Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) will be the hot topic for World Travel Market Africa in the month of June as it joins the LGBTQ+ community in celebrating Pride Month. Following on from the success of...
An international luxury and sustainable travel thought-leader, Tom Fels is the Founder of Animarem, a business transformation advisory focused on positioning purpose-driven companies, brands and destinations...
Africa Travel Week has taken the decision not to go ahead with its planned Connect in the City Live Event in Cape Town in September. Exclusive to ATW virtual exhibitors and a selection of hosted buyers, the...
Africa’s most inspiring responsible tourism initiatives have a new platform to highlight their incredible work through the WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards 2021, which for the first time has introduced regional...
The rising demand for stringent health and safety protocols isn’t the only change that the hospitality industry has undergone in recent times. There is also a strong call emerging for greater equality and inclusion...
LoAnn Halden is Vice President-Communications for the International LGBTQ+ Association, the global leader in advancing LGBTQ+ travel. IGLTA’s mission is to provide information and resources for LGBTQ+ travellers and...
Tourism and Destination marketers have just one month to submit their entries for the ‘Reigniting Africa’ award, a new category in the African Travel & Tourism Awards event aimed at recognising the continent’s most...
Safe, efficient and user-friendly, In-Africa, a recently launched online directory, now offers travellers from all walks of life an all-in-one marketplace with affordable African adventures run by locals. At the same...
As the demand for travel to Africa bounces back, knowledge and expertise are of the utmost importance to grab – and reassure – potential customers. Africa...
Many of us can relate to the stop-start cycle that the travel and tourism industry has been caught up in over the past year. Just when we see the first green shoots indicating a turnaround, we are slammed by an...
One of the central tenets of responsible tourism is ensuring greater community involvement and benefit, but this can be a challenging and complex goal to meet. Historic issues coupled with misconceptions can make the...
Daniella Sachs describes herself as a white South Africa, accepting the “agency of skin colour, ” she writes “while I accept that I was born with less melanoma than others, the fact is, I was born African.” There...
What do you love most about Africa? There is far too much to mention, but the one that stands out the most would be exploring the vast expanses of bush and mountains that we have right here on our doorstep, in a pair...
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