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.
2 weeks 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.
3 weeks 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.
4 weeks 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 months ago
Richard Holmes, Skift
To the delight of local tourism authorities, British Airways has been only too happy to fill the gap left by an ever-shrinking South African Airways. This week, Durban was the latest African city to welcome a direct route to the United Kingdom.
11 months ago
Paul Vecchiatto, Bloomberg
Easing entry restrictions for business travelers could help boost South Africa's effort to be a meetings and conventions center as the government targets more visitors to revive a flagging economy.
12 months ago
Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg
South African Airways has lost money for six consecutive years, and it makes sense that banks have run out of patience. There's also little chance that Abu Dhabi-based Emirates might take an equity share in South African Airways.
12 months ago
