Africa

Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape has received Fair Trade Tourism certification for all eight of its tourism products.The reserve’s six five-star lodges; Eagle’s Crag, Bayethe Tent…

The Rezidor Hotel Group, in partnership with AYA Investment Group, has acquired The Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala, Uganda, and added it to the Quorvus Collection.The 296-room hotel will open in the se…

The Liz McGrath Collection has signed an agreement to acquire the Cellars-Hohenort Hotel in Cape Town, the Marine Hotel in Hermanus and the Plettenberg Hotel in Plettenberg Bay from the McGrath family…

Tsogo Sun’s city hotel complex consisting of SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl, will open in September.The 202-room SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl will comprise stand…

The tourism sector in Zimbabwe is being adversely affected by the heavy police presence on the country’s highways, with operators saying the self-drive market has been the worst hit.Africa Albid…

With the launch last month of Skift’s Gateway series, featuring stories from our correspondents embedded in various hubs around the world, developments at HomeAway Asia need no longer seem so di…

Zimbabwean carrier, Rainbow Airlines, plans to enter South African skies with flights from Harare to Johannesburg and Cape Town. The Johannesburg-Harare service will launch in the last week of Februar…

The Republic of Ghana declared its independence from the United Kingdom on March 6, 1957 and was the first country in Africa to establish a democratic government. For the past 60 years, Ghanaians cele…

Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day? And what about the Valentine’s Day gift for your sweetie — do you have that yet? If your answer to either of these questions is no (and you do …

Great Plains Conservation has taken over the lease of Sapi concession, a former hunting concession on the eastern boundary of Mana Pools.The 118 000-hectare area will be put under conservation with a …