Days after President John Magufuli announced the reopening Tanzania’s airspace to scheduled and non-scheduled international flights, the first charter flight with Greek tourists landed at Kilima…
Coping with COVID: Gondwana stays positive
Gondwana Collection Namibia is upbeat about tourism recovery post-COVID-19, and remains committed to its guests, staff, the local community and the environment.At Namibia’s present Stage 2 of lo…
LATAM Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru to lay off 1,400 workers
LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline conglomerate in Latin America, announced it will lay off 1,400 workers from its branches in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The news was confirmed by the …
Emirates resumes passenger flights to 9 destinations, including connections between UK and Australia
Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinations: London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne*. The air…
Wine tourism needs to be revised post-COVID-19
Wine tourism in its current form will have to change post-COVID-19, and to survive in the short to medium term it will also need to appeal to a wider audience, including the domestic market.That was o…
More accommodation options for essential service workers
City Lodge Hotel Group and aha Hotels & Lodges are some of the accommodation establishments that have announced that some of their properties will now open to provide support to essential and crit…
IATA sets out restart principles
Five principles for re-connecting the world by air transport gained endorsement from airline CEOs at the conclusion of the International Air Transport Association’s Board of Governors meeting.&l…
A virtual tour of Sarawak homes
Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia is home to 27 ethnic groups, with 45 different dialects spoken every day and each has its own unique stories, traditions and beliefs to tell.It’s most impo…
Art auction helps COVID-19 support programme
Natural Selection is raising money for its COVID-19 Village Support Programme through an art auction on Facebook on May 20 at 12h00 GMT.A customised painting by South African artist Jemima Sargent, wi…
Silver Origin coming in late August thanks to shipyard’s effort
The Covid-19 pandemic has put most 2020 ship delivery dates into question, but Silversea Cruises’ ship being purpose-built for the Galapagos Islands, the Silver Origin, will launch in late Augus…