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Articles tagged “south africa”

Airlines

British Airways Is Filling In Where South African Airways Is Fading

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.

British Airways Is Filling In Where South African Airways Is Fading

Airlines

Airlines Recoup $500 Million in Blocked Funds From African Countries

Accountants at Emirates, British Airways, and South African Airways must be breathing a sigh of relief. A combination of economic carrots and airline sticks — smoothed over by IATA diplomacy — has helped international carriers recoup more than $500 million in blocked funds from African governments since the start of 2018.

Airlines Recoup $500 Million in Blocked Funds From African Countries

Tourism

African Tourism Boards Often See the American Traveler as White

While there’s interest among African tourism boards in marketing actively to black Americans, these boards are missing opportunities by not diversifying their strategies.

African Tourism Boards Often See the American Traveler as White

Tourism

Cape Town’s Water Crisis: What the Tourism Industry Can Learn From the Myth and the Reality

The Cape Town water crisis has more to do with improper water management and inaccurate, inconsistent messaging than the city actually being in completely dire circumstances. That's why collaboration matters, between huge global organizations all the way down to individual travelers and locals, to promote the reality of international issues and the benefits tourism can have if done in a sustainable way.

Cape Town’s Water Crisis: What the Tourism Industry Can Learn From the Myth and the Reality

SkiftX

Pan-African Booking Player Travelstart Buys SafariNow in Lodging Play

Regionally focused online travel success stories are as rare as rhinos in the wild these days. But this merger of two South African players may help an endangered species — independent-booking players — keep thriving in a market where so much is dominated by the global duopoly, the Priceline Group and Expedia.

Pan-African Booking Player Travelstart Buys SafariNow in Lodging Play

Tourism

Airbnb Growth in Southern Africa Raises Familiar Issues

Airbnb is booming in Africa, but the first cracks in the success story are beginning to show – in hotels griping about the lack of regulations, and locals priced out of prime property. Can African cities avoid the side effects of the sharing economy that already blight more-developed markets?

Airbnb Growth in Southern Africa Raises Familiar Issues

Tourism

Tourism Boards Team Up to Attract High-Yield International Visitors

High-end travelers are much more likely to embark on a very long-haul flight to a new destination than are budget tourists, so it is wise for the boards to focus on big spenders for any partnership.

Tourism Boards Team Up to Attract High-Yield International Visitors

Tourism

Tourism Boards in Africa Aren’t Addressing Chinese Outbound Travelers

From wild safari getaways to its vibrant colorful cities, Africa has more than enough to tempt the 200 million Chinese tourists forecast to be trotting the globe by 2020. But is enough being done to roll out the welcome mat? It depends where you look.

Tourism Boards in Africa Aren’t Addressing Chinese Outbound Travelers

Online Travel

Oral History of Online Travel: How Travelstart Taught South Africa’s Airlines About E-Commerce

Building up an affiliate network became a great marketing tool for Travelstart in South Africa a decade ago because print ads weren't effective. The incumbent competitors weren't particularly effective because they had no focus on e-commerce.

Oral History of Online Travel: How Travelstart Taught South Africa’s Airlines About E-Commerce

Meetings

Skift MeetingsIQ: Smart City Meetings in Vienna, Smart Content in L.A.

Destinations from Vienna to Los Angeles are promoting their smart city infrastructure and technology to engage meeting planners and attendees.

Skift MeetingsIQ: Smart City Meetings in Vienna, Smart Content in L.A.