Q&A: The Regency – New player
A new hotel management company has emerged in South Africa, headed up by Managing Director Siyanda Dlamini. Together with Key Spirit Development, the group...
Q&A: Betting on Africa
Africa is a key market for Virgin Atlantic, which has been flying to the continent for over 20 years. In fact, its London-
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
Q&A: Planning for the future
The current political uncertainty in South Africa is propelling companies like Comair Flight Services, an air charter provider, to expand outside of the country....
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
Five in Five
2017 saw South African Tourism announce that it had set itself the ambitious goal of increasing the country’s visitor numbers by five million by the year 2022...
Q&A: BCD Travel – Regional ambition
It's an interesting time for travel management companies, as clients become more demanding and technology continues to change the way we see travel. So,...
Q&A: TBCSA – Challenging Times
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa is the umbrella organisation representing organised business in the South African travel and tourism industry. Chief Executive...
Save the planet
Seasoned road warriors know how to navigate airport security effortlessly and get the most out of their frequent flyer miles. However, when it comes...
An Eye on West Africa
I have lived on the west coast for over 15 years now. Sure, I haven’t been everywhere yet, but having been to resorts in...
Learning from leisure travel
The travel industry has gone to great lengths to develop a ‘wow’ retail shopping experience for leisure travellers. Consumer-friendly websites are being developed to...
An Eye on West Africa
We have just published the 10th edition of our annual Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in Africa 2018 report, which shows all the deals signed...