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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...

What’s not to like?

Everyone’s attention is turned to social media and travel is making the most of it. Ramsey Qubein takes a look at how hotels and airlines are using this platform to win customers.

The people behind the people

Managing business travellers is becoming more and more complex every day.

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

Local leisure at its best

South Africa is a beautiful and multi-faceted country.The sun shines almost all year round. The beaches, mountains, bushveld, large cities and small towns across...

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...

Moving Target

Travelling is a personal and emotional experience, regardless of whether you’re on a business trip or taking a holiday with the

Ever Evolving

Loyalty programmes are having to be nimble and evolve all the time, as the needs and desires of their customers change at a similar pace. Richard Holmes takes a look at some of the more recent developments in the corporate travel space, and details what to look out for in the airline, hotel and car rental spaces.

Adapt to Thrive

The MICE industry in Africa is under pressure to remain relevant and prosperous, with even more emphasis on events and incentive programmes that can differentiate themselves from the competition and work within tight budget constraints, as Dylan Rogers discovered.

The Personal Touch

Loyalty programmes are changing all the time, as suppliers in the travel space continuously look for effective ways to reward their

Building blockchains

Most people have heard of Bitcoin by now – the mysterious electronic currency created by “Satoshi Nakamoto”, a nom de plume identifying the inventor,...

Premium travel re-defined

There’s a different face to luxury or ‘premium’ travel. Gone are the old perceptions of what ‘luxury’ constitutes, as a new type of traveller has...