TOURISM SECTOR LOBBIES FOR EARLIER PHASED SAFE REOPENING OF INTERNATIONAL INBOUND TOURISM TO SOUTH AFRICA
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
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
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...
South Africa events should avoid undercutting each other, warns CEO
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
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
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
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...
