JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts plans to open three properties in Greater China and one hotel in India by summer 2015 bringing the brand’s Asia-Pacific portfolio to 28 hotels and resorts with 11 in China and 7 in India. By 2020, the global brand portfolio is expected to encompass 105 properties worldwide, 45 of which …
Renovations have begun at the five-star, 120-room Hilton Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa – a standard setting, award-winning resort that opened in French Polynesia in 2003. The new design will be done in a contemporary island motif and feature villas with a true, Polynesian style “flatscreen” – a retractable wall in the bedroom that …
Luxury safari outfitter Great Safaris debuted its new program Royal Botswana Safari with Victoria Falls on December 1, 2014. The Premier Level itinerary offers 12 days of safari adventures and accommodations in “Old Africa’s Last Refuge” and at the famous “Smoke that Thunders”, and the best part … Great Safaris is introducing this program with …
Explore Zambia and Zimbabwe with much more ease – just one visa to travel between the two. A common tourist visa has recently been issued by Zambia and Zimbabwe effective immediately – the Kavango Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area (KAZA) UNIVISA. What is UNIVISA? It is a common tourist visa for the SADC region, currently being …
In the spirit of the Festive Season, South Africa’s leading luxury rail the Blue Train is offering the new values for travel between January 10 – March 31, 2015. For any last minute bookings, travelers have the opportunity to select between two unprecedented offers when they travel on board between Pretoria & Cape Town (or …
South African Airways (SAA) has been, for the 11th consecutive year, named “Best Airline in Africa” by Global Traveler Magazine in their annual GT Tested Reader’s survey. The magazine presented the award to SAA at its award ceremony held on December 15, 2014 at the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. SAA was recognized …
The Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa (APTA) individual membership drive for 2015 has begun and this year one new and one first-time member stands a chance to win a flight to Cape Town, South Africa, courtesy of South African Airways. This will give the winners an opportunity to attend any one of …