Airports Company South Africa has appointed new COO, Fundi Sithebe, effective December 1.Sithebe is currently the Chief of Staff reporting to Acsa CEO, Bongani Maseko. “Fundi has a wealth of experience, which includes companies such as Deloitte Consulting and FirstRand/FNB…
Tourism in Africa has been dynamically growing. 300 million international tourist arrivals were recorded in the months of July and August 2017, according to the World Tourism Barometer, which is a record numbers.According to this report by UNWTO, the Africa…
Kudzai Ratisai, GM, said the major refurbishment was designed to update and refashion the accommodation offering at what is one of the city’s best-known hospitality establishments.“The stylish and modern look of the new bedrooms and suites will no doubt earn…
KwaZulu Natal has established an air route development committee that is pursuing greater global and domestic connectivity for the province.Sihle Zikalala, KZN’s MEC for Economic Development Tourism and Environmental Affairs, says a route development project team recently attended the World…
A concerned reader recently alerted Tourism Update to the growing prevalence of cyber piracy within the tourism sector, with companies creating websites that mimic those of reserves and lodges in order to mislead travellers into booking with them instead.Various cases…
Kenya’s Tourism Minister, Najib Balala, has climbed Mount Kenya to promote the mountain as an adventure tourist destination. “I am glad to climb Mount Kenya as a lifetime dream adventure. On the other hand, I am leading by example to…
In the third quarter of this year, the number of guests in the country’s accommodation establishments grew 18.1% compared to the same period last year.The Cape Verde tourism statistics report shows that the United Kingdom was the country responsible for…
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has warned British citizens in Zimbabwe to remain at home as political unrest sweeps the country.Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe is currently believed to be under house arrest in the capital Harare, with the military having…
In the wake of Steve Fitzgerald’s untimely death, the Angama Board has offered Nicky Fitzgerald the position of CEO, which she has accepted with immediate effect.In a statement, Fitzgerald said: “As you are all painfully aware, this has been a…
Tanzania recently terminated a 25-year-old hunting concession with a United Arab Emirates royal family-owned company, and has launched investigations into the dealings of the company and former Tanzanian tourism ministers, reports The East African.The land in question is five hours’…
