A new tech player has entered the SA market, saying its purpose is to promote and distribute product into all channels of tourism.Touch Down Travel Tech (TDTT) describes itself as a ‘digital …
Omni considers selling several properties
Omni Hotels & Resorts is weighing a potential sale of five of its U.S. properties: the Omni Jacksonville Hotel in Florida and the Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West, Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark,…
Safety protocols essential as SA moves to level 2
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), in welcoming the announcement of a further reopening of the travel sector, has issued a statement emphasising the various health and safety pro…
MSC Grandiosa departure sees cruise sector return in Europe
MSC Grandiosa has become the first large cruise ship to return to operation in the Mediterranean.The first guests began embarking MSC Cruises’ flagship in the port of Genoa, Italy yesterday m…
Puverel to lead Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has announced the appointment of Carla Puverel to the role of general manager.She will take up leadership of the twin island resort, featuring 151 luxury beach and ov…
Insurance relief: Calls to include large companies
Insurance Claims Africa (ICA) is calling on insurers to include larger tourism businesses in their interim relief payments.In a statement, the public loss adjustment firm highlighted that it believ…
Travel the Lesser-Known Pathways of Chile’s Patagonia Region
The wild and untamed Chilean Patagonia region draws adventuresome travelers who want to experience some of the most diverse and remote geographies on the planet. A sparsely populated area that enco…
Plan ahead for family friendly adventure activities around New Zealand
New Zealand might be known for its extreme sports – bungy-jumping anyone? – but you don’t have to go hard-core to experience an adrenaline rush in Aotearoa. If plunging from a pla…
Victoria resumes Yangtze sailings
Victoria Cruise Lines has launched its first sailing on China’s Yangtze River since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.The American-managed luxury cruise line said the recently renovated Vict…
Female rangers bloom in their field
August is Women’s Month in SA and the City of Cape Town has put a spotlight on two female rangers who work at the Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve in Cape Town, outlining how they started from…