Industry experts remain confident that live events will remain first choice, despite a rise in virtual and hybrid events in 2020.The impact of technological developments on the MICE industry was the theme of a discussion between panellists on a recent…
Colombia’s Hotel Waya Guajira, an eco-resort in the La Guajira department on the country’s Caribbean coast, this week received the Colombian government’s SGS seal, certifying the property’s adherence with “rigorous” national COVID-19 health and safety standards, said company officials.The SGS…
Editors of a prestigious New York publication heave revealed they have spent a long year without travel dreaming of being on Auckland’s pleasure isle.Waiheke was one of eight international destinations to make Conde Nast Traveler’s 2021 Gold List. Editors singled…
News about advances with Covid-19 vaccines is good for the travel industry, but for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), nothing beats good old product marketing.Speaking on a Zoom chat, Travel Leaders Group (TLG) president John Lovell told NCLH CEO Frank…
Travelport has added a new Stay Safe feature for agents connected to its API or Smartpoint agency desktop solution.The searchable amenity enables hotels to highlight to travel agents that they have signed up to industry-wide safety initiatives, within the agent’s…
Lufthansa is recording a sharp rise in intercontinental and intra-European bookings for the upcoming Christmas and New Year travel season, with South Africa and Namibia among the most popular destinations.Last week, up to 400% more people booked destinations overseas compared…
Hotels in the United Arab Emirates still feeling the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic according to new research.In its latest forecast, Colliers International indicated that most hotels across the destination will end the year with less than half-empty occupancy levels,…
Uganda Airlines, based at Entebbe, has been planning direct operations into South Africa since its launch in August last year.Those plans, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are finally coming to fruition and flights between Entebbe and OR Tambo International are…
Delta Air Lines has again delayed its return to South Africa. According to the airline’s new schedule, flights to Atlanta will now commence on March 28, 2021.When South Africa’s borders reopened on October 1, Delta initially announced that it would…
The mist has settled in the trees atop Maungatautari as we arrive late morning. The forecast promises rain, and the grey sky makes the green of the trees almost electric, they’re so vivid. Maungatautari’s Sanctuary Mountain is a mainland “island”…
