Hello United!

Hello United!

The joy and jubilation around the landing of the inaugural flight of United Airlines from New York Newark to Johannesburg ORTIA was a bright spot in South Africa’s current travel and tourism landscape of doom and gloom. It’s a show of faith in South Africa on...
Seychelles makes U-turn on SA travellers

Seychelles makes U-turn on SA travellers

A day after announcing that Seychelles would reopen to all South African travellers, the destination has overturned its own decision and is once again prohibiting travellers from South Africa from visiting the islands. “The advisory was updated yesterday on June 1 and...
Mauritius gears up to open borders

Mauritius gears up to open borders

Consultations have intensified among tourism partners in Mauritius with a view to opening borders to international travel around mid-2021. According to a statement by the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA),working groups have been set up to define travel...
Seychelles – all South Africans welcome!

Seychelles – all South Africans welcome!

Following an announcement on the opening of Seychelles to tourism from South Africa last week, read here,  Seychelles has now updated its travel policies and will, effective June 1, allow all travellers from South Africa, vaccinated or not, to visit its...
New CemAir routes connect PE

New CemAir routes connect PE

CemAir is to launch flights between Gqeberha (previously Port Elizabeth) and East London and Gqeberha and Bloemfontein. Both routes are to commence early in July. The airline said the launch of the services was a joint initiative between the Nelson Mandela Bay...