The United National Transport Union (UNTU) confirmed that the Gautrain strike would continue today (July 31). Gautrain has contingency plans in place to assist passengers travelling between Sandton, J…
Enterprise Rent-A-Car expands into Dominican Republic
As part of its ongoing expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, the world’s largest car rental company has opened four new Enterprise Rent-A-Car locations at the Dominican Republic’s …
UK sees strong growth in overseas arrivals for 2017
The UK saw strong growth in 2017 from a mix of overseas visitor markets including China, Australia, the Gulf Cooperation Council, India and the US, underpinning a record year for inbound tourism.New f…
Universal Orlando considering fourth park
Universal Orlando could be planning a fourth theme park, NBCUniversal’s CEO hinted on Thursday.“In terms of a new gate in Florida, we are looking at it,” Stephen Burke said during pa…
Fight Over-Tourism And Travel Off The Season
The world of tourism has been tackling the issue of over-tourism for a couple of years now. It represents the rapid increase of mass tourism to prominent destinations throughout the world.Today, there…
Catalan Tourism Expects Drops In Prices, Visitors And Reservations
The last twelve months have been an acid test for the Catalan tourism sector, which has been forced to face challenges that no destination would like to experience. From terrorist attacks, to the poli…
Etihad Airways to increase Toronto flights from October
Etihad Airways will increase its flights from Abu Dhabi to Canada’s largest city, Toronto, from three to five weekly services from October 28th.The flights will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER a…
South African Tourism launches Facebook Live series in UK
South African Tourism has launched a brand new social media initiative to help agents to effectively sell the country.The organisation’s new series of five Facebook Live videos, dedicated to pro…
Lightfoot Travel prepares to launch in UK
Luxury tour operator Lightfoot Travel is set to launch in the UK with the opening of its London office this month.The highly specialist operator, which was founded in 2009 in Singapore, designs origin…
Tourism from BRIC nations plays major role in South Africa’s economy
South Africa’s tourism industry has been buoyed by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. This is according to an economic assessment by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategy&, …