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March 30, 2026
Travel Trade

Your Africa: it’s a relationship, not just a destination

New luxury travel brand invites the world to ‘tell your own African story, your way’ The best journeys aren’t booked. They’re designed around you – what you’re passionate about,...

March 27, 2026
Travel Trade

Why WTMA (World Travel Market Africa) is thriving in a digital era

Carol Weaving, Managing Director, RX Africa, shares her insights as to why WTMA is thriving in the digital era. As trade show season gets underway in South Africa, traditional...

March 26, 2026
Travel Trade

Why Most of Africa Is Losing the Tourism Race Before It Even Starts

If you look at Africa’s tourism map, a few places dominate: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius and South Africa clearly attract more international visitors than many other countries...

March 25, 2026
Travel Inspiration, Travel Trade

The Owners’ Lodge has opened at Brookdale Estate

The Paarl Winelands has welcomed a new benchmark in luxury accommodation with the opening of The Owners’ Lodge at Brookdale Estate. Tucked away on a secluded hill of the 67-hectare Brookdale...

March 25, 2026
Travel Trade

South African Tourism Announces Key Executive Appointments

South African Tourism is proud to announce the appointments of Ms Sithembile Ndaba as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective 1 April 2026, and Mr Ismail Dockrat as Chief Operating...

March 16, 2026
Safari, Community, Limpopo

Pungwe Safari Camp and the Manyeleti Story

There are places in the bush where you feel yourself exhale without even realising you’ve been holding your breath. Pungwe Safari Camp is one of them. Tucked deep in...

March 12, 2026
Travel Trade

Time to ditch the group chat: Why more travellers are going solo

It usually begins with optimism. Someone drops a message into the group chat: “We should all go to [insert dream destination] away this year.” Within minutes the chat lights up. There...

March 12, 2026
Travel Trade

ILTM Africa 2026 showcases sensory-led luxury

ILTM Africa (International Luxury Travel Market Africa) 2026 makes its anticipated return to the Norval Foundation in the Host City of Cape Town from 10–12 April, delivering its largest...

March 11, 2026
Travel Inspiration, Travel Trade

Dream Hotels & Resorts expands African footprint with two Botswana safari lodges

Dream Hotels & Resorts assumes management of Ghoha Hills Savuti Lodge and Nogatsaa Pans Lodge in Botswana as of 1 March 2026, marking a strategic expansion of the group’s...

March 2, 2026
Conservation

Protecting Thunderbirds at Mabula Private Game Reserve

Somewhere between the golden grasses and dappled bushveld of the Waterberg, a low, resonant boom breaks the early morning stillness. It’s not thunder, though it sounds like it. It’s...

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