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 …
Ms. Emmanuelle Moneger has been appointed General Manager of The Royal Livingstone Hotel, one of three properties within Sun International’s exclusive SUNLUX Collection. Emmanuelle was previously Regional Manager at &Beyond where she developed luxury travel experiences across Africa and Central India. Meanwhile, the government of the Republics of Zambia and Zimbabwe jointly announced the launch …
Great Safaris debuted its new program Royal Botswana Safari with Victoria Falls on December 1, 2014. The impressive Premier Level itinerary offers 12 days of safari adventures and incredible accommodations in “Old Africa’s Last Refuge” and at the famous “Smoke that Thunders”. Book this tour today through January 31, 2015, and receive two bookings for …
South African Airways announced its Fall Into Savings sale with low fares starting at $959 round-trip from Washington, D.C.-Dulles Airport and $999 round-trip from New York – JFK Airport round-trip to Johannesburg, South Africa. Great sale fares are also available at slightly higher levels from Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, San …
Cape Town’s Table Bay hotel is introducing a new guest experience to allow food connoisseurs to discover authentic South Africa experiences and explore Cape Town’s flora and fauna with the hotel’s Executive Chef – Jocelyn Myers-Adam. The Table Bay hotel guests will be able to join Jocelyn as she hosts customized ‘foraging’ expeditions on Table …
Have you booked any trips to Uganda recently? How about other east African destinations? The first six months of 2014 broke records for African arrivals; American travel to Africa was soaring until ebola hit the news in March. The fact is that you know clients who could be Africa-bound in the near future. Though it …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Peter-Greenberg-Keynote-Speech-300×199.jpg” captiontext=”Peter Greenberg, Travel Editor at CBS, combined strong opinions, laughter and solid good advice in his keynote speech at ATA’s 39th Congress in Uganda. Photo credit: Marie Claire Andrea, Africa Travel Association” align=”left”] The Africa Travel Association (ATA) concluded its 39th International Congress November 15th in Kampala, Uganda. ATA, a worldwide trade association …