Browsing Month May, 2012
Fair trade holiday package launched in The Netherlands
By Tourism Update News Feed at May 29, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Dutch tour operator, TravelUnique, has become the first operator in The Netherlands to develop and certify a Fair Trade Tourism holiday package more...
Eighth World Heritage Site for SA?
By Tourism Update News Feed at May 29, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Government and landowners of the Vredefort Dome, the world's largest meteoric impact site, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on May 26, more...
Korean Air to fly to Nairobi
By Tourism Update News Feed at May 29, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Korean Air will launch a direct flight from Seoul's Incheon International Airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, on June 21, more...
Wider seats on planes?
By marketing at May 28, 2012 | 12:15 pm | 0 Comment
Flying will become more comfortable for the larger sized people if it’s up to Airbus. According to a report in Business Day Airbus is offering its clients the option of super-sized seats on its A320 aircraft. Zuzana Hrukara, Airbus’ Head of Aircraft Interiors Marketing, said that they will offer the possibility of a 20-inc (50cm) seat for larger people. In a standard more...
Kenya Airways launches new routes
By marketing at May 24, 2012 | 8:07 am | 0 Comment
Kenya Airways has confirmed that it seeks to expand its dominance in East Africa by launching a few new routes. The airline company is planning to move into Lamu and Eldoret in Kenya, Malakal in South Sudan, the Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, as well as Mauritius and Cape Town. Other routes include Beirut, Lebanon and the recently opened direct flights to New Delhi in India. more...
Making friends while flying
By nicky@escape4africa.com at May 24, 2012 | 6:34 am | 0 Comment
Are you the type who pops your little white earphones into your ears as soon as you step out of the airport and aboard a flight? Or are you the type who likes to strike up a conversation with someone sitting next to you? Skyscanner recently conducted a survey among international travellers to see how common it is for fellow fliers to forge relationships. The poll more...
Funniest Airline Complaints
By marketing at May 23, 2012 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment
The website www.Jetcost.co.uk revealed the funniest complaints they have received over the year 2011, and after reading them we cannot wait to hear them for 2012! One of the complaints was that after taking off a young man found out that he did not have enough signal on his mobile phone to make phone calls to his friends, which resulted in an extremely boring flight. more...
Rhino death toll
By admin at May 23, 2012 | 6:29 am | 0 Comment
Some depressing news about the rhino death toll in South Africa. This is getting out of control with May so far seeing 1 rhino a day being killed (total so far this year is 220 rhinos killed). What will it take to get this stopped. In total 147 people have been arrested this year but it still isn't enough. This is a massive fight and we all need to support it in what ever more...
Ethiopian Airlines to connect Canada with Africa
By Tourism Update News Feed at May 22, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Great news and a welcome addition for Canadian travellers going to Africa. Ethiopian Airlines will soon connect Canada with several African cities, including Johannesburg when it launches flights from Addis Ababa to more...
Drakensberg hotel closes its doors
By Tourism Update News Feed at May 22, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Just some news from the Drakensburg. Little Switzerland in the Drakensberg has shut down all hotel operations. but the resort will continue to operate its timeshare and self-catering. We hope that they are able to do well with timeshare and more...
