Tourvest acquisition of Three Cities approved
The Competition Commission has approved the acquisition of Three Cities
MiceMaster: A New System for Meetings & Events Cost Containment and Policy Compliance
"94% of the world's companies utilise corporate travel online booking tools (OBTs) to identify cost-saving opportunities and control travel policies. None have handled these...
2016 Business Traveller Africa Conference & Awards
Tourvest leads industry winners
Tourvest was the biggest winner at the fifth annual Business Traveller Africa Conference & Awards, with three of the South African...
International travel in the time of COVID-19
In the recent Safe Travel Barometer, an initiative by tech provider Safe Travel Technologies which monitors global traveller health and safety measures, Air France...
Nigeria
Nigeria is the ‘Giant of Africa’ and the most populous country on the continent. In 2014 Nigeria’s economy surpassed South Africa as the largest on the continent, after the West African nation overhauled its gross domestic product data for the first time in two decades.
South Africa
Fact File
Population: 52 million
Time: GMT +2
Plugs: Three-pin round
Dialling code: +27
Currency: Rand - $1=10.2ZAR
Language: 11 official languages, but English is predominantly spoken
Background
South Africa’s apartheid legacy...
New Radisson Blu opens in Sierra Leone
Carlson Rezidor opens the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel, Freetown
Home(grown) affairs
Local, as South Africans know, is lekker. More than just lekker though, the choice to support local when it comes to business has far-reaching...
Events
See some of the events happening around Africa including festivals, Exhibitons, Fairs and Conferences.
Flight Check: CemAir Bombardier CRJ100
Bloemfontein-Johannesburg
BACKGROUND: CemAir is a privately-owned South African airline that was established in 2005. Its headquarters are at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. CemAir...
Swiss International Lenana Nairobi is open for business
It’s a soft opening, but Swiss International Hotels & Resorts’ Lenana Nairobi is ready to receive the guests.
The newly built 135-room hotel boasts four...
JOHANNESBURG
OVERVIEW
The capital of South Africa’s smallest province, Gauteng, Johannesburg is where it all happens for the country’s business travellers. Not only is it the...