©Marcel de Grijs via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>In your dual role as travel marketer and Facebook consumer, the news that Facebook is going to 'clean-up' your News Feed will likely be met with a mix of joy and despair.
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What travel marketers need to know about Facebook's News Feed change
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Cape Town proves its mettle as Africa's events capital
Cape Town Carnival (Image Supplied)</span>Blessed with natural beauty, cultural attractions and sophisticated facilities, Cape Town has proven itself as a host of world-class events that draw in audiences and participants from across the world - winning the International Congress and Convention Association's number one city in Africa for business tourism events in 2017 and second-best overseas city in the world in the Condé Nast Readers Travel Awards in 2016.
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Jumia Travel celebrates travel, tourism industry success at 2018 Ghana Travel Awards
Jumia Travel celebrated the second edition of the Ghana Travel Awards on 25 January 2018, honouring hoteliers, airlines and travel websites for their contribution to the success of the travel, hospitality and tourism industries in 2017, as well as to encourage the provision of improved quality services to Ghanaians.
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New personalised safaris and tour operator launched in Namibia
Image Supplied</span>Orlando Safaris, based in Windhoek, has opened its doors to domestic and foreign tourists and offers a full service for arranging and booking safaris throughout Namibia.
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The future of Airbnb: Airbnb unveils roadmap to 1bn guests
Image Supplied</span>Since its launch 10 years ago, Airbnb has become a global phenomenon with Airbnb hosts having earned more than $41bn and guests having checked into Airbnb more than 300 million times. Looking to the next 10 years, Airbnb has unveiled a roadmap designed to bring the transformative benefits of local, personal and authentic travel to every type of traveller.
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Community-based wildlife conservation is bringing success to Tanzania
Good news about the environment is rare these days. But in Tanzania there are signs that community-based wildlife conservation efforts can effectively protect the natural resources that provide the lion's share of revenue for the economy.
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Ups and downs for Africa's hotel market in 2017
2017 proved another evolutionary year for Africa's hotel market as the continent continued to attract investment while economic and political events, currency shifts, and fluctuating tourism demand meant both risk and reward for hotel markets across the continent.
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IATA global passenger traffic results reflect slowest year-over-year increase
Photo by Gerrie van der Walt on Unsplash</span>The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) global passenger traffic results for January 2018 show that traffic - revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) - rose by 4.6% compared to that of January 2017. These results indicate the slowest year-over-year increase in nearly four years, however, results were affected by the timing of the later Lunar New Year in 2018, as well as less favourable comparisons with the strong upward trend in traffic seen in late 2016-early 2017.
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What the youth travel market is really about
©softlight69 via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The World Youth and Student Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation delivered insights from the Horizons Survey at the 2018 ITB Berlin and showed what the youth travel market is really about - experiential and immersive travel for key players in tourism for development.
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Film tourism profitable to cultural, creative economy
The 2018 South African Cultural Observatory's (SACO) international conference delivered on its promise of deep analysis and critical, creative debates on the future of South Africa's and the world's creative economy during a cultural think-tank creativity industry meet at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, which saw over 200 delegates in attendance.
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Facebook launches Trip Consideration tool
©Viktor Gladkov via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>If you haven't already heard, Facebook recently rolled out a new ad-optimisation programme called Trip Consideration.
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Travel and tourism creates seven million new jobs worldwide
©Julia Hansen via [[www.123RF.om 123RF]]</span>For the seventh consecutive year, the travel and tourism sector has outperformed the global economy and in 2017 was the fastest growing broad economic sector globally, showing stronger growth than all sectors including manufacturing (4.2%), retail and wholesale (3.4%), agriculture, forestry and fisheries (2.6%) and financial services (2.5%).
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Consumerisation of travel: Millennials changing the face of business travel
Millennials will soon become the largest group of travel customers, driving the evolution of the industry with a demand for cutting-edge digital solutions and a thirst for more 'bleisure'.
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Africa: On a roller coaster ride
Nbi101 via [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images Wikimedia Commons]] - Nairobi</span>Towards the end of 2017, we witnessed the end of an era (a very long one) in Zimbabwe, as a soft revolution ousted President Robert Mugabe, and brought in Emmerson Mnangagwa. Shortly afterwards, we saw the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), on course to become the country's next president.
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#WTMA18: 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards finalists announced
The finalists for the 2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards have been announced, competing in five categories as well as for the much-coveted 'Overall Winner'. Following intense debate on judging day, the panel of nine expert judges shortlisted nine organisations from across Africa, including Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Seychelles.
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Business events can lead the growth of African tourism
While leisure is an important component of the tourism mix, operators need to develop a more diverse offering, driven by business tourism and conferencing. According to the South African National Convention Bureau, South Africa hosts about one million delegates at business events every year, supporting over 250,000 jobs directly and indirectly in this sub-sector alone.
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African Continental Free Trade Agreement to be welcomed as a boost for tourism
South African businesses don't have to try hard to find new markets, they just have to look in their own backyards at other African states. Intra-African trade is notoriously poor - in fact, it's the worst of any region of the world at just 18%. While the causes are numerous, one stands out: it is extremely difficult to do business across borders on the continent. Businesses from Africa find a more welcoming approach from markets outside our continent.
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Airbnb global study reveals millennials as predominant travel consumers by 2025
©Anete Lusina via [[https://unsplash.com/ Unsplash]]</span>According to a global study on conducted by Airbnb in conjunction with GfK1, millennials and younger generations will account for 75% of all consumers and travellers by 2025.
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#WTMA18: Six trends driving growth and change in African tourism
As Africa's popularity as a tourist destination continues to grow, despite challenges, there are certain forces that are driving growth and change in the continent's tourism and travel industries. Christy Tawii, research analyst at Euromonitor International, provided insight into some of the key trends driving this growth and change at WTM Africa 2018.
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#AfricaMonth: Creating a conducive environment for corporate travel in Africa
Rebone Motsa</span>According to the Corporate Traveller, business travel will continue to grow in Africa as South African companies of all sizes are forced to look across borders for investment opportunities to counter the weak growth opportunities locally. Rebone Motsa, Avis Rent a Car executive: commercial and licensees on corporate travel in Africa shares his thoughts on the business travel market, MICE destinations and the role the government can play in making the country more attractive to corporates.
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