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CAPE TOWN

OVERVIEW The ‘Mother City’ has the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. As the seat of the Parliament of South Africa, it...

PRETORIA

OVERVIEW Known as the “Jacaranda City” due to its thousands of pretty purple jacaranda trees, Pretoria is a city within the Tshwane metropole and the...

Proflight adds more flights to Ndola route

Proflight Zambia has added a new mid-afternoon flight between Ndola and Lusaka to meet the additional demand spurred by its recent decision to lower...

JOHANNESBURG

OVERVIEW The capital of South Africa’s smallest province, Gauteng, Johannesburg is where it all happens for the country’s business travellers. Not only is it the...

FCM to launch Sam

FCM Travel Solutions has announced it will launch a chatbot in the second half of 2018. Sam blends artificial intelligence with the expertise of FCM...

Avis expands in KwaZulu Natal

Avis has increased its presence in the South African province of KwaZulu Natal, with the announcement of the opening of a new branch in...

Etihad Airways expands service to Nigeria

Etihad Airways today reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria with the announcement of two additional weekly flights on the popular Abu Dhabi–Lagos route, taking it...

Cape Town to host AviaDev

AviaDev, the African aviation conference, will take place in Cape Town in June. The networking event, which is entering its third year, initially took place...

City Lodge opens Nairobi hotel

The 171-room City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi has opened its first phase of rooms and expects to be fully open...

Rezidor opens second hotel in Dakar

The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has opened its second hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The Radisson Hotel Dakar Diamniadio is a 152-room hotel with a congress...

Air France launches new menu

Air France has announced that it will add a new menu to its a la carte menu selection on board long-haul flights. ‘My Fun Menu’...

SAA announces codeshare with TAAG

SAA has announced an extended codeshare agreement with TAAG Angola Airlines. As part of the extended agreement, SAA will codeshare with TAAG on their direct...