Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg
This year Cape Town's coast had the fewest whale sightings in a couple of decades. If climate change is to blame, that poses a long-term problem for South African Tourism, the government's official promotion agency.
3 days ago
John Bowker, Bloomberg
Ethiopian Airlines is a an African aviation success story. Would it really be a good idea to get involved with the struggling South African Airways?
2 weeks ago
Isaac Carey, Skift
This is just the latest in a long string of similar moves from BCD Travel. Expect more mergers and acquisitions to follow, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
3 weeks ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
The luxury safari market in southern Africa is a competitive space, and it pays to leverage any unique selling points. Now savvy lodge operators are trading on the darkness of the night skies to encourage bookings.
1 month ago
Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg
This is bizarre. Where did all the great white sharks go? No one knows. Perhaps an enterprising scientist can track down the answer.
2 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
There’s a dark irony in the fact that, when planning the world’s largest radio telescope, nobody thought to look up. Now, astronomers and airlines in South Africa are battling to find a way to keep the skies quiet and air traffic flowing smoothly.
2 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Given the constant drip of bad news coming out of Fastjet since it launched in 2012, it's amazing that the airline is still flying.
4 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
Club Med has finally committed to long-overdue expansion into sub-Saharan Africa. It’s good news for South Africa’s tourism prospects and introduces the brand to an untapped African market.
5 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Jumia is one of a few companies that deserve credit for building nascent online travel businesses in several African markets. But as Google and other tech platforms gain a continent-wide presence, they may use their pervasiveness to play kingmakers in online travel.
6 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
Do airlines need non-airline businesses to survive? If one company’s unbroken 72-year run of profits is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding yes.
9 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
South Africa's onerous visa regime for minor travelers continues to hobble its all-important tourism industry. Amendments published last month may look like good news, but read them closely and – industry insiders say – not nearly enough has changed.
10 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
Personal experience counts when it comes to encouraging young black South Africans to pack their suitcases and discover their own country, say the co-founders of Johannesburg-based Traveling Cheapskates. The co-founders build trips that they'd like to take, too, and feel like they intimately understand their customers.
11 months ago
