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Q&A: Standing tall

The 28-storey Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi’s central business district is an internationally-renowned East African venue for conferences, meetings, exhibitions and special events. During its 39-year history it has been the host of several well-attended international conferences, seminars, exhibitions and summits. Fred Simiye, Managing Director at the KICC, took some time to explain what the centre is all about.

Avertorial: The Maslow – Two Years of Success

Sun International’s Maslow Hotel celebrated its second anniversary last month. Despite being in its infant years, the hotel has firmly entrenched itself as one of the best business hotels in Gauteng, stacking up a number of awards and accolades which bear testimony to its premier service and facilities.

When time is money

Perception remains that private aviation is a luxury many corporates can’t afford, yet how many of those same corporates have ever done a detailed cost analysis on this business travel option and put a price to their own time? Richard Holmes asks that question.

Flight check: fastjet Airbus A319

Johannesburg-Dar es Salaam

Savvy Travellers Hit the Rails

It may not be big in Africa, but the majority of the rest of the world has already seen the benefits of rail travel and how it can change a country’s travel landscape.

Comair to be liquidated

Comair’s business rescue practitioners have today (9 June 2022) lodged a court application to convert the business rescue proceedings into liquidation proceedings. One of the...

Hotel check: Southern Sun Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Kenya

Kenya is the biggest economy in East and Central Africa, but persistent terrorist activity and the knock-on effects of the Ebola crisis in West Africa have resulted in a difficult couple of years.

Tried & Tested

Q&A: Welcoming competition

There has been much activity in the local airline space with new carriers taking to the skies and the reduced oil, and other aspects, like xenophobia, affecting air travel. Rodger Foster, CEO of Airlink gives his thoughts on the state of the industry.

Flight check: Emirates 777-300

Dubai-Johannesburg-Dubai

At the Cutting-Edge and Growing

South African Travel Centre has had a presence in the market for nearly 20 years, and now it’s expanding its reach and network with new acquisitions, whilst continuing to offer the travel technology to take you further.