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 | Danette Breitenbach According to MasterCard Third Annual Global Destination Cities Index* Johannesburg is the most popular destination in Africa. Read more >>
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 | A user-friendly paperless ticketing system has been introduced for the first time in South Africa. Concert- and theatre-goers, tourists and music fans can now purchase their tickets to various festivals, events and tourist sites online or via their cellphones and simply load their tickets onto their Webtickets card. Read more >>
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 | OR Tambo International Airport was thrown into chaos on Tuesday night (11 February) when several aircraft were grounded or refused permission to land because the runway lights were not working. Read more >>
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 | Cape Town mobile taxi ordering start-up Zapacab has released native apps for Android and iOS devices in response to passengers demand for clever, easy-to-use apps. Read more >>
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 | Those attending Meetings Africa 2014, can expect a world-class show complete with global trade show experts, according to South African National Convention Bureau executive manager, Amada Kotze-Nhlapo. The business events show takes place from 24-26 February 2014 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Read more >>
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 | The recent raft of international accolades and awards has highlighted Cape Town's position as one of the world's iconic cities, and justifies its global ranking as the top tourist destination in 2014. Read more >>
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 | Nadine Shenker Like all other industries, travel and tourism has traditionally been operated on gut feel, guesswork and historical data. Decisions on packages, pricing and destinations were made by operators, not travellers, and personalised packages were limited. However, big data is set to change this. Read more >>
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 | Portuguese Islands offers a three-night weekend cruise and there has been a further upgrade to the island's facilities. Read more >>
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 | City Lodge Hotels has reported a 14% rise to 330.5c in normalised diluted headline earnings per share for the six months to December. Read more >>
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 | Total income generated by the food and beverages sector in SA increased in nominal terms (current prices) by 1.4% year-on-year (y/y) to R4.5bn in December‚ Statistics SA's data showed on Monday (17 February). Read more >>
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The TBCSA FNB Tourism Business Index (TBI), a business index that tracks and forecasts tourism business performance in South Africa, reported that tourism growth during the last quarter of 2013 exceeded expectations by reaching 114.6 points compared to a forecast of 110.8. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman At least the GoPro Hero3+ came back with me this time. (Video) Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Road Tripping South Africa provides some fascinating glimpses of hidden gems tucked away on old familiar routes and destinations, which might come as surprising delights even to seasoned travellers. Read more >>
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 | Max Gebhardt Shares in Comair rose more than 10% after the airline said on Tuesday (11 February) that it had decided to pay an interim dividend of 5c a share‚ not something it ordinarily does. Read more >>
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 | Air Mauritius has launched a Wellness and Wellbeing Programme with the support of like-minded island partners, realising a long-standing dream for Air Mauritius regional manager, southern Africa and Latin America, Carla da Silva. Read more >>
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