Tag: travel
The Big Mac Test: How SA’s Business Travel Costs Stack Up...
JOHANNESBURG – When a Big Mac in London costs nearly double what you'd pay in Joburg, you know you're onto something interesting about global...
Registration Opens for Word Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2025
WTM Africa returns to the Cape Town International Conference Centre from 9-11 April – as part of Africa Travel Week 2025.
WTM Africa’s 2025 programme...
Business travel flight spend up 54% – new FCM report reveals
JOHANNESBURG – South African businesses are doubling down on travel in 2024, prioritising in-person connections and expanding into new markets, even as travel costs...
What Does Luxury Mean to Business Travellers vs Leisure Travellers
JOHANNESBURG – When was the last time you got excited about a hotel's proximity to the financial district? If you're a business traveller, probably...
FCM Travel now Flight Centre Travel Group’s largest brand globally
JOHANNESBURG – FCM Travel, the flagship large market specialists that has a presence in over 90 countries across the world, is now Flight Centre...
The Power of Personalisation
Johannesburg - Personalisation was a massive trend for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector coming into 2024 – and it’s continuing to...
Green Hotels Drive Cost Savings for Business Travel
JOHANNESBURG – In a welcome twist for South African businesses juggling cost pressures with environmental targets, sustainable hotels are emerging as an unexpected solution....
Why your business travellers are going rogue (and how to bring...
JOHANNESBURG – A business class upgrade because economy was supposedly full. A booking made directly with an airline instead of through the corporate platform....
How the 40% surge in business travel will impact you
JOHANNESBURG, 2 October 2024 – If your frequent flyer miles have been stuck in the bronze zone, 2025 might be the year you finally...
Travel & Expense: Why Your Per Diem isn’t a Licence to...
JOHANNESBURG – A per diem (from the Latin for per day) is a daily stipend given to business travellers to cover food and incidental...