Africa

Victoria Falls Audio Guide (VFAG) has launched the area’s first-ever audio guide, which provides a full description of 25 viewing points of the Falls and the rainforest.The history, discovery an…

Gaming tourism should become an important source of economic development for Angola. Jorge Manuel Calado, the national director of the Angolan Ministry of Tourism, plans to develop the local gambling …

An Air Zimbabwe aircraft that allegedly caught fire on the evening of April 28, was said to have experienced an engine surge as a result of a foreign object being ingested by the left engine shortly a…

SA’s travel and tourism industry will be getting a skills boost from grassroots level, through the Travel and Tourism Excellence Academy – an initiative driven by Amadeus IT Group and SA&r…

Accor is seeking to fast-track its development plans in Africa, leveraging its expanded portfolio to consolidate its leadership position in the north and west of the continent.The France-based group i…

An African Anthology has introduced Iganyana Tented Camp to its portfolio – a luxury camp in a concession area on the border of Hwange National Park.The 15 large luxury tents each span 59.4sqm, …

Natural Selection’s luxury tented camp, Jack’s Camp, in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana, will close for a total rebuild on October 1, and reopen with a new look in May next year.The rebuil…

Air France plans to start daily flights to Nairobi from Paris.Arthur Dieffenthaler, the airline’s Eastern Africa General Manager, was quoted speaking at Air France’s first anniversary of t…

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has issued Comair with a strike notice, allowing airport ground staff represented by NUMSA to strike from 13h00 on April 18. Just over 700 of…

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Air Mauritius are to suspend their joint venture operations between Mauritius and Amsterdam.The suspension will come into effect on October 27, at the start of the 2019 Ia…