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TAAG Angola Airlines – the state-owned airline of Angola - is increasing its Cape Town service. From 29 October, the current service of three times a week will increase to daily. TAAG currently operates the Luanda-Cape Town route with a Boeing 777 and, according to the airline, the increase has been driven by the “overwhelming success of the route”.

Delta Air Lines’ latest innovative test program at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport allows customers to video chat from the airport with a specialist – a first for U.S. airlines. Five interactive digital screens with individual receivers are now featured at the redesigned Delta Sky Assist so customers can connect face-to-face with Delta specialists. Customers simply pick up a receiver, initiate...

Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra is one of 46 Mövenpick properties around the world calling on guests and residents to donate food, clothing and educational supplies to help local families in need, as it launches the 2017 ‘Kilo of Kindness’ charity drive. The global campaign, which marks the UN International Day of Charity on 5 September, will see donated items...

The Mayfair Hotel in Mthatha has been awarded a four-star grading by South Africa’s Tourism Grading Council. This makes the R130-million hotel the latest of just a handful of four-star graded establishments in the city which, until recently, lacked the accommodation and entertainment facilities which larger centres boast. Billion Group began investing in Mthatha two years ago with the development...

Comair Limited has launched SLOW XS, a new lounge at Lanseria International Airport to the north-west of Johannesburg. SLOW XS is the latest addition to the suite of existing SLOW Lounge experiences across South Africa. It will officially open at the end of August at Lanseria’s domestic terminal, and will be exclusively available to qualifying kulula.com, FNB, RMB and Comair Limited...

The High Commission of India in Pretoria has announced that the government of India has decided to issue multi-entry business visas with 10-years validity to South African business people with immediate effect. The business visa holders can continuously stay during each visit to India not exceeding 180 days without registration.

In order to surprise its customers and offer them a new form of entertainment, Air France is rolling out a brand new immersive entertainment system in partnership with the startup SkyLights. Customers will be offered a virtual reality headset in which films and series are screened in 3D or 2D. The system has been tested on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle -...

Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Spa, situated in Pretoria to the north of Johannesburg, is now part of the Faircity portfolio. Negotiations to buy the property began at the end of 2014 and the sale was recently finalised. It will take a couple of months for the property transfer to be completed, so in addition to the purchase agreement, there is...

XL Sandown Travel Kopanang has confirmed its existing Level 1 BEE official SANAS accreditation. The accreditation was run on the revised Codes of Good Practice. Servicing the corporate travel market, the Sandown Travel Group has been in the industry for over 45 years in South Africa. It is also a founding member of the XL Travel Group and global member of ATG...

Lufthansa will be offering flights to Hong Kong on the Airbus A350-900 from 12 September. Due to the flight distance—at 10,000 kilometres—Hong Kong will be served by two aircraft flying alternatively. These will be the fourth and fifth A350-900 aircraft due to be delivered to Lufthansa on 12 August and 2 September respectively. The A350’s maiden flight to Hong Kong will take...

Preferred Hotels & Resorts has announced the addition of 23 new member hotels and resorts across 13 different countries between May and July 2017. Highlights of the new hotel additions include Hotel MiM Sitges in Spain, the Ambassador Chicago in the United States, the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Japan, the Merchants Manor Hotel & Spa in the UK and...

Airlink has put one of its three recently delivered Embraer E190 E-jets into service, using the aircraft on the Pietermaritzburg and Bulawayo routes. Airlink’s new flagship aircraft type will slowly be phased in to replace the fleet of 12 Avro RJ85’s currently used on various routes, including Pietermaritzurg and Bulawayo. The E-Jets provide customers with additional seat pitch and a business...