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...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 1, 2020 | Featured, News
Alert level 3 – Accommodation services such as hotels, B&Bs and guest lodges have been permitted to operate during alert level three but only for business travel. No leisure services will be allowed during the period. Tourism Minister Mmamoloko...
by Stephen Hickmore | May 26, 2020 | Featured, News
Business for South Africa (B4SA) supports President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet’s decision to continue the phased and risk-adjusted transition of South Africa to Level 3 which enables more businesses and public services to function. This will ensure fewer jobs are lost,...
by admin | May 26, 2020 | Featured, News
South Africa events industry should avoid going into a price war once the lockdown period is over, warns Glenton de Kock, CEO of the Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI). For him pricing in the “new normal” will be very...
by Stephen Hickmore | May 22, 2020 | Featured, News
Tsogo Sun Hotels which also owns casinos and Sandton Convention Centre says the international travel ban and subsequent lockdown of South Africa in March sent into tailspin what is normally “a peak activity month for the group”. The group which has been...
