Entries into the prestigious Welcome Awards are still open. These awards developed by South African Tourism, in partnership with First National Bank Commercial Banking, recognise and reward service excellence in the travel and tourism industry.
South African Tourism’s Welcome initiative is five years old and it has two distinct, but closely related purposes.
The first is to [...]

With faster online speeds, the dominance of e-commerce and the rise of social media networking- the tourism business has been revolutionized. Add to this the global interest in Africa for the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup™, and it is critical that tourism companies in South Africa and across Africa take advantage of online marketing opportunities.

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Entries for the South African Tourism and South African Breweries’ (SAB) annual award have grown by more than 30 percent this year

After a rigorous judging process, 27 travel and tourism businesses have been announced as the 2009/10 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award (ETEYA) semi-finalists.
Last year’s award attracted 151 entries. When entries closed [...]