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"Africa's premier airline is committed to the trade and has several agent training initiatives planned this summer"
Kenya’s star rises in east
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE Kenya was back in favour in the first
quarter of 2011 with UK visitors rising by 10 per cent year on year. Product developments include two
GARY KERSHAW Country manager, UK & Ireland, SAA
What did winning our TACA 2010 award mean to you? South African Airways is always looking to enhance the way it works with the trade. We want to be an agent friendly, trusted partner and deliver outstanding service. SAA will continue to support the trade – we’re an airline you can talk to.
How important are travel agents to your business? The travel trade remains our most important distribution tool in the market and will continue to do so. Our trade
partners are incredibly important to our success in the market
Do you have any training, workshops or other initiatives planned for agents in 2011/12? South African Airways and Ethos Marketing will be taking agents on a journey around South Africa's Zulu Kingdom in July. There will be a workshop-style networking opportunity with travel partners, including Tourism KwaZulu- Natal, and a selection of hotels and lodges in this province.
Please tell us about anything new that you would like to highlight to our readers? This year, South African Airways is taking delivery of six new A330-200 aircraft. This modern aircraft offers supreme ergonomics, a light, airy open cabin, and sophisticated personal touch- screen TVs. The A330-200 is the most cost-efficient, wide-body twin aircraft in operation and its green credentials are impressive.
Contact Information
South African Airways T: 0844 3759680 E:
vikkypopova@flysaa.com W:
www.flysaa.com
TRAVEL AGENTS CHOICE AWARDS
Look out for details of the 2011 Travel Agents Choice Awards (TACA) in the September issue of Selling Long Haul
www.sellinglonghaul.com
14 July/August 2011 •
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new family units, each with two tents and a shared open bathroom, at Lemarti's Camp (
www.lemartiscamp.com) in Laikipia, which were added to meet increasing demand from families. Treetops Lodge (www.
aberdaresafarihotels.com) in Aberdare National Park will close for three months, from October 1 2011 to January 1 2012, while the lodge gets
essential repairs and adds new features. Porini Camps has reopened its
luxury-tented camps for the season. The company, which has close ties with the local Maasai communities, offers a Big Cat Safari combining Porini Mara and Porini Lion Camp in some of the richest big game areas in Africa. Learn more about Porini Camps at www.
attatraining.co.uk. Gamewatcher Safaris landed the
Tour Operator of the Year prize at the first Kenya Tourism Awards, organised jointly by The Kenya Tourism Federation and the Kenya Tourist Board.
New camp for Tanzania Nomads Lamai, a new Nomad Tanzania
'luxury' camp, has opened in the northern Serengeti. The lodge has been built on the top
of a kopje (bluff) looking out across the Masai Mara just a few miles from where thousands of wildebeest cross the Mara River during their annual migration. The lodge comprises eight rooms – a construction blend of canvas, plaster and natural poles – in Main Camp and four rooms in Private Camp. Nightly rates start from U$600 pppn (November 1-December 19) and
AFRICA IN BRIEF
Twelve Apostles' new spa The Spa at the Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, will re-launch in August. Treatments include The Apostles Touch, using heated stones from Table Mountain for a foot massage, and Atlantic shells for a lava shell massage. Other Red Carnation properties include The Oyster Box in Durban.
www.wilderness-safaris.com
Wilderness adds Collection The Wilderness Group launched a
new brand at this year’s Indaba trade show in Durban. The Wilderness Collection brings in marketing and operating contracts for North Island in the Seychelles and Abu Camp in Botswana. The group brand is now called simply ‘Wilderness’.
www.wilderness-safaris.com
U$740 rack pppn (June 27-October 31 and December 20-January 6 2012). This includes full-board accommodation, game drives in 4WD vehicles, short guided walking safaris, camping fees, all drinks (except champagne), laundry and transfers to and from Kogatende airstrip (a 30- minute drive). Guests can enjoy the wildebeeest migration for roughly a quarter of the year, between late July and October. The camp will be closed in April and May.
www.nomad-tanzania.com
GAMEWATCH
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