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| South African Tourism's Speed Marketing Sessions, the engine for brokering business at Indaba, are kicking into high gear again this year, introducing an array of South African tourism product to 200 top-quality hosted buyers from around the world. Read more >>
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| The Sports & Events Tourism Exchange (SETE) Conference and Exhibition, now in its fourth year, will be taking place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban from 28-30 October 2014 together with third year conference sponsor, the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA). Read more >>
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| The African Business Travel Association (ABTA) recently announced that it will be hosting an annual African Business Travel Conference, the first of which will take place from 2-4 November 2014 at the Sheraton Pretoria Hotel, South Africa. Read more >>
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| Mango has announced that it will be increasing its flight frequency between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth from October this year. The new schedule, which will be published next week, will have the carrier increase flights between the cities by 55% with the addition of return sectors on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Mango commenced air services to Port Elizabeth in December 2012. Read more >>
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| TripAdvisor has announced results of bi-annual TripBarometer study, revealing global travel trends based on responses from more than 61,000 respondents Read more >>
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| Brian Berkman When new GM, Eben Lassen was largely responsible for the success of Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa, you can believe it when he says he has big plans to upgrade Three Cities' Bantry Bay Suite Hotel and is sending his already excellent staff for butler training. Read more >>
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| Sandton's bustling business hub is set for a major boost with the completion of Empire Executive Apartments and Hotel. This new development opens its doors on 1 May 2014 and is primed to revolutionise short, medium and long-term accommodation for business travelers in Johannesburg. Read more >>
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| One thing has become certain about the economic upheaval of the last decade: nothing is certain. Many of the jobs have become redundant, new careers and industries have sprung up and others have died out. Tourism has become more important than ever to the economies of countries with abundant natural resources. Read more >>
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| Gaby Gramm To maximise profit, rate strategy involves finding the right mix: the right room at the right rate to the right guest on the right night. It is a complex issue, which all too often is only a thumb suck without any factual basis. Read more >>
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| Mpho Sibanyoni Income from the accommodation sector displayed an annual growth of 7% for February but the growth has not trickled down to all. While one entrepreneur said she was smiling all the way to the bank, another reported a drop in earnings. Read more >>
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| Samsung Electronics South Africa has been selected as the supplier of choice for the luxurious apartments and hotels, owned by Executive Apartments & Hotels (EAH). Read more >>
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| There's no feeling quite like slipping between crisp sheets in a warm hotel room on a cold winter's night. But not everyone has the luxury, which is why the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! continues with the Twitter Blanket Drive. Read more >>
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google has added virtual time travel to its Internet offerings by letting them turn back the clock on Street View images to show how places have changed over the seven years it has been collecting pictures. Read more >>
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