The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer, Carsten Spohr, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term effective from the conclusion of the 75th IATA Annual General Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Spohr is the 78th chair of the…
IATA tells reason for slowing demand and downgrade on air transportation outlook The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a downgrade of its 2019 outlook for the global air transport industry to a $28 billion profit (from $35.5 billion forecasts in December 2018). That is also a decline on 2018 net post-tax profits which…
The African Tourism Board knows the importance of connectivity for the growing travel and tourism industry to the continent. African Tourism Board objective is to sell Africa as a shared destination. Airlines see there is money in serving routes to Africa, and more and more carriers establish routes. Africa is now also on all major…
ATTES will be the largest summit ever held in Africa. . . The African Tourism Board is planning to partner with Africa’s Trade, Transport and Energy Summit (ATTES) to make sure travel and tourism are not overlooked by the largest summit ever held in Africa. Africa, the world’s second-largest continent in size and population, has a wealth of biodiversity and…
The full list of Indian Ocean & of Africa winners of the 26th World Travel Awards™. Indian Ocean Indian Ocean’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2019 Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline 2019 Air Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline – Business Class 2019 Air Mauritius Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline – Economy Class 2019 Air Seychelles Indian Ocean’s…