Monthly Archives: May 2025
Two Holidays, One Flight Ticket: Layovers as Bonus Holidays
Why fly halfway around the world just to sit in an airport lounge eating packet peanuts for eight hours?
According to Flight Centre’s 2025 Global...
Travelling Against the Crowd: Exploring the Off-Peak Advantage
The current trend gaining momentum with South African travellers? Off-season travel.
“As it turns out, travelling at the ‘wrong’ time of year may actually be...
The Travel Lifestyle Network (TLN) Celebrates 20 Years of Global Impact Through Local Expertise
The Travel Lifestyle Network (TLN), an alliance of independent travel and lifestyle communications agencies spanning more than 37 markets worldwide, proudly marks its 20th...
Australia wins big – and so do South African travellers: New direct route makes...
After being voted the ‘Most Desirable Country in the World’ by over 168,000 globetrotters in the 2025 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards (and for the...
Smart ways over-60s are funding guilt-free bucket list travel
After decades of hard work, raising families, navigating life’s curveballs (and probably sitting through more than your fair share of meetings that could’ve been...
FEDHASA AFFIRMS SOUTH AFRICA’S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY BODY RESPONDS TO INTERNATIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS
JOHANNESBURG — The Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (FEDHASA) today reinforced that South Africa's accommodations, restaurants, and...
SOUTH AFRICA IS OPEN, SAFE AND WELCOMING
SATSA responds to international commentary with facts, not fear
JOHANNESBURG, 23 MAY 2025 — Recent headlines sparked by a widely publicised exchange between U.S. President...
The One-Week Rule: The Ultimate Business Travel Hack You’ve Never Heard Of
THE ONE-WEEK RECOMMENDATIONADAPTING YOUR TRAVEL POLICYBook daytime arrivalsSleep-proof your hotel Build in buffer zones Log off meaningfully
JOHANNESBURG – Remember when scoring an international business trip...
Brazil Beckons: A First-Timer’s Guide to South America’s Most Vibrant Nation
With South African Airways offering direct flights to São Paulo from both Cape Town and Johannesburg, Brazil is back on the radar for South...
What SAA’s Domestic Revival Means for Business Travel Strategy
The Value of Regional ReconnectionWhen Global Still Matters
JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways is making a calculated bet on proximity. At Africa's Travel Indaba 2025,...