Hotel Check: AVANI Lesotho
Maseru, Lesotho
BACKGROUND: Sun International sold portions of its Lesotho, Botswana, Namibian and Swaziland operations, and the whole of its Zambian offering, to Minor Hotels...
Flight Check: Virgin Atlantic B787 Upper Class
BACKGROUND: Virgin Atlantic flies to nine destinations in the USA and it added a tenth, Seattle (Washington), this year.
CHECK-IN: Check-in desks at Tacoma International...
Hotel Check: Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff
BACKGROUND: First conceived as an enclave of luxury townhouses in 1997, Albwardy Investment (Dubai) and Hotels Properties
SAA Airbus 320-200 Business Class
BACKGROUND: The national flag carrier of South Africa, SAA services 56 local and international destinations from O.R. Tambo International Airport, its hub. SAA flights...
Hotel Check: Sun Meropa Hotel
BACKGROUND: The Meropa Casino and Entertainment World has been in operation for 15 years with accommodation supplied by a City Lodge hotel. In September...
Flight check: Kenya Airways
BACKGROUND: Kenya Airways is one of Africa’s ‘big four’, along with South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and EgyptAir. It offers three daily flights between Nairobi and Johannesburg, as well as 10 weekly flights between the Kenyan capital and Cape Town. KQ uses both the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the B737-800 on this route.
Flight review: Delta One A330-200
BACKGROUND: Delta’s London-Atlanta service previously ran from Heathrow’s Terminal 4 on a Boeing 767-300. It now flies from Terminal 3, where Delta shares a...
Hotel check: Relais des Plateaux
BACKGROUND: Relais des Plateaux opened in 2005, with décor being an alliance between ancient Malagasy traditions and modernity. Luxury and family rooms were added...
Hotel check: Radisson Blu Le Vendome Hotel
BACKGROUND: The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group operates five hotels in Cape Town, with three Radisson Blu (including the recently-opened Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence)...
Flight Check
Emirates 777-300
Dubai-Johannesburg-Dubai
BACKGROUND: Emirates operates the world’s largest fleet of A380s and the largest fleet of Boeing 777s. It flies four times a day from...
Flight check: British Airways Club World
Cape Town – London Heathrow
BACKGROUND: British Airways is the flagship brand – alongside Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling – of the International Airlines Group (IAG), one...
