Africa

Kuoni agents show the internet how it's done

Agents beat virtual assistant in travel knowledge test

Six Senses sold by investment group to hotel giant

All-inclusives and package breaks soar as Britons seek pre-Brexit deals

Resurgent Turkey climbs to On the Beach’s third most popular destinations, with Brits also more readily considering long-haul for summer sun

Seven militants jailed for life over 2015 Tunisia terror attacks

Seven jihadists have been sentenced to life in prison for their role in the Sousse massacre and another shooting at a museum in capital Tunis

Uniworld unveils details of 2020 ship launches

Four Super Ships will make their debuts for river cruise operator next year

Silversea launches first expedition world cruise

The 167-day sailing from Ushuaia to Tromso will call at 107 destinations in 30 countries in 2021

South African Tourism makes guides focus of latest campaign

Tourist board’s ’Meet Your South Africa’ initiative to showcase the country’s nature and culture with help from 12 hand-picked local guides

Agents still uncertain over Sharm security

Agents would still think twice about sending clients to Sharm el Sheikh despite a new call for the ban on UK flights to the popular Red Sea resort to be lifted

Gunmen storm luxury Nairobi hotel, killing 15

Foreign Office confirms British man killed and another injured in attack and urges Britons to ’remain vigilant’

‘Britain should lift Sharm flight ban’ says Egyptian ambassador

Egypt ‘ready’ to welcome flights from UK after airport security upgrade

Hot destinations to watch in 2019

Gary Noakes looks at some of the best places to recommend to your clients this year

Bed bank extends agents' commission increase

Bedsonline to pay extra 3% until mid-January

Air crash deaths increase in 2018, but flying still safe

Air fatalities rose last year, but trend is still downwards

Cook signs deal for two new Red Sea properties

Operator will open Casa Cook and Cook’s Club in El Gouna in 2019

andBeyond reveals 2019 expansion plans

Travel firm to open new lodge and add conservation-based tours

Manchester airport launches first direct route to sub-Saharan Africa

The new Ethiopian Airlines flight offers travellers onward connections to 58 other destinations via its increasingly busy hub at Addis Ababa

South Africa softens entry rules for families with young children

Families travelling to South Africa from visa-free countries will no longer have to carry birth certificates for children

Summer bookings looking promising, says Abta

Latest Travel Trends report reveals hot 2019 destinations

MSC Cruises reveals new ship name as first steel cut

Work underway on new MSC vessel class

Meetings charity funds Just a Drop Kenya project

New dam funded by travel to bring clean water to more than 5,000 in Kenya

Cape Verde airline in takeover bid

Icelandair in swoop for African carrier

Cook expects Tunisia to be a ‘hotspot’ in 2019

Tour operator is also seeing more long-haul flight bookings from families

Rabies warning to British tourists after Morocco death

The holidaymaker died after being bitten by a cat, Public Health England has said

Clia River Conf 18: Avalon Nile sailings waiting on NZ govt green light

Boss Giles Hawke said the line would operate on the river only after the country’s government relaxed its travel advice warning