by Kate | Dec 10, 2020 | Archive, News
08 December 2020 – Today, the City of Gold gets its chance to shine as Facebook launches its JoziPlug Community City Guide, the first city on the continent where Facebook is launching the global initiative. The Johannesburg edition of the initiative has been...
by Kate | Dec 4, 2020 | Archive, News
As the skies reopen and borders become more relaxed over the end-of-year holiday period, many of us hope that foreign travellers will inject some much-needed cash into our tourism sector. And while any travel activity is better than none, it’s realistically going to...
by Kate | Nov 17, 2020 | Archive, News
Federal Airlines has introduced reduced SA Resident fares starting from R2,850 per person (one-way flight from Johannesburg) directly to a number of landing strips within the Sabi Sand, Madikwe, Northern Sabi Sand, Timbavati, Hoedspruit lodges and Garonga. This...
by Kate | Oct 13, 2020 | Archive, News
South Africa’s beleaguered tourism SMMEs face yet another hurdle in their battle for survival as SARS seeks to charge them VAT on fees made for international travel arrangements – something which is VAT-exempt by law. Many tourism businesses are being audited by SARS...
by Kate | Oct 13, 2020 | News, Archive
The South African tourism industry has received a welcome boost from an international group of companies investing an estimated R200m to develop and operate a new luxury lodge in the Nambiti Big 5 Private Game Reserve, outside Ladysmith (KZN). Known as The Homestead,...
by Kate | Sep 30, 2020 | News, Archive
By Marc Wachsberger, Managing Director of The Capital Hotels and Apartments At a time when many hotels and other hospitality businesses have been facing and dealing with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic, as The Capital Hotels and Apartments we have...