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#BizTrends2020: Travel forecast for intra-Africa travel in 2020 - Spotlight on Mozambique
Intra-Africa travel should be a priority for every African. While visas remain a challenge for many travellers and destinations, the good news is that air accessibility is improving - although in many cases those flights are still much too expensive...
Natalie Tenzer Silva 21 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Waste management in the hospitality sector in 2020
Effective waste management is a universal problem that affects us all. It's the one factor we, in the hospitality industry, can collectively prevent from worsening during 2020...
Sharmila Ragunanan 13 Jan 2020
The number 1 skill for travel marketers in 2019
For many years, content has been king when it comes to marketing travel and tourism brands. This is changing...
Natalia Rosa 4 Feb 2019
#BizTrends2019: Tourism the golden ticket to job creation
In a country where over six million people are unemployed, it is no wonder that job creation has been the hot topic...
Andrew Stark 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Put the 'human' back into corporate travel in 2019
Robots might be rumoured to take over the world in the future, but for now - in 2019 - the corporate travel landscape is about to get a whole lot more 'human'...
Oz Desai 16 Jan 2019
Trends in local SA travel
South Africans are increasingly exploring their own country, which offers a diverse range of destinations and activities just a few hours' drive, or short flight, away.
Kerry Hayes 16 Jan 2019
#BizTrends 2019: What is the key to a successful tourism sector in Africa?
The quick answer is sustainability, that is both environmental and economic sustainability...
Tim Smith 14 Jan 2019
Trends developing in Africa travel
Tourism is an organic industry, growing and changing as the needs and wants of travellers shift, and service providers adapt their offerings to meet these requirements...
Kerry Hayes 9 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: What the hospitality sector should stay on top of for 2019
As part of Bizcommunity's BizTrends series, Sharmila Ragunanan, hospitality expert and group marketing manager for Dream Hotels & Resorts, dishes on hotel trends that will make the traveller experience even more exciting in 2019, and other industry developments that lie ahead.
Sharmila Ragunanan 7 Jan 2019
#WTMA18: Six trends driving growth and change in African tourism
Each region is different and coping with different tensions. Mature economies have been struggling to maintain positive growth, and emerging markets have had their own challenges to deal with...
Cari Coetzee 3 May 2018
#BizTrends2018: Top trends for hotel investors in 2018
Today's hotel developers are under constant pressure to 'future-proof' their respective hotel projects. We see this translate into the function and style of hotels under development, as well as those hotels that have recently commenced operations across the continent...
Michelé de Witt 25 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Visa openness the key to unlocking Africa's economy
While many parts of the world grapple with conversations around closing borders, there are murmurs of the opposite in Africa, a region renowned for its lack of visa openness and one that could see prosperity and growth if the barriers to travel were consciously broken down...
Oz Desai 23 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: What does the travel store of the future look like?
The travel agency of tomorrow will blend a personal and human touch with digital technologies. Instead of travel agents, we'll see the emergence of...
Jannine Adams 15 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Advancing brands by aligning with the mindset of travellers
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group's business development manager for Africa and Indian Ocean shares four top travel trends the group is aligning with to advance its brands...
Simone Kuhn 11 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: 2018 travel forecast - seven trends to anticipate
In 2018, there will be an increased swathe of people fully engaged in the sharing economy, communicating to the world the wonderfully enriching experiences that they have discovered...
Gavin Tollman 9 Jan 2018
The importance of culinary tourism to travel destinations
Modern-day travellers are more experiential in all aspects of their journey; from cultural immersion to local food sampling, a trend that has become a major influence in the growth of travel destinations...
Josephine Wawira 22 Nov 2017
Exploring Kenya's Masai Mara through the eyes of a hotelier
Kenya boasts of diverse destinations that remain major attractions for tourists from across the world. From the classic wildlife safaris
Josephine Wawira 14 Sep 2017
Cape Town Tourism one of the top 25 tourism websites in the world
The site's user experience is outstanding, and that use of rich content such as video and tapping into global travel trends are what contribute to the site's success...
Enver Duminy 22 Aug 2017