SAA has been served with a notice of intention to embark on industrial action by one of the labour unions.SAA’s maintenance subsidiary, SAA Technical (SAAT), received the notice at the weekend from one labour union following the tabling of a…
Three big cruise companies with itineraries that include calls in Havana said their ships are a safe way to visit the island, even though the U.S. State Department is warning Americans against going.The warning is in response to illnesses reported…
Tourist hotspot Rotorua is famed for its geysers, steaming springs and exploding mud pools. The area attracts some three million visitors annually. Newly elected Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey offers his top tips for where to eat, drink, ride your bike…
Buoyed by an investment led by former Midwest Express CEO Timothy Hoeksema, the business-centric air service provider OneJet will open a base in Milwaukee this fall.OneJet charters more than 160 regularly scheduled flights per week between its base in Pittsburgh…
For weeks now, travel agents and vacation packagers have been working to rebook hoards of hurricane-impacted travelers who had been scheduled to take vacations to the Caribbean or Florida in the coming days, weeks and months. What they are discovering…
The ongoing expansion of the cruise industry fleet has started to reach lines that don’t often add tonnage.Cunard Line said that parent Carnival Corp. will build a fourth ship for the brand. The 113,000-ton vessel, set to launch in 2022,…
China has recently constituted a new international tourism organisation known as the World Tourism Alliance (WTA). World Tourism Alliance will work as UNWTO in propelling global tourism exchange and cooperation at the governmental and non-governmental levels.According to the China National…
Robben Island Museum (RIM) Chief Heritage Officer, Pascall Taruvinga, said RIM was introducing a new integrated tour guiding service on the island.This follows several reassessments of the current model, which includes one guide for the bus trip around the island…
Permits to trek Peru’s Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in 2018 are being released four months early, October 1st.Peru’s ministry of culture issue 500 permits a day for the four-day hike with 200 being issued to tourists and the other…
Coast presenter Lorna Subritzky almost beats her travel hoodoo on a 36-hour bonding session with workmates in Rotorua… almostI love travel, but the feeling’s not always mutual. I once went to Rarotonga with a man I’d known mere months and…
