Morocco’s newest hotel will open in its Red City later this month. Nobu Hotel Marrakech is gearing up to welcome its first overnight guests on January 23. Located a stone’s throw from the heart of the 1,000-year-old city, the sleek hotel is the first in Africa from the ultra-luxury hotel brand that’s headed by actor Robert De Niro,…
Ethiopian Airlines has announced and put on sale Addis Ababa to Atlanta. It will be the sixth airport in the US and Canada served by Africa’s largest carrier on a passenger basis and the fourth destination in Africa for Atlanta, the world’s busiest airport. Ethiopian to Atlanta Taking off on May 16th, Ethiopian will launch a 4x…
USAID announced a new Prosper Africa partnership with ThirdWay Partners and The Nature Conservancy to protect African landscapes and bolster the tourism sector. With $2.5 million in catalytic funding from USAID, ThirdWay, and the Nature Conservancy will unlock a $75 million Africa Conservation and Communities Tourism Fund. This is the first continent-wide investment agreement under…
Turkish Airlines is to relaunch its Lusaka service with two flights a week from March 26. The flights will go via Dar es Salaam. Outbound flights to Istanbul will operate on Mondays and Saturdays, and inbound flights on Sundays and Fridays. Flights depart from Lusaka at 02h50 and arrive in Istanbul at 14h40, after a…
Accra, Ghana, the Namib Desert in Namibia and Tassili n’Ajjer in Algeria have all been named on this year’s “52 Places to Go in 2023” by the New York Times which was published Thursday January 12th. This list is largely considered to be the most exclusive annual destination list in publishing. View the full list…
The inbound and outbound African travel community can now register to attend WTM Africa, held from April 3 to 5 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). “Registration is already open for exhibitors, hosted buyers, Buyers’ Club members, the media, and travel trade professionals,” said Megan De Jager, Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & RX Africa…
Air Algérie is planning twice-weekly flights from Algiers to Johannesburg, from March 26. The airline says it will use an Airbus A330-200 for the service. The same frequency will be laid on for Addis Ababa from March 27. Twice- to thrice-weekly flights to Libreville will start from March 26. The Johannesburg service will connect in…
Mount Kilimanjaro’s famed Uhuru Peak is now covered by high-speed Internet access, following the conclusion of the Tanzanian government’s project to bring connectivity to the very top of Africa’s highest mountain. Between August and December last year, Internet access was steadily expanded from all rest camps below 3 795 metres, to the 5 895-metre peak of the mountain,…
Effective January 2023, the management of Nyungwe National Park made changes to its pricing for some of it’s activities with the aim objectives of: (1) Simplifying the existing pricing for visitors and harmonization of the pricing structure between two Rwandan parks whose management is entrusted to African Parks (Akagera and Nyungwe). 2) Facilitating longer stays…
Tanzania tour operators will embark on executing a strategic destination-marketing blitz in the middle of this month. Under the auspices of Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), through United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) support, among other initiatives, this will endeavor to recoup the multi-billion-dollars tourism industry. The marketing plan will deploy a high-profile delegation led…