The 37th annual Knysna Oyster Festival will be held from June 26-July 5 in the greater Knysna area.On offer will be oyster specials, comedy shows, oyster shucking and the waitron race, a charity event…
Africa
No issues around UBC waiver – Minister
While there had been some confusion at certain ports of entry around the waiving of required Unabridged Birth Certificate (UBC) for minors entering South Africa as inbound travellers, this has now bee…
SAACI 2020 to encourage youth participation
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) will be giving tourism students from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) the opportunity to work at the upcoming SAACI Congress hel…
Youssef handed new operations role with Kempinski
Wafik Youssef has been appointed vice president operations, Middle East & Africa at Kempinski Hotels.He takes over from his predecessor, Michael Sorgenfrey.A leader with great operational aptitude…
New 168-room hotel for Waterfall City
City Lodge Hotel Group’s new Courtyard Hotel Waterfall City in Midrand is scheduled to open its first rooms in November.Construction of the hotel has been under way since March last year. It wil…
‘Giant stride’ in safety made by local authorities
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA), the Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism (KLCBT) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) Mpumalanga are continuing to work together to imp…
Southern Africa on high alert but no COVID-19 cases reported
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reiterated South Africa’s readiness to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus), highlighting that, to date, no cases of the vir…
New viewing platform for Zim national park
A new viewing platform/picnic spot is set to open in May in Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou National Park (GNP).It was designed to create an additional attraction in the park and Chivilila Falls. GNP Seni…
Peters takes up PR role for Ethiopian in UK
Ethiopian Airlines Group has welcomed Sally Peters to the newly created role of PR manager for the UK.Peters joined Ethiopian Airlines earlier this month further strengthening the UK marketing team at…
Green Africa Airways places huge Airbus A220 order
In a busy week for the programme, Green Africa Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding for 50 A220-300 aircraft from Airbus.The order from Nigeria’s Lagos-based airline is one of the bi…