Hurry! Only a few seats left for the African Tourism Investment Summit

This year’s African Tourism Investment Summit (ATIS) is expected to be the most ground-breaking and thought-provoking conference of its kind in 2022. The event is held in partnership with the […]
FEDHASA urges Government to lift compulsory vaccination or PCR tests for children 5-12; and to lift the restriction on the number of people at events – which is halting the return of large events and conferences from to SA

FEDHASA has welcomed the lifting of the state of disaster, bringing an end to many of the rules that have burdened the hospitality sector, such as temperature checks and contact […]
The latest statistics on the Tourism and hospitality sector released

The StatsSA reports on Accommodation, Food and Beverage and Tourism performance in South Africa are showing continued signs of recovery for the tourism and hospitality sector. While this is good […]
New regulations to replace SA’s state of disaster

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has gazetted new regulations, which could see South Africa’s national state of disaster lifted by 5 April 2022. The regulations are currently open for public […]
Compulsory vaccination or PCR testing for children over 5 years of age – a big deterrent for inbound family travel to SA

South Africa’s recent lifting of the PCR test for fully vaccinated inbound travellers, aligned with regulations around the world, is a good step in the right direction, but there’s a […]
Opportunity to have complimentary presence at Indaba! Great opportunity!

The Department of Tourism invites eligible tourism enterprises to apply for support under the Domestic Market Access Support Programme (DMASP) to participate on the Hidden Gems Pavilion at Africa’s Travel […]
Africa Travel Week Unlocks Africa’s Tourism Source Markets

In the lead up to WTM Africa and ILTM Africa running from 11 – 13 April 2022, Africa Travel Week (ATW) is showcasing the latest updates from Africa’s source markets […]
Collaboration between competitors on localisation initiatives

The Department of Trade, Industries & Competition and the Competition Commission has published a guideline: Collaboration between competitors on localisation initiatives, which came into force on 18th March 2022. Unfortunately and […]
Explained: Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace

Take note of new Code of Good Practice is now in place – it details matters such as verbal or psychological conduct, various gestures, bullying, insults, emotional abuse and many […]
Industry must please comment … – Damaging to Tourism

The Department of Basic Education has published a draft 2024 school calendar for comment. What is of concern is that they have reverted back to a single calendar for all provinces […]