Africa

Lusso recruits Travelopia's Kevin Gaddes for new trade role

Lusso managing director James Weaver believes the travel industry veteran can strengthen the luxury tour operator’s existing trade relationships as well as attract some new agents

Tunisia clarifies date new tourist tax will apply to package holidaymakers

Package holidaymakers will have to pay Tunisia’s new tourist tax from 1 November, regardless of when they booked their trip

Jet2 puts 2025/26 winter sun programme on sale across 12 UK bases

Major Morocco expansion, two brand new winter routes and first winter sun programme from new 12th base Bournemouth among highlights

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

If Only expands southern Africa programme for 2024

The luxury tour operator has added the three destinations to its portfolio following its successful South Africa launch in 2022.

Red Sea Holidays hires Sarah Lavender as trade relations manager

Lavender has previously worked at Tenerity Travel, Tui, First Choice Holidays and Going Places

Norse Atlantic Airways to begin Cape Town flights next winter

Budget long-haul carrier is to start flights to Cape Town next winter from Gatwick but will ditch its Caribbean services

Family holiday prices ‘stabilising’ despite ongoing economic uncertainty

Biggest year-on-year fall in prices was in Spain’s Costa Dorada, while the biggest year-on-year increase also came in Spain along the Costa del Sol

Gold Medal puts five Sri Lanka fam trip places up for grabs

The fam incentive supports the launch of the operator’s first destination brochure of the year – Indian Ocean and Africa

Virgin Atlantic 'on track' for 2024 profit despite another year of losses

Virgin Atlantic will return to profit this year as it celebrates its 40th birthday, its chief executive promises

South African Airways ‘here to stay’, troubled carrier's boss insists

South African Airways will continue to fly despite the collapse of a privatisation deal, its chief executive has said

Tui expands summer 2025 programme to more than 10 million seats

Operator adds 345,000 seats for summer 2025 and will base an extra aircraft in Exeter

Royal Air Maroc brings back Manchester-Casablanca route

Royal Maroc will offer three flights a week from Manchester on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays

Virgin Atlantic to open up east Africa with Kenya Airways codeshare

Carriers ink deal which will initially extend to Kenya Airways’ Heathrow service to Nairobi

New riads unveiled at Kasbah Tamadot plans reopening after devastating earthquake

The six new riads at the luxury Moroccan resort will each have a private pool and Rooftop Tented Suite

EasyJet to roll out new Cairo resources to agents and hints at fam opportunities

Besides new social and shop window collateral, easyJet and easyJet holidays is looking to expand its Cairo programme – and could host an agent fam to the Egyptian capital

Explore to operate first tours to Tunisia for eight years

The operator’s Best of Tunisia programme has been its fastest-selling among those it introduced for 2024

What's coming down the river over the next couple of years?

Harry Kemble plots a course through the new ships and itineraries arriving in the river cruise sector during 2024 and 2025

IHG partners with Just a Drop charity to fund safe water projects

The Water for All initiative will be piloted at five of IHG’s voco hotels, including two in the UK

Insight Vacations launches small group women-only tours with agent incentive

Insight Vacations, a sub brand of TTC is launching 11 tours aimed at solo female travellers across the globe with an incentive for agents and travellers alike

Luxury cruise brand launches for over-55 solo female travellers

The luxury cruise brand offers ’Fully Hosted Journeys’ specifically for mature women travelling solo.

Hurtigruten pauses expansion into West Africa owing to regional ‘instability’

Group’s expedition brand, HX, had previously added voyages to West Africa to its 2023/24 programme but these have been suspended

Red Sea Holidays to leave London HQ for Cambridge

Red Sea Holidays is to leave its London base and move to Cambridge in May

Norse Atlantic signs deal for Nigeria flights and gains Canada routes

Norse Atlantic Airways will operate for Nigeria’s Air Peace to Lagos under a short-term leasing deal from April and has been granted permission for Canada flights