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Emirates’ new range of comforts

Emirates has enhanced comfort in the air with a host of exclusive, new products introduced to its first and business class cabins including first...

Radisson launches Hybrid Solutions

Radisson Hotel Group has launched its new Hybrid Solutions incorporating Hybrid Rooms and Hybrid Meetings. Radisson Hotel Group’s Hybrid Meetings combine the best of meeting...

Social distancing on aircraft

Social distancing on an aircraft presents unique problems. Whereas in public, at the airport, and even waiting in line at the gate it is...

Wings targets growth in Asia

Wings Travel Management is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has entered into a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of...

United opens ticket sales for Cape Town-New York

Ticket sales for United Airlines’ flight between Cape Town and New York/Newark have opened. The first flight will take off on 16 December. Thereafter it...

New passenger link for international passengers

O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg has opened a new passenger link for international passengers between Terminal A and the central terminal building, in...

New look for Richard’s Bay hotel

BON Hotel Waterfront Richards Bay is undergoing a soft refurb. The hotel’s reception, bar, smoking lounge, restaurant, pool deck now sport a colourful retro-vibe muted by natural wood along with ambient lighting and a nature-inspired colour. Thea van der

Lufthansa and Tourvest unveil Direct Connect 

The Lufthansa Group and Tourvest Travel Services have unveiled the first New Distribution Capability (NDC) Direct Connect solution in the South African market. As the...

Emirates increases free baggage allowance

Starting today, all Emirates customers travelling in any of the airline’s three cabin classes on outbound African flights will benefit from the increase in free baggage allowance based on the piece concept

The Bull Run to be revamped

The Bull Run restaurant located adjacent to the Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton on Maude Street will undergo a full revamp worth R12...

Second Canopy by Hilton to open in SA

Hilton recently signed a management agreement with Jellicoe Hotel Management, to bring a second Canopy by Hilton hotel to South Africa. The announcement of...

SWISS to introduce premium economy

Swiss International Air Lines is introducing a new premium economy class on its long-haul aircraft fleet. The additional class of travel will supplement the three existing classes – first, business and economy – from the second quarter of 2021. The new product