Botswana has signed eight Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASA) with Belgium, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Qatar will be the ninth country to sign the agreement.
According to Botswana's Minister of Transport and Communications, Frank Ramsden, the Bilateral Air Services Agreements are intended to create a conducive environment for attracting more operators, including major airlines that will offer flights to and from Botswana from major destinations in the world.
At least nine airlines from these eight countries have already shown interest in doing business in Botswana and some of them might start operating flights to Botswana before the end of 2011.
Botswana also has a memoranda of understanding with Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Pakistan, Tanzania and United Arab Emirates regarding that topic.
In the meantime, Botswana's flag carrier Air Botswana started working on re-registering with the International Air Transport Associatian (IATA), after the airline was de-registered a few years ago when it was discovered that it had failed to comply with an IATA audit, safety and human resource requirements.
05 April 2011
04 April 2011
Namibia's Spitzkoppe from birds eye view
The Spitzkoppe, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia", is a group of bald granite peaks located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert in Namibia. The peaks of the Spitzkoppe stand out dramatically from the flat surrounding plains. The highest peak rises about 1784 meters above sea level and is about 700m above the floor of the desert below.
Free 16 page "Travel Zambia" e-Mag
Travel Africa, a great (printed) magazine covering all kind of travel-related information about the African continent, just published a free 16 page e-mag teaser for their annual "Travel Zambia" Magazine. Very good read - not only for those planning to visit Zambia...
South Africa's airports voted best in Africa
Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport won the 2011 Best Airport Africa Award, with Cape Town International Airport 2nd, and Durban's King Shaka International Airport in 3rd place.
The World Airport Awards™ are based on survey results from 11.38 million questionnaires completed by over 100 different nationality of airline passengers, covering more than 240 airports worldwide.
The survey evaluates traveller experiences across 39 different airport service and product factors - from check-in, arrivals, transfer through to departure at the gate.
Operating since 1999, the World Airport Survey is held in highest esteem for its clarity of process and rigorously applied rules of complete independence.
The World Airport Awards™ are based on survey results from 11.38 million questionnaires completed by over 100 different nationality of airline passengers, covering more than 240 airports worldwide.
The survey evaluates traveller experiences across 39 different airport service and product factors - from check-in, arrivals, transfer through to departure at the gate.
Operating since 1999, the World Airport Survey is held in highest esteem for its clarity of process and rigorously applied rules of complete independence.
01 April 2011
HostelBookers launches new travel website AnyTrip.com
HostelBookers, the budget accommodation specialist, is pleased to announce the launch of its new sister travel site AnyTrip.com, which gives people a way to book every aspect of their holiday from one place.
AnyTrip.com covers 97 countries and boasts thousands of properties in 770 destinations. It provides great value accommodation around the world, and on confirmation of booking customers pay only 20% of the price upfront with absolutely no booking fees. AnyTrip.com also allows customers to book flights, tours and car hire through trusted partner sites. Property searches can be filtered by price or rating, which makes finding the right accommodation even easier.
Customers are given great product choice and value for money, whether they are booking an entire holiday or just one part of it. The site boasts low prices starting below €2 per bed for hostels and below €20 per room for hotels. No registration is required to book and all properties are rated and reviewed by customers.
David Smith, C.O.O. at HostelBookers says: “Coming from the hostel industry and considering that people are continuously looking for great deals, we are proud to launch this new free-booking service. AnyTrip.com is an initiative of HostelBookers: it is quick, reliable and fulfils our aim to make it easy to travel for less – for example, customers can book a hotel room in Milan from only €10. Furthermore, we’ve joined forces with great partners such as isango!, Skyscanner and CarTrawler in order to give customers the possibility to book tours, flights and car hire.”
To celebrate the launch of AnyTrip.com , 50 prizes including an iPad 2 and a Kindle will be given away in a travel competition running until April 30th. To find out more please go to www.anytrip.com/win-travel-prizes/.
AnyTrip.com covers 97 countries and boasts thousands of properties in 770 destinations. It provides great value accommodation around the world, and on confirmation of booking customers pay only 20% of the price upfront with absolutely no booking fees. AnyTrip.com also allows customers to book flights, tours and car hire through trusted partner sites. Property searches can be filtered by price or rating, which makes finding the right accommodation even easier.
Customers are given great product choice and value for money, whether they are booking an entire holiday or just one part of it. The site boasts low prices starting below €2 per bed for hostels and below €20 per room for hotels. No registration is required to book and all properties are rated and reviewed by customers.
David Smith, C.O.O. at HostelBookers says: “Coming from the hostel industry and considering that people are continuously looking for great deals, we are proud to launch this new free-booking service. AnyTrip.com is an initiative of HostelBookers: it is quick, reliable and fulfils our aim to make it easy to travel for less – for example, customers can book a hotel room in Milan from only €10. Furthermore, we’ve joined forces with great partners such as isango!, Skyscanner and CarTrawler in order to give customers the possibility to book tours, flights and car hire.”
To celebrate the launch of AnyTrip.com , 50 prizes including an iPad 2 and a Kindle will be given away in a travel competition running until April 30th. To find out more please go to www.anytrip.com/win-travel-prizes/.
Table Mountain Cableway: Annual maintenance dates announced
update (01 Aug 2011): Maintenance done. Cableway is open for business...
Like every year, Cape Town's Table Mountain Cableway will close for for some days in winter for its annual maintenance. In 2011 the Cableway will be closed from 18-31 July and will reopen on 01 August 2011 if weather permits.
Like every year, Cape Town's Table Mountain Cableway will close for for some days in winter for its annual maintenance. In 2011 the Cableway will be closed from 18-31 July and will reopen on 01 August 2011 if weather permits.
Video: GoDaddy CEO travels to Zimbabwe to kill elephants! DISGUSTING!
I am actually speechless about the video I just watched. Ok, many Zimbabweans are currenly not having enough food to feed their families, and yes, so-called "problem elephants" can be a serious threat to communities, but does that justify the killing of elephants by rich people paying for the thrill of killing? That is exactly what Bob Parson, CEO of GoDaddy.com, just did. He travelled to Zimbabwe to shoot elephants. And according to him, this is "one of the most beneficial and rewarding things I do". Disgusting! And Bob, it is not only the killing of the elephant, but you are making people fight for food! DISGUSTING!
Animal rights organisation PETA has decried Parsons' actions and announced that it has closed the group's account with GoDaddy.com, encouraging others to do the same. Meanwhile rival web hosting company NameCheap.com announced a deal to transfer accounts, with 20% of the proceeds to be donated to savethelephants.org.
Update (07 April 2011): NameCheap.com raised full $20,000 savethelephants.org for so far!
Animal rights organisation PETA has decried Parsons' actions and announced that it has closed the group's account with GoDaddy.com, encouraging others to do the same. Meanwhile rival web hosting company NameCheap.com announced a deal to transfer accounts, with 20% of the proceeds to be donated to savethelephants.org.
Update (07 April 2011): NameCheap.com raised full $20,000 savethelephants.org for so far!
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