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SIA and Silkair to fold surcharges

Singapore Airlines and its regional arm SilkAir will fold fuel and insurance surcharges into their base airfares. With the removal of the fuel and insurance...

Tsogo Sun’s Cape Town hotel development nears completion

Tsogo Sun’s new dual-brand 19-storey hotel development on the corner of Bree, Buitengracht and Strand streets in Cape Town is entering the final stages...

EgyptAir and Etihad codeshare

Etihad Airways and EgyptAir introduced the first phase of a new codeshare agreement on 1 March. Under the initial phase of the agreement, the airlines...

aha adds Sefapane to portfolio

aha Hotels & Lodges has secured the full management and marketing contract for Sefapane Lodges & Safaris, just outside the Phalaborwa Gateway to the...

Ethiopian signs codeshare with Air Namibia

Ethiopian Airlines and Air Namibia have signed a codeshare for flights beyond their respective hubs in Addis Ababa and Windhoek, as well as Ethiopian’s...

Airlink increases capacity to Nelspruit

Effective 2 July, Airlink will add a second daily flight between Cape Town and Nelspruit, except on Saturdays. The additional flight is a response to...

ABTA Ethiopia launch

The African Business Travel Association (ABTA) will be hosting its Ethiopian launch in Addis Ababa on 24 March at The Hilton Hotel Addis Ababa and is inviting...

Mantis Collection to open new hotel

The Pearl Valley Hotel by Mantis, planned and developed by the Mantis Collection, is set to welcome guests in April. The first phase of the...

TAP links Lisbon and Abidjan

According to Breaking Travel News, TAP Portugal will fly via its hub in Lisbon to Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) from 17 July, increasing the airline’s...

Ramada comes to Ethiopia

Wyndham Hotel Group has opened its first hotel in Ethiopia – the Ramada Addis Ababa. The hotel is owned by ADM Business PLC and operated...

Rotana debuts in Africa

According to Hospitality.Net, Rotana has opened its first property in Africa - the Kin Plaza Arjaan by Rotana in Kinshasa (DRC). A modern property equipped with contemporary technology and facilities,...

Eurowings adds Windhoek to network 

Eurowings, Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier, will fly to Namibia from 13 July. The new route will operate two weekly flights from Hosea Kutako International Airport in...