The Westin Turtle Bay Resort & Spa
BACKGROUND: Marriott International acquired Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 2016, creating the world’s largest hotel company. You wouldn’t know it to look at the...
Hotel check: Radisson Blu, Nairobi Upper Hill
BACKGROUND: The five-star Radisson Blu Nairobi Upper Hill Hotel opened in 2015 with 271 rooms and has been described as a modern salute to...
Hotel Check: Sabi River Sun Resort
BACKGROUND: Tsogo Sun is one of Africa’s premier hospitality, gaming and entertainment groups with 14 casinos and entertainment destinations in six South African provinces and over...
Hotel Check: Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Hyatt Regency is Hyatt’s flagship hotel brand of premium hotels for business and leisure travellers around the world. Opened as...
Hotel check: Faircity Junction
BACKGROUND: Faircity is a hotel group specialising in owning, managing and co-developing hotels in Southern Africa. Its primary service offering is business and conference...
Flight Check: Cathay Pacific
Background: Together with affiliated-airline Cathay Dragon (formerly Dragonair), Cathay Pacific offers an impressive network of global and Asian destinations from its hub in Hong...
Hotel Check: Southern Sun Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The Southern Sun Dar es Salaam has business travellers at the heart of its operations. It's located within close proximity...
Flight Check: Virgin Atlantic
Background: Virgin Atlantic launched its premium economy product as far back as 1992 and has arguably been one of the market leaders in this...
Hotel Check: The Maslow
Background: Sun International is one of Africa’s largest tourism, leisure and gaming groups and operates or has an interest in a total of 18...
Hotel check: City Lodge Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Friendship International Hotel
BACKGROUND: Though still a new establishment, this independent, four-star hotel (according to Ethiopian standards) is ideal for business and leisure travellers. While I'd grade...
Flight check: Virgin Atlantic
BACKGROUND: Virgin Atlantic flies to nine destinations in the USA and it added a tenth, Seattle (Washington), this year. The flight takes about nine...