Another clean audit for Western Cape tourism authority

Peter Bacon, chairman of the board of Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU), has expressed satisfaction that the Western Cape Tourism Marketing Authority has received a clean statement from the Auditor-General. Read more >>

Emirates' A380s now flying to South Africa

Emirates airline's first scheduled A380 has recently arrived at O R Tambo International Airport, heralding the start of its service between Dubai and South Africa. The "Super Jumbo" was welcomed by a water cannon salute as South Africa became its 16th destination on Emirates' global network. Read more >>

Don Group moves from hotels to property management

The Don Group has confirmed that it would sell some of its self-catering suite hotels to pay off debt and then convert the rest of them into fully-furnished rental accommodation units according to an article published in Business Report. Read more >>

Sandton Sun voted Africa's leading business hotel

A popular choice in business circles both locally and internationally, the Sandton Sun Hotel has for a second time been voted "Africa's Leading Business Hotel" in the 2011 World Travel Awards. Read more >>

New hotel at Uganda's Lake Victoria

Construction is about to start on the new Protea Hotel Entebbe, a lakeside retreat and business hotel in Uganda. The 4-star hotel, which will be fronted by mooring on Lake Victoria, will have 75 rooms each accommodating two guests. Read more >>

Accommodation income down 12,3%

Accommodation income for the hospitality industry fell by 12,3% year-on-year to R1,76-billion according to figures released by Statistics South Africa. Total income for the accommodation industry (which includes restaurant and bar sales) for the three months to July decreased by 19,8%. Read more >>

Emirates expands services to Zim, Zambia

Zambia and Zimbabwe, which share a border with the Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, will now be linked with a five times weekly flight from Dubai, starting from 1 February 2012. Read more >>

Fabian joins The Foschini Group

Leading retailer group TFG (The Foschini Group) has bought niche luxury menswear brand Fabiani, effective from 1 October 2011. Established in 1978 by Arie Fabian and renowned for the exceptional cut of its suits, highest quality fabric and powerful design details, it expanded its offer to include casual clothing, shoes and fashion accessories and is considered one of the leaders in the luxury menswear market. Fabian will join the group as the brand director. Read more >>

Mixed bag competing for SA Car of the Year

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A mixed bag of 10 French, Italian, German and Korean vehicles have made it through to the finals for the 2012 South African Car of the Year competition. The finalists were determined in a vote by the full members and a jury made up of 30 selected members of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ). Read more >>

Marketing lessons from Steve Jobs

[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] Look closely at the marketing strategies used by Steve Jobs and other visionaries and the first thing that comes to mind is the realisation that marketing is not a democratic process and that those who are really successful at it are, yes, visionaries. Read more >>

Bok tragedy!

[Corné Krige] I am only 36 years old, but one of the many valuable lessons I have learned is that life isn't fair. Sometimes you get things when you don't deserve them and other times when you absolutely deserve it then you don't get it. This was the case on Sunday morning when the Springboks played Australia in Wellington, New Zealand. Read more >>