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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

Behind the curve

Is the prospect of ‘open skies’ in Africa a possibility, or is it just pie in the sky? Kate Kennedy investigates The International Air Transport...

Bullish and optimistic

The world’s big hotel groups still see Africa as relatively untapped and under-supplied, and they continue to put together development pipelines that look impressive on paper, but require a greater conversion rate to make a material impact on the African hotel landscape in the short-term.

Bouncing back

It’s been a challenging few years for Nigeria, but there are positive signs that this African superpower is bouncing back. Nigeria has been referred to...

Making a plan

‘Day Zero’ may have been pushed back, but the water crisis in South Africa’s Western Cape has had a significant impact on travel to...

Primed for growth

Private aviation in Africa is in a healthy state, but it’s not showing the growth that it should – yet – according to those...

On the up

Thanks to ease of access, an ambitious national airline, a growing hotel landscape, an active convention bureau, and a stunning conference centre, Kigali is...

French adventure

Paris is a well-connected European city and many view it as a less pricey alternative to the likes of the UK and Germany. If...

Righting itself

Nairobi remains one of Africa’s most prominent business travel destinations, thanks to a good selection of quality hotels, an improved airport experience, and Kenya’s...

A changing world

GDS companies have had to move with the times and evolve their offerings and models, as the changing landscape of travel distribution has shaken...

Where to, from here?

What’s the future of the car rental industry? With the sharing economy muscling its way into this space and many people taking a different...