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PMR merges with Valor

PMR Hospitality Partners, a South African-based full-service hospitality management and advisory company, is merging with

Cape Town to host AviaDev

AviaDev, the African aviation conference, will take place in Cape Town in June. The networking event, which is entering its third year, initially took place...

Sun International to close Fish River Sun

Sun International will be closing its Fish River Sun resort in South Africa’s Eastern Cape at the end of November, due to economic pressure...

Abuja hotel renews with Hilton

Hilton and Transcorp Hotels Plc, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, have announced the signing of a 20-year extension to the current agreement...

Mövenpick to enter Ethiopia

According to Breaking Travel News, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed its first hotel in Ethiopia as its expansion in sub-Saharan Africa gathers pace. Slated...

Interesting Times

Ed Frost believes the global airline industry is in as tricky a place as it has ever been since 2008. That’s off the back...

KLM partners with We.Stream

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has entered into a partnership with We.Stream for the sale of We.Stream's mobile wi-fi hotspot device on board KLM flights.   We.Stream...

Eurostars debuts in Africa

According to Hospitality Net, Eurostars Hotel Company, the hotel division of Spain's Grupo Hotusa, is entering Africa with the opening of its first hotel...

Airlink Introduces Additional JHB-Pemba Flight

Airlink will increase the frequency of its service between Johannesburg and Pemba in Northern Mozambique, in response to market demand. From 24 September, Airlink will...

Sun International unveils plans for Sun Meropa

  Sun International and Domba Empowerment Corporation have expansion plans for Sun Meropa. The $5.2 million development is scheduled for completion in August 2017. The investment forms...

Travel delays and airport chaos: know your rights as a passenger

Covid restrictions removed: check. Packed my bags and ready to fly: check. Trip turned into a nightmare: TBC. We saw how, during the height of the pandemic,...

Virgin Atlantic helps those with hidden disabilities

Virgin Atlantic has launched its Hidden Disabilities scheme across its network. Offered to passengers at no extra cost, the scheme ensures the airline provides extra assistance to those who may need it, without them having to ask. A specially-designed symbol,