TOURISM SECTOR LOBBIES FOR EARLIER PHASED SAFE REOPENING OF INTERNATIONAL INBOUND TOURISM TO SOUTH AFRICA
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 8, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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...
Covid helping hotels by stamping out Airbnb superhosts
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 2, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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...
Alert level 3: Hotels, B&Bs to open on conditions
by Stephen Hickmore | Jun 1, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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...
BUSINESS FOR SA WELCOMES RISK-ADJUSTED REOPENING
by Stephen Hickmore | May 26, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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,...
South Africa events should avoid undercutting each other, warns CEO
by admin | May 26, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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...
Allow inter provincial travel to save hotel industry, says Tsogo Sun
by Stephen Hickmore | May 22, 2020 | Categories: Featured and 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...
Tsogo Sun Hotels sees core profit hit from travel restrictions
by Stephen Hickmore | May 21, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
JOHANNESBURG, May 21 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Tsogo Sun Hotels, one of many tourism companies to be hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus, said on Thursday it could face a fall of up to 10% in full-year core earnings due to the drop in local and...
Five City Lodge hotels remain open to accommodate essential workers and quarantined travellers
by Stephen Hickmore | Apr 30, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
DURBAN – The coronavirus lockdown suspension of services has affected most of City Lodge Hotel Group’s 56 properties around South Africa. Five hotels have remained open to accommodate inbound and outbound travellers in quarantine, as well as essential workers. The...
Employees working from home say they miss in-person meetings
by admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
Work from Home – With more than 300 million Americans under stay-at-home orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19, many are now required to work from home and avoid all non-essential business travel. ehotelier reports : In a matter of weeks, thousands of...
South Africa’s ruthlessly efficient fight against coronavirus
by admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Categories: Featured and News.
BBC News Andrew Harding – One week into South Africa’s nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and it is tempting – dangerously tempting – to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, look at how much has already been achieved....