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Tsitsikamma National Park Tsitsikamma, dubbed ‘The garden of the Garden Route’, sits on a 200 metre-high plateau that stretches from the Bloukrans River in the west to the Tsitsikamma River in the east. It is bordered on the north by the imposing Tsitsikamma Mountains and in the south by the Indian Ocean. Tsitsikamma is a Khoi word meaning ‘place of...

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 layout and a sense of the major centres and the hotels they offer, to get full value out of any business trip to the city. Johannesburg is South Africa’s main business travel destination and the economic...

Travelport has announced that it has partnered with ACI Worldwide to deliver a fraud control and settlement solution for its airline customers called Travelport Authorize Plus. It enhances Travelport’s existing Card Payment Gateway by integrating with ACI’s ReD Shield platform. Part of the UP Payments Risk Management solution, ReD Shield delivers real-time, cloud-based multi-tiered fraud prevention for e-commerce merchants of...

Opening this month, The Maslow at Time Square offers an entirely new concept in hospitality. A first for South Africa, this 238-room specialist business hotel offers multi-level accommodation options – from standard to premium – all under one roof. The 17-storey hotel is packed with state-of-the-art facilities and technology that will delight and satisfy every business executive. The Foundation Level,...

The apartment hotel model is proving attractive to corporate travellers looking for an alternative to traditional hotel accommodation, as Kate Kennedy finds.   Accommodating staff when they travel for business can be a costly endeavour. Even mid-scale hotel rooms start becoming expensive when booked for weeks at a time. And they’re not always the best for workers either, with minimal space...

Luxury hotel and apartment group The Capital Hotels and Apartments is shaking up the local hospitality industry with its guest centric, cost efficient approach. Since opening The Capital Pearls in Umhlanga, the group has expanded its footprint to be a national player… and it’s not done yet. The Capital Hotels and Apartments has responded to the needs of business travellers...

CemAir says it is working hard to return to full capacity within the next two weeks, following the South African Civil Aviation Authority announcing that it had lifted the suspension of the airline’s Aircraft Maintenance Organisation approval. In addition to this, the SACAA has lifted the grounding of CemAir’s Dash-8 Q400 aircraft, meaning that 11 aircraft now remain grounded. SACAA says that these planes...

Are you constantly looking over your shoulder when you’re on the road? From the booking process to boarding a flight and checking into a hotel, corporate travel poses a range of very unique cyber security threats. The good news is that from March the travel industry will be one step closer to ensuring that your data is safe during...

I cannot remember a time when there was so much political change in the world. Now, that could be because I don’t remember change taking place before (it’s age, you know), or because there’s much more information available, or because as I get older I am more aware of such things – or, of course, that there is, actually,...

Turkish Airlines has launched flights to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. The service between Freetown’s Lungi International Airport and Istanbul Atatürk International Airport operates on Tuesdays and Saturdays via Ouagadougou. Freetown is Turkish Airlines’ 52nd destination on the continent and joins other West African hubs like Accra, Lagos, Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Abidjan, Cotonou, Douala and Yaounde on the list of...

First National Bank Mozambique and National Aviation Services recently inaugurated an exclusive, contemporary lounge at the international terminal of Maputo International Airport. The FNB Lounge by Pearl Assist is located on the first floor of the airport departures terminal and caters to Platinum and Black Card Limited customers of FNB and First Rand. Card holders can access the lounge by presenting...

The Centurion Lake Hotel – a Legacy Hotels & Resorts property – has been relaunched as The Centurion Hotel. The hotel has a new programme and a host of activities geared towards day visitors, overnight guests and after-work revellers. That includes some lively events which are set to become regular fixtures on its calendar. Food takes centre stage at The Centurion Hotel...