eye, was launched…
UNITED Airlines is investing more and more precious seat capacity into South Africa, specifically Cape Town, which Regional Director Sales, Bob Schumacher, agrees is a reflection of both North Americans’ insatiable appetite for the destination and pent-up demand for travel to the US. United expanded its Cape Town-New York/Newark service to year-round this week. In SA…
The Rwandan Cabinet has appointed Michaella Rugwizangoga as the new Chief Tourism Officer for the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). She brings a wide range of expertise related to strategic planning, project management and product development to the tourism development team. The Council member of the World Economic Forum has previously served as the CEO of Volkswagen Mobility…
Trade partners in the Victoria Falls region have welcomed the start of a second daily fastjet flight between Johannesburg and Victoria Falls, adding much-needed airline seat capacity over peak dates. Fastjet’s extra frequency also replaces some of the capacity lost from South Africa owing to the cancellation of flights by British Airways (operated by Comair),…
FlySafair has revealed plans for expansion, including the addition of eight new aircraft to its fleet (five in the short term). The carrier voiced its hopes too, of more regional routes. Comair’s departure from the market has created a supply vacuum, with about 40% of seat capacity lost overnight. FlySafair says this opens opportunities for…
South African apartheid created a storied past of both struggle and triumph. Ker & Downey shares South Africa’s most famous 20th-century historical sites and where to see them. South African Apartheid From 1948, the system of segregation known to the world as apartheid became far more rigid than it had in years past. However, it was…
The Reimagined Hamiltons Tented Camp – Kruger National Park We are thrilled to announce the extensive redesign of the renowned Hamiltons Tented Camp deep in the heart of the Mluwati Concession of Kruger. Many will know and love the unique position of the luxury tented camp named after the legendary Cl. Stevenson Hamilton (first warden…