A slow-drive protest has been organised in Cape Town for tomorrow (July 31) by the Private Charter Passenger Association (PCPA), which represents all tourism vehicles, including game-drive vehicles…
RwandAir to return to operations in August
RwandAir will resume commercial passenger services from August 1st.Flights will restart with select African routes where travel restrictions have been eased and borders have reopened.Flights to the…
Monday smile: Animals get together for Zoo(m) team meeting
A quirky initiative spearheaded by Sir David Attenborough with the help of well-known British comedians, gives viewers a peek into a virtual meeting of zoo animals coming up with marketing plans to…
Zim govt approves COVID-19 protocols
The Zimbabwe government has approved the COVID-19 Guidelines and Protocols for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector developed by the Zimbabwean Tourism Authority (ZTA).The ZTA emphasised the need for…
Botswana to launch eVisas
The government of Botswana has selected Pangea to integrate its eVisa solution as part of the country’s efforts to expand its digital and online services.Pangea specialises in digital transfo…
SAA fleet stripped to the bones
SAA will terminate all its aircraft leases by the end of the month, leaving it with one functional A320, which it charters to a world food programme, and nine old uneconomical A340s, which the airl…
Learners go digital for practical experience
Work-integrated learning experiences have been redesigned to include a remote internship programme at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) School of Tourism and Hospitality (STH) this academ…
Op-Ed: Govt should support the whole air transport industry, not just one airline
Government could save more than 250 000 jobs in South Africa’s air transport sector if it spent the R35.5bn (€1.8bn) needed to save SAA on subsidising the industry as a whole.How do I ge…
Breaking news: SAA BRPs decline to comment on Govt letter of support
SAA’s business rescue practitioners declined to comment this morning on an announcement that a letter of support committing Government to funding the rescue of SAA was delivered to them yeste…
Car rental stalls without flights
An ongoing lack of inbound tourists in South Africa has had the biggest impact on the car-rental industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.This was highlighted during a Global Business Travel Associati…