by Stephen Hickmore | Jul 20, 2020 | Featured, News
Hilton Hotels -After giving up its Hilton Cape Town hotel a week ago, the American group Hilton has announced a deal that will see it manage a brand-new hotel in Johannesburg. The 180-room boutique-style hotel will be the latest of its “Canopy by Hilton” branded...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, News
Tourism – The tourism sector is slowly “bleeding to death” as the lockdown drags on, prompting the Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA) to hold an urgent meeting to save the industry. It comes after various attempts to convince the government to allow a phased...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fin24 – The image of a lost city nestled in the Pilanesberg mountains has been used over the years to conjure up an attractive marketing image of the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City. Now the devastating impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on the...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured, News
South Africa’s tourism private-sector, under the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), have been engaging on the Tourism Recovery Strategy currently being developed by South African Tourism. TBCSA is advocating unequivocally for the earlier phased...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 2, 2020 | Featured, News
Airbnb superhosts and ghost hotels native to these sharing economy platforms have been a scourge for traditional hotels for roughly the past decade. They grossly inflate total market inventory to hamper ADR growth while not fairly contributing the same levies back to...
