Technology has been key to the survival of many businesses across a number of industries since the COVID-19 pandemic closed borders of many countries but will it work for the wine tourism industry?…
Video of the week: Breath-taking Tanzania
Aerial views of the Serengeti, Zanzibar and the foothills of Kilimanjaro – images to remind everyone that the beautiful nation of Tanzania is waiting to be travelled to once again.Last week, …
‘SAA will not resume domestic flights mid-June’ – BRPs
SAA’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs), Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana, have clarified that the national carrier will not be resuming domestic flights by mid-June.The statement from the …
SAA BRPs welcome leave to appeal retrenchment judgement
SAA’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) – Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana – will now seek an urgent court date to appeal against the May 8 ruling by the Labour Court that it wa…
Coping with COVID: Gondwana stays positive
Gondwana Collection Namibia is upbeat about tourism recovery post-COVID-19, and remains committed to its guests, staff, the local community and the environment.At Namibia’s present Stage 2 of…
Isibindi helps vulnerable communities
Isibindi Africa Lodges’ Isibindi Foundation, has raised over R520 000 (€26 995) through donations from the corporate and retail sectors, anonymous donors, the travel industry, previous g…
Two SA hotels recognised on by luxury hotel platform
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has recently added two of South Africa’s seaside hotels to its prestigious world platform – The Plettenberg Hotel in Plettenberg Bay and The Marine Hote…
New conservation company launches game reserve in KZN
African Habitat Conservancy (AHC) has launched a protected wilderness area in KwaZulu Natal.Babanango Game Reserve is AHC’s first project. It lies within the Umfolozi Biodiversity Economy Nod…
Vaccine results send travel stocks soaring
Travel and tourism outperformed other sectors on international stock exchanges on Monday (May 18), with investors returning to shares that had been demolished by COVID-19.The gain was across the bo…
ConCourt’s dismissal of BEE criteria appeal welcomed
South African Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s dismissal (on Friday, May 15) of the joint AfriForum and Solidarity application of appeal …