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Winners of African Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 announced
At a special ceremony at World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, winners of the inaugural African Responsible Tourism Awards were announced with Gansbaai took the coveted position of Overall Winner from of a selection of 22 finalists... read more>>



Tourism
WYSE Travel Confederation and Emirates partner again for WYSTC 2015
The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation has partnered Emirates Airline again this year to offer hosted flights for its WYSTC 2015 hosted buyer programme participants... read more>>
Travel app to revolutionise business travel in SA

Hayley Axford

A mobile app has been developed, named Lia, which acts as your personal travel assistant... read more>>
The Vineyard Hotel gets Fair Trade Tourism certification
The Vineyard Hotel has recently been awarded its Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) certification after a stringent auditing process... read more>>
Online travel bookings have exploded
Travel company, Expedia has reported that online travel bookings have exploded over the past year, having grown by 29% in 2014... read more>>
Stellenbosch to host bloggers again
Stellenbosch is again to play host to some of the world's most influential bloggers as part of its destination marketing campaign, Stellenbosch Experience... read more>>
Cape Town Tourism's Board Development Fund winners
In October 2013, Cape Town Tourism's Board of Directors took a collective decision to forfeit their monthly remuneration in favour of the Board Development Fund (BDF) that assists Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) with support to develop their tourism businesses... read more>>
[WTM Africa] Day 3 - the show comes to an end, but business continues
The third and final day [Friday, 17 April 2015] of WTM Africa 2015 got off to a phenomenal start when Executive Mayor for the City of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, began her morning with a visit around WTM Africa's show floor to engage with local, regional and international exhibitors... read more>>
[WTM Africa] Highlights from Day 2
Day two of Africa's largest inbound and outbound B2B show has yet again been a huge success, proving that Africa is a trendy and emerging market in terms of both travel and tourism sectors of the industry... read more>>
[WTM Africa] Highlights from Day 1
A different, quality way of doing business is how buyers, visitors and exhibitors described their experience of the first day of World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2015 taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre... read more>>
Rising cost of living impacts domestic tourism
The month of April has seen a significant rise in the cost of living for many South African citizens due to the increase in electricity and water tariffs, as well as tax hikes for middle-to-high income earners... read more>>
Asky now offers web-based booking
Asky, the West and Central African airline, has partnered PayGate and booking engine SITA to offer web-based booking to its customers for the first time... read more>>
The City Walk launches in Cape Town with an Instawalk
Hospitality
African Pride Hotels and ICT collaborate to train impoverished youths
The African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa is collaborating with the Cape Town non-profit chefs' school Infinity Culinary Training (ICT), under which ICT offers students from impoverished backgrounds the necessary training and skills for a career in the hospitality industry. read more>>
Tsogo to build 500-room hotel complex in Cape Town

Zeenat Moorad

Tsogo Sun (TSH) would begin construction of a 500-room hotel complex in Cape Town's city centreā€š the gaming and hotel group said on Tuesday... read more>>
Hospitality industry encouraged to adopt sustainable practices
According to the Earth Day Network, 2015 will be the 45th anniversary of Earth Day and could be the most exciting year in environmental history.. read more>>
Tourism
LGBT marketing: you have to be out before you can be integrative

Sindy Peters

LoAnn Holden, media relations director for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) hosted a conference session at the 2015 World Travel Market Africa discussing how to attract 'pink dollars' as well as the ins and outs of LGBT travel marketing... read more>>
World Travel Market Africa open for business

Sindy Peters

Mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille and Deputy Minister of Tourism Tokozile Xasa declared the 2015 World Travel Market Africa open at the official ribbon cutting on the exhibition floor yesterday, 15 April, at the CTICC... read more>>
African tourism opportunities become more tangible

Leigh Andrews

The Rezidor Hotel Group's Global Director of Sales and Marketing tells us about destination marketing, the first five-star hotel in Sierra Leone, and the challenges of marketing to/in Africa compared to the rest of the world... read more>>
Tours
National Geographic makes 'life of Mandela' video
National Geographic photojournalist Pablo Corral Vega recently visited South Africa to embark on an iconic journey tracing the heroic life of a global hero, Nelson Mandela.... read more>>
Business
[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that... read more>>
SME survival guide for loadshedding

Daryl Blundell

Loadshedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go out as well as from power surges when electricity is restored after an outage... read more>>
Government news
Brown updates SA on electricity shortages
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom's residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches... read more>>
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