Premium travel weathers gloomy economy
It’s no secret that the South African economy – with knock-on effects for the entire region – is in a tight spot.
Economic growth is...
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...
Full steam ahead
It’s been a difficult few years for some of Africa’s biggest economies, but that hasn’t stopped the world’s big hotel groups from continuing to...
A different type of value
The days of a one-dimensional loyalty programme that sees the customer earning points with a particular airline or hotel and redeeming them for a...
Zambia
Politically stable, peaceful and centrally-located, with a growing economy, a good supply of quality hotels in the main centres, and an airport that needs...
Ever Evolving
Loyalty programmes are having to be nimble and evolve all the time, as the needs and desires of their customers change at a similar pace. Richard Holmes takes a look at some of the more recent developments in the corporate travel space, and details what to look out for in the airline, hotel and car rental spaces.
Remote working: club rules
By 2020, it’s estimated that as many as one in two workers in the UK will be freelance or self-employed, collectively contributing more than £51 billion ($67 billion) to the economy. The same trend is being observed in the US. And it’s not just the self employed
Know the beast
Johannesburg can be pretty intimidating to a traveller visiting it for the first time, so it’s advisable to get a good idea of the...
Where to, from here?
What’s the future of the car rental industry? With the sharing economy muscling its way into this space and many people taking a different...
The suite life
Why shell out for a spacious suite when you stay at a hotel, rather than just staying in a more budget-friendly standard guestroom? Different...
More than a stopover
As the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the largest of the seven UAE member emirates, there should be no reason for Abu...
Be Different
Event organisers are finding themselves under increasing pressure to make their events stand out from the rest and deliver sustained and real value for...