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The Melrose Arch precinct will be heating up this autumn as the edgy Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch comes closer to opening its doors to the public in April. Following the success and conversations around its predecessor in Cape Town, this contemporary hotel will spice up any visit to Jozi and is aimed [...]

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Hospitality group, African Sun Limited, proved that its success in some of the continent’s toughest markets is no fluke when it won the Hospitality Management Team of The Year award at the recently held Africa Investor Tourism Investment Awards.
African Sun’s management team has been able to draw on its experience gained from operating in a [...]

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Pioneers in experiential travel to South America’s most remote areas, explora has entered into a partnership with The Mantis Group as they expand their boutique portfolio to South American territories.
Sprung out of a collective consciousness towards offering unique travel experiences and of the careful preservation of its destinations, The Mantis Group and explora share a [...]

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The Black Management Forum (Western Cape) is proud to host a business breakfast with the National Minister of Tourism, Mr. Marthinus Van Schalkwyk and call on your support to make this yet another successful BMF initiative.
THEME “National Government policy on Tourism Post 2010 and its impact on Economic Growth, Job Creation, Enterprise Development and  Transformation [...]

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Late 2009 saw the Three Cities Group being appointed by Queensgate to assist them with managing a number of their 4 and 5 star hotels, which they believed were not performing to their fullest potential.  Queensgate wished to focus their business on ownership, development and the leasing of hotels and appointed Three Cities to manage [...]

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South African Tourism’s new Chief Executive Officer, Ms Thandiwe January-McLean is keenly aware that she takes up the reigns at the destination marketing organisation at a momentous time in the tourism industry’s history.
The nation and the industry stood on the cusp of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the rich legacy it promised. South African [...]

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Rise in Hotel Revenue Management support in 2009 as IDeaS Advantage records double digit growth, works with number of new partners worldwide
IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of pricing, forecasting and optimization solutions and services, announced that as more hoteliers turn to revenue management specialists to boots returns in weaker operating conditions, it’s highly regarded [...]

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Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in South Africa and kulula.com, has weathered a tough six months of negative growth in the local air travel industry to report a marginal increase in attributable profit of 3% to R33-million for the six months ended 31 December 2009. This resulted in headline earnings per share increasing from [...]

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Recently it was announced during the opening of Botswana’s Parliament and Budget speech, that the country’s VAT (Valued Added Tax) will be increased from 10% to 12%, as from the 1st of April 2010.
This is unfortunately a tax beyond our control and we regret to advise that our Botswana rates will be surcharged by this [...]

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After a successful 10 years Management and Marketing contract between Three Cities Group and Kingfisher Resorts, it has been confirmed that as of the 1st April 2010, Kingfisher Resorts will be independently managed. This comes as a mutual long term agreement whereby Kingfisher Resorts have planned to grow the company independently.
“We are very grateful to [...]

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