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Skukuza Safari Lodge, situated in Kruger National Parks Skukuza Rest Camp, is now managed by aha Hotels Lodges. Officially reopening this month, the lodge will offer guests a safari experience in one of South Africa's renowned natural settings. The lodge has 128 rooms (including 11 fami

The new government in the Netherlands has come up with a pared-back plan to cut the flights at Amsterdam Schiphol by 3-5% from November 2025, the start of the 2025-26 winter schedule. If it comes to fruition, the plan would mean that the airports annual number of flights, currently set

Luxury Johannesburg boutique hotel, 10 2nd Avenue in Houghton Estate, will fall under the management of Dream Hotels Resorts from October 1. Dream Hotels is excited to be bringing another property under our umbrella in Gauteng, said Chris Snyman , Dream Hotels Chief Development O

Garden Route AERO (GRA) has ambitious plans for Plettenberg Bay Airport to achieve a Category 6 airport licence, which would allow it to accept flights operated by larger aircraft, such as the B737-300, A318 and A319. But for Miles van der Molen , CEO of CemAir the only airline t

The French Consulate in Cape Town will stop processing visa applications, leaving the Johannesburg Consulate as the sole authority for this in South Africa. 'The visa branch at the French Consulate in Cape Town has been transferred to Johannesburg,' explains Marine Durand , Commu

While most companies look for some form of qualification when recruiting travel agents, the consensus among local industry players seems to be that experience outweighs qualification. Travel agencies also tend to offer their own in-house training, with prior qualifications deemed advantageous. <

Kenya Airways has announced that, despite its search for strategic investment partners, it has no desire for a partnership with a Middle Eastern carrier. According to Bizna Kenya , a statement by Kenya Airways CEO, Allan Kilavuka , effectively declares that the carrier will not e

The threat of a strike by Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) workers has receded as ATNS and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) have reached agreement in a wage dispute that had threatened to disrupt the countrys aviation sector. Originally, ATNS workers r

As the hospitality landscape undergoes significant transformation, the need to adapt revenue management strategies and analysis to waning hotel commissions has never been more critical for travel agents. In its most recent report, Onyx (a payments company that focuses on improving the p