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Fastjet Continues To Fly High
Budget airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe was Friday awarded by the World Travel Awards as “Africa’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2021” for the sixth consecutive year.
The results follow a year-long search for the world’s top travel, tourism and…
Ilala Lodge Hotel Celebrates Thirty Years In Hospitality With Loyal Industry Partners
The renowned Ilala Lodge Hotel in Victoria Falls celebrated three decades in hospitality at a private event held with longstanding regional tourism partners on Monday evening.
The family-run hotel hosted 60 regional partners, including…
SAA’s Re-start Schedule
SAA’s new schedule as version two of the national carrier, has 20 flights a week between Johannesburg and Cape Town as its sole domestic route. But it has plans to dig back into the continent too. In Southern Africa, the airline has…
New SAA takes off Sep 23
SAA released a statement this afternoon saying its first flights will be on September 23.
Tickets will go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, August 26. SAA says Voyager bookings and Travel Credit Voucher redemptions will be available from…
Just In: Karikoga Kaseke Retires
Long-serving Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Chief Executive officer, Karikoga Kaseke has retired after a long period of illness, 263Chat has learnt.
Kaseke reportedly suffered a stroke in November 2018 and has not been fully recovered since…
Vic Falls Hosts Top American Executives In ‘Earth’s Greatest Safari’
10 top American business executives who are on a 12-day private holiday and tour of Africa landed in Victoria Falls yesterday aboard a private jet run by Roar Africa Emirates Executive Private Jet.
They're on a trip organised by Roar…
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Partners with Top Zimbabwean Professional Golfer
Leading hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism’s flagship property Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has partnered with professional Zimbabwean golfer Scott Vincent as his only Zimbabwean sponsor.
Vincent, 29, who grew up in Harare, turned…
Grants, Not Loans, Will Kick-Start SA Tourism
The lengthy delays in the second issuing of TERS funds for the tourism industry were caused by the fraud that occurred during the first round of UIF TERS. The UIF sought to make the process watertight, and that has made it a much longer…
Tourism Business Council Concerned About Calls For A National Lockdown
The Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over the reported call by the Confederation of Zimbabwean Retailers for a national lockdown.
The president of the Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe, Wengayi Nhau,…
Fly Africa back on the radar with regional flights
Low-cost regional carrier, Fly Africa – which launched in 2014 but struggled to stay in the air due to a number of challenges, including an alleged fraudulent partner in Zimbabwe and failures to obtain operating licences – is back…
