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Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in South Africa has partnered with the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) to expand its domestic route network to include Nelspruit (Mbombela).  As of 4th May 2010, British Airways will commence with six flights a week between Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport and OR Tambo International.
“This partnership will deliver [...]

According to race organisers, the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour is set to contribute approximately R400 million to the Western Cape economy. Much of this spend will directly benefit tourism with increased spending on air fares, accommodation, restaurants, shopping, entertainment and extended stays in the host city – Cape Town.
It is estimated that [...]

Nominations for the 6th Annual Kudu Awards, organized by the South African National Parks (SANParks), are now open. We encourage members of the public to nominate individuals, groups or companies they feel have made a significant contribution towards conservation in the categories available.
The awards are divided into four different categories. The first being the Corporate [...]

Leading inbound tourism group Tourvest Inbound Operations (TIO), launched a brand new business model called Tourvest Event Activation Management (T.E.A.M.) as part of its strategy for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. In the short period of time since then, this company has taken the lead amongst its peers as a prominent one-stop sporting events business [...]

South African National Parks is currently experiencing a temporary technical problem with the online booking system and is working on getting the system restored.
In the interim, all bookings can be made by calling our Reservations Call Centre at 0124289111.
SANParks apologises for the inconvenience caused and will have the system restored as soon as possible.

Grant Pringle, General Manager of the 5-star Hotel Izulu in Ballito has been appointed to the Fedhasa East Coast Management Board as from April 2010.
States Pringle, “It’s incredibly humbling to be appointed to the board and I look forward to being part of promoting the area as there is so very much to do, see [...]

There are quite a few different ways to go about booking travel within your home country, as well as to foreign countries all across the globe. Some of the big guys, such as Expedia and Orbitz have been around for over a decade, yet to refer to them as a “Travel Agency” of any kind [...]

Prince Ernst August has been fined more than 200,000 Euros after causing severe bodily harm to a German Hotelier.  Over 10 years ago in the year 2000 it was heard that the prince had repeatedly hit the hotelier with a blunt metallic object more than 5 times, because he was greatly angered by the noise [...]

The third Europcar liveried Boeing 737 aircraft is now flying across South Africa’s skies – only this one is unique.  The nose of the plane is sporting a soccer ball and at the rear is a one meter long picture of a fan blowing a vuvuzela.
It is a partner venture with Kulula and forms part [...]

City Lodge at OR Tambo Airport (the hotel’s official name) opens its first 78 rooms on Wednesday March 10, becoming the 46th hotel in the City Lodge Hotels group. The 303 room hotel, situated on three levels above a new car park at the airport, will be fully open by the end of May.
Costing around [...]