Gupta's party plane on "official business"

Some wedding guests on board a privately chartered plane that landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base had official business in South Africa‚ the Indian High Commission said on Tuesday (21 May). 22 May 2013 11:41

Innovative 2013 Indaba in numbers

[Bhekisisa Mncube] A total of 850 direct jobs (including 600 students from the Durban University of Technology) and 5,000 indirect jobs were created due to Indaba over 11 days. 21 May 2013 12:00

Visas for British tourists will hurt SA

Requiring British tourists to obtain visas to visit South Africa could negatively affect the country's economy, Beeld reported on Tuesday. 21 May 2013 12:00

Obama's itinerary for his Africa trip

WASHINGTON USA: President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday (20 May) bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. 21 May 2013 11:32

SAX says it might make money this year

[Nicky Smith] State-owned regional carrier South African Express (SAX), which has made headlines over the past two years because of its chaotic finances, expects to break even this year after losing R187m in 2010 - the last audited accounts the troubled airline has been able to publish. 21 May 2013 11:16

Hotels, caravan parks get more guests

Total income for SA's tourist accommodation sector rose by 15.9% year-on-year in March‚ Statistics SA's (Stats SA) tourist accommodation survey released on Monday (20 May) showed. 21 May 2013 09:56

Action! Camera!

[Brian Berkman] Not often a product comes along that does everything you want it to and then a whole lot more you did not know you wanted. 20 May 2013 07:08

Awards celebrate SA wine tourism

The South African leg of the international Great Wine Capitals of the World (GWC) Best of Wine Tourism Awards took place at La Motte Wine Estate in Franschhoek on Thursday, 9 May 2013. SA is part of the GWC network of the top 10 wine producing and wine tourism regions in the world, as judged annually by the GWC. 17 May 2013 10:52

SANParks unveils 2022 Responsible Tourism Strategy

The South African National Parks (SANParks) has made public its 2022 Responsible Tourism Strategy (2022 RTS), according to Glenn Phillips, SANParks managing executive: tourism and marketing, who said that the next 10 years will see SANParks doing things differently. 16 May 2013 10:47

Carry multiple currencies on Absa Cash Passport

Absa has launched a multi-currency Cash Passport that enables South Africans to carry multiple foreign currencies safely on just one card. Representing the future of travel prepaid cards; it allows cardholders to load multiple currencies on the same card with the global reach of MasterCard, accessing 35.9 million locations worldwide. 16 May 2013 10:08

Hilton plans to boost African presence

Hilton Worldwide has expanded its product offering in SA over the past six months and the US-based group intends to increase its presence in Africa‚ according to vice-president of operations for Africa and the Indian Ocean‚ Jan van der Putten. 16 May 2013 08:38

Adrift in a nameless river in Madagascar

[Brian Berkman] It probably won't be pristine for very much longer as Rio Tinto, the mining company that is extracting ilmenite and zircon from Fort Dauphin on Madagascar's most South Easterly coast, exploits the earth and paves the roads in return. 15 May 2013 12:28

Imvelo 2013 takes responsible tourism to new heights

The Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism, which were launched yesterday at Tsogo Sun's 54 on Bath hotel in Rosebank, this year extends its reach to ensure that both large and small organisations can benefit from these prestigious Awards. 15 May 2013 12:22