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Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in Southern Africa and kulula.com announced it will be expanding its African route network and will soon commence with scheduled flights from Johannesburg to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania and to Walvis Bay in Namibia.
The airline was granted the rights to the two new African routes by the South [...]

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City Lodge Fourways, the 45th hotel in the City Lodge Hotels group, has opened 111 of its 211 rooms and will have all of its rooms operational by March 4.
Situated opposite the Monte Casino entertainment complex in Fourways, Northern Johannesburg, the hotel has already attracted a regular flow of business and leisure guests since opening [...]

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From an original portfolio of four hotels in 1984, Protea Hotels has expanded rapidly and is today the largest hotel group in terms of numbers of hotels in Africa, with over 100 properties spread throughout the continent.
The Group comprises a full and diverse spectrum of outstanding hotels and resorts ranging from small country hotels [...]

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The Rezidor Hotel Group extends and broadens the partnership agreement with Mvelaphanda Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa. Their existing Joint Venture covering the management of the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town will be extended to all existing and future Rezidor hotels in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, and will cover all Rezidor brands.
“Mvelaphanda as [...]

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The Sandton Sun hotel is proud to announce the appointment of Julian Cohen as their new F&B Manager. Julian has a strong background in the hospitality industry, with his previous role as Operations Manager at Thai Africa Restaurants. Julian brings with him a passion for food and wine, as well as experience and reputation.
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The proposal by the regulator for a 100 percent increase in airport charges over two years threatens the growth of air travel in South Africa and will have a negative knock on effect on tourism and the broader economy.  Like Eskom, ACSA is calling on users of its airports to fund its financial shortfall. In [...]

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1. What is MyShuttles.com and what inspired it?
MyShuttles.com is the one stop shop price comparison web site for all your transport needs with a difference. Not only can you compare prices, you can book directly with the transport operator. We are the first website to let the customer compare multiple transfer/shuttle/taxi costs.
2. When was [...]

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The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) and South African Tourism (SAT) have joined forces to improve their service to the South African meetings industry.
The organisations have signed a formal memorandum of understanding that will see them work together closely to ensure that Meetings Africa, the annual business tourism exhibition, and the annual [...]

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Recent e-mail warnings from travel agents advising South Africans to “stay home” during the 2010 World Cup, from 11 June to 11 July 2010, because of overbooked hotels, unavailable car hire and impossible airports, are overstated.
Gillian Saunders, director of Strategic Solutions at global audit, tax and specialist advisory services firm Grant Thornton South Africa, says: [...]

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Global epidemics like bird flue and swine flue, along with an increase in the incidence and spread of a host of other conditions, have forced insurers to take a more inclusive view of risk and liability – especially as South Africa approaches the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The World Cup will see South Africa receiving visitors [...]

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