BLOEMFONTEIN
OVERVIEW
Bloemfontein’s Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning “Place of Cheetahs” and since 2011 the city has formed part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, having previously...
New Nairobi Player
Apartment hotels are a growing trend worldwide and Africa is getting its fair share. On 5 April, Mövenpick opened the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences...
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...
Air Mauritius A350
BACKGROUND: Air Mauritius used its 50th birthday to introduce the A350-900 aircraft to its fleet, making it the first operator in the Indian Ocean...
What makes a great travel agent?
If you’re a frequent business traveller, chances are you already know the value of working with a good travel consultant – someone who has...
FlyDubai B737 MAX Business Class
BACKGROUND: Flydubai began operations in 2009, and today flies to more than 85 destinations operating out of Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International...
aha Makalali Private Game Lodge
BACKGROUND: Formerly an old cattle farm west of the Kruger National Park, Makalali Private Game Lodge is now a premiere wildlife-viewing destination. Previously owned...
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...
POLOKWANE
OVERVIEW
Previously called Pietersburg, the town officially became a city in 1992 and in February 2005 the South African government declared the official name of...
Traditional travel management on trial
What travel industry stakeholders call ‘traditional travel management’ stands accused of failing to serve business clients’ needs in an environment where every new gadget,...
A ‘brand’ new future
Hilton Hotels & Resorts has a healthy African development pipeline of 52 hotels, and the group plans to enter 14 new countries over the...
BIRCHWOOD 20 years of hospitality
April marked Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre’s 20-year anniversary of being in hospitality and truthfully, it could not be more perfectly timed....