Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout announced today that Mango has entered into a partnership with the Ministry of Tourism for the United Nations World Travel Organisation Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega Events, which will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 24 to 26 February, 2010.
2 Feb 2010 13:36
A promotional deal from Etihad Airways is offering South African customers discounted fares in business and economy classes when flying to the Middle East and Europe.
2 Feb 2010 13:31
Match, FIFA's accommodation agent, recently relinquished its reserved bed nights back to local hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses, amounting to roughly 15 000 beds per night. It was alleged that a number of properties were overpriced, which led to a decrease in the number of visitors prepared to rent out the properties.
28 Jan 2010 10:18
The 2010 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards have added sector-specific categories to reflect the important role that various industries play in economic development. Entries are free and can be on any platform - online, print, broadcast. The closing date for entries is 26 March 2010, with the awards ceremony being held on 1 July 2010 in Central London.
27 Jan 2010 12:57
The South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, and the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterrand, agreed to sign a Programme of Cultural Co-operation for 2010 to 2012 as well as a new film co-production agreement at their bilateral discussions held earlier this week in Cannes, France.
27 Jan 2010 12:36Low-cost airline Mango has recently reported a rise in the number of travellers during 2009, coupled with heavy load factors during the recent feastive season.
27 Jan 2010 12:17“Vodacom Mozambique and the Ministry of the Interior wanted to give tourists a handy guide of Mozambique over the festive season," says Lyn Davis, the marketing director of Z-Card Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey (ZAMI).
26 Jan 2010 10:58RwandAir has announced that from 3 February 2010 it will be instating direct flights into Johannesburg every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Flights from Kigali to Dar Es Salaam will commence on 2 February.
22 Jan 2010 11:00Recent email warnings from travel agents advising South Africans to “stay home” during the 2010 World Cup, from 11 June to 11 July 2010, because of overbooked hotels, unavailable car hire and impossible airports, are overstated warns Gillian Saunders of Strategic Solutions.
22 Jan 2010 10:49
City Sightseeing Cape Town, the city's well-known open-top red bus, has launched a new website to enable visitors to choose and plan what they want to discover and experience in the Mother City and surrounding areas.
22 Jan 2010 10:33The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa (Brand South Africa) has announced its new board of trustees, which promises to ensure that South Africans buy into and live the brand promise made in the country's international marketing campaign to achieve national economic growth.
22 Jan 2010 09:21
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Airline companies selling flight tickets to the highest bidder, B&B and ‘second-class' hotels charging up to R1000 a night for a standard room and one meal at restaurants costing an arm and a leg. Metered-taxi drivers increasing ten-fold the fare of a short distance trip and car rental outlets not budging if you don't cough up.
22 Jan 2010 09:08Etihad Airways, national airline of the United Arab Emirates, was voted Best Long-Haul Airline at this year's Business Travel Awards, in recognition of the growth of the airline during the past year, as well as its continued investment in world-class products and excellence in customer service standards.
21 Jan 2010 15:00From 22 February 2010, Qatar Airways will be undertaking daily non-stop flights from Doha to India's IT software city, Bangalore (Bengaluru). This is the first of six new routes: Ankara, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Barcelona and Sydney, planned by Qatar Airways during 2010.
21 Jan 2010 14:57
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