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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...

Connectivity without the hassle

If you’ve ever forgotten to switch your cell phone’s roaming on when travelling out of the country, you know first-hand how expensive this oversight...

24 hours in Eastern Cape

Tsitsikamma National Park Tsitsikamma, dubbed ‘The garden of the Garden Route’, sits on a 200 metre-high plateau that stretches from the Bloukrans River in the...

Know the beast

Johannesburg can be pretty intimidating to a traveller visiting it for the first time, so it’s advisable to get a good idea of the...

The Maslow at Time Square

Opening this month, The Maslow at Time Square offers an entirely new concept in hospitality. A first for South Africa, this 238-room specialist business...

On the rise

The apartment hotel model is proving attractive to corporate travellers looking for an alternative to traditional hotel accommodation, as Kate Kennedy finds.   Accommodating staff when...

Tech Investors

The current economic climate of South Africa is driving pressure on travel policy and corporates are essentially spending less each year as they find...

24 hours in the Free State

Dams The Vaal Dam is located in the mountainous Free State province. It is stretched along the Maluti Mountains bordering Lesotho, near the sandstone...

Poised for growth

A close neighbour of South Africa, Namibia has always operated under the radar, but now appears ready to capitalise on its natural resources with...

A Magnetic Personality

Among the world’s 20 most visited cities, as per a report by market researcher Euromonitor that computed total arrivals in 2015, London (18.6 million)...