Q&A: Wings Travel – Demonstrating value
Q: How would you describe the past five years of operations for Wings Travel?
A: The downturn in the oil and gas sector in 2014...
Q&A: Minor Hotels – Steady expansion
Q: What’s your view on the current state of the African hotel industry?
A: It is most certainly expanding aggressively in certain regions such...
ASATA: Business travel is important to SA
Private enterprises stand to benefit from a new government-lead drive to grow domestic tourism, but corporate South Africa has a significant role to play.
Business...
An eye on West Africa
Last month I wrote about the brands with new hotels planned in West Africa. Since then I have been looking at the existing hotels...
An Eye on West Africa
It’s that time of year again, when we look at what the international and regional (African) chains have been doing in terms of signing...
ASATA: Effective tips for efficient travel
If you’re like most of today’s business travellers who live demanding fast-paced lifestyles, you probably don't like to waste time sitting around airports.
But when...
Q&A: Preferred Hotels – Celebrating growth
Q: What, for you, was the biggest achievement of those first 50 years?
A: Among other things, I was incredibly proud of our successful...
Q&A: SAT – On track
Q: What progress has SA Tourism made with regards the ‘Five in Five’ goal of achieving five million more visitors to South Africa by...
Q&A: Virgin Atlantic – Sticking around
Virgin Atlantic Airways is a daily visitor to Johannesburg and looks sets to remain a staple supplier of air travel to and from Africa. Liezl Gericke, Virgin Atlantic’s Head of Middle East, Africa and India, took some time to update Business Traveller Africa on the
ASATA: Stepping in to innovate
In today’s digital world and always-on business climate there’s more pressure to be innovative than ever before. You very likely have been pressured to...
An Eye on West Africa
Do you really want a robot to deliver your room service order? There have been a couple of reports recently about hotels in Asia and their experiences with robot staff, both positive and negative. I am not a technophobe by any means, but when it comes to
An Eye on West Africa
Had things gone to plan, I would have been writing this after the presidential election in Nigeria, and talking about the potential impact of the result on the hospitality industry. No fewer than 73 candidates were in the running, although I did notice that some