Advertorial: Century City Conference Centre can’t be beat
Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, now open for its third year, has made waves in the South African meetings,
Eye on West Africa
A while back I wrote in this column about hotel branding, and how the big international brands don’t, as a general rule, own any of the hotels that they put their name on (with one or two exceptions).Mostly, in Africa, hotel groups manage the properties that they
Still eating
The guys at Tourvest’s Travelit believe the new app they’ve developed is something unique and ground-breaking in a South African context
Flight check:Air France A380
BACKGROUND: Air France operates daily return flights from O.R Tambo International Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle with either an A380 or a Boeing 777. Paris-Charles de Gaulle processes nearly 79 million passengers a year.
Hotel check: Radisson Blu, Nairobi Upper Hill
BACKGROUND: The five-star Radisson Blu Nairobi Upper Hill Hotel opened in 2015 with 271 rooms and has been described as a modern salute to...
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
More for less
It’s big business, this MICE business. According to a report published at the start of the year by Allied Market Research, titled, "MICE Industry by Event Type: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017-2023", the global MICE industry was valued
Making travel safer
Female travellers are considered the fastest growing segment in corporate travel worldwide, representing almost half of all business trips, according to the Women in Business Travel Report, a study commissioned by Maiden Voyage. This rising
BON takes on two more KZN hotels
BON Hotels has further cemented its presence in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal with the acquisition of two additional properties.The Protea Hotel Empangeni, to be named BON Hotel Empangeni, and Protea Hotel Waterfront Richards Bay,
FCM to launch chatbot
In August, FCM Travel Solutions South Africa will launch its chatbot, Sam.
Sam is an interactive ‘Smart Assistant for Mobile’ that supports users with all...
In-room streaming at The President
The President Hotel in Cape Town is putting the (remote) control back into guests’ hands by providing a customised in-room entertainment solution with HotelFlix.With this new hospitality technology, guests will be able to log in to over 1,000 of their
The Capital Moloko to renovate
The Capital Moloko has announced plans to undergo a soft renovation, with the project aimed at updating its exteriors, carpeting and soft furnishings. It also includes a complete revamp of the hotel’s restaurant...