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New York bans small shampoo, body lotion bottles from hotels
Almost all frequent travellers have a drawer of hotel toiletries collected during their stays. After all, those mini shampoos and lotions are an ideal take-home size. However, the days of collecting...
Thailand to close airport duty free shops in bid to increase tourist spending at local stores
Thailand’s government has approved the closure of duty-free shops at arrival halls in the country’s biggest airports, in a bid to encourage more tourist spending inside the country. The decision was...
Emirates unveils first destinations to be served with refurbished Boeing 777
Emirates has today unveiled the first cities on its network to be served with its newest Boeing 777 cabin interiors. The airline plans to introduce its refurbished B777s to Geneva, Tokyo Haneda and...
Plans approved for longest public beach in Dubai
On Sunday 7 July, the plans for the Jebel Ali Beach were officially unveiled. The development project measures 6.6 kilometres in length and, once built, it will be Dubai’s longest public beach. In...
Luxury on the Waterfront: Cape Town’s Table Bay Hotel to close for R1bn renovation
Cape Town’s luxury Table Bay Hotel is set to undergo a R1-billion revamp, which will entail its rebranding as the InterContinental Table Bay Cape Town. The refurbished hotel is due to close in...
South Africa and Botswana citizens will no longer be allowed visa-free travel to Ireland
Citizens of Botswana and South Africa will be required to obtain a visa to travel to Ireland from next week under arrangements announced by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee. People who have...
FlySafair launching new flight in South Africa next month
FlySafair is launching a flight between Johannesburg and the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) in Mbombela. Flights will start from R950, with hopes that the new route will allow...
New Doha to Hamburg Flights on Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways successfully completed its inaugural flight to Hamburg Airport (HAM) in Germany yesterday, officially commencing daily non-stop flights from Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha,...
Ethiopian Airlines opens new service to Warsaw
Ethiopian Airlines has commenced a “four times-weekly new flight services to Warsaw, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Poland, via Athens.” According to ET, “The flight departed from...