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Waterfront

V&A Waterfront announces annual Ocean Life Festival

With the Volvo Ocean Race set to arrive in Cape Town in the coming weeks,the V&A Waterfront today announced a new endeavour focused on...
Permits

SA extends deadline for Zim permit applications

The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) today confirmed that it has extended the closing date for Zimbabweans living and working in the...
Cameroon

Radisson Blu makes its debut in Cameroon

The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has entered into its 30th African country with the announcement of the Radisson Blu in Cameroon. In total the group's...
digital

Avis begins roll-out of voice-powered digital reservations

Avis Rent a Car has confirmed that it has begun integration into the voice-activated Amazon Alexa platform, allowing customers to book and manage reservations...
Jet lag

Jet lag – the price one pays for changing time zones

There are few things worse than reaching your final destination in a state of exhaustion, but not being able to rest. Desynchronosis, a rather fancy...
Mantis

New Zanzibar property added to Mantis Collection’s portfolio

The Mantis Collection has announced the opening of Nungwi Dreams on the North-East coast of Zanzibar. While the new-built property is already accepting guests,...
gds

aha Hotels & Lodges to launch GDS chain code

aha Hotels & Lodges is launching its own GDS chain code titled ‘GO’. Travel agents across the world can now use the straightforward chain...
hiking

Mountain hiking project launched in Kigali

The Rwanda Development Board recently announced the launch of the 7 Summits Africa project, which seeks to promote mountain hiking as a tourist activity...
Buenos Aires

Ethiopian to link Buenos Aires to Africa

Ethiopian Airlines, finalised preparations to start five weekly flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina, effective 8 March, 2018. Buenos Aires will become the airline's...
emergency landing

Take note: Airlink flight makes emergency landing at OR Tambo

Airlink has confirmed that an AVRO RJ85 airliner operating flight SA8103 from Harare to Johannesburg last night was involved in an event which resulted...