South African Airways (SAA) has announced the recent appointment of airline industry veteran, Simon Newton-Smith, in the position of SAA Interim Executive: Commercial. Simon joins the South African Airways’ executive leadership team in Johannesburg, South Africa with an extensive international airline background having previously joined SAA in 2000 and served as Vice President, Sales in …
On June 3, South African Tourism (SAT) in partnership with United Airlines celebrated new daily nonstop service between New York/Newark Liberty International Airport and O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The new flight will be operated on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner departing Newark at 8:45 pm arriving in South Africa at 5:45 pm the next day. …
Meredith Corporation’s Travel + Leisure has announced its annual It List of the best new hotels of the year, spotlighting the 73 most remarkable new and newly redone properties around the globe. Selected by the editors of Travel + Leisure, the hotels on this 16th annual list provide experiences that are sure to inspire wanderlust, …
Great Plains, the iconic eco-tourism company has announced that Tembo Plains Camp is scheduled to open on August 1, 2021. The new Zimbabwean opening is located on the private 118,000-hectare Sapi Reserve, whose northern border is over 40kms of the Zambezi River. The well-known Mana Pools Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, forms the Sapi …
Celmar Travel and Tours is sponsoring an educational & entertaining, “Experience Ghana FAM Tour. 8 Days/7 Nights September 16- 23, 2021 Rate: $2,550 Based on single occupancy Ghana, is a hot travel destination in West Africa at the moment. 2019 saw an exponential growth in the numbers of people visiting Ghana, particularly African-Americans. This was …
The Government of Botswana recently announced an increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate, from 12% to 14%, effective from April 1, 2021. Sanctuary Retreats is reminding it’s travel partners that there will be no increase in the 2021 rates of the Sanctuary Retreats camps in Botswana and the VAT increase will be absorbed. …
South African Tourism reminds the travel trade that South Africa is open to all international leisure and business travelers from all over the globe with all travelers coming into the country needing to supply a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) COVID test not older than 72 hours from the date of departure from their country. …
Join MT Sobek co-founder Richard Bangs to make history at the UNESCO-listed Okavango Delta in their first-ever safari to Angola June 17-25, 2021. Explore the rich biodiversity of Africa’s iconic wetlands and crucial waterways by boat, with over 1,000 plant species, 480 bird species and 130 mammal species, including the world’s largest elephant population. Take …
In support of travel advisors and their clients as future travel planning picks up, Alexander + Roberts has released a 160-page ebrochure covering its highly-regarded journeys around the world into 2023, its longest span of time ever. Featuring ‘never more than 16’ Small Groups and its unique travel any day Private versions of these journeys …
The Indian Ocean island destination has announced that it will be welcoming visitors from across the globe, irrespective of their vaccination status, as from March 25, 2021. Visitors from South Africa will still not be permitted to enter Seychelles for the time being until further review. The announcement was made by the Minister for Foreign …