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#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025Marc Harding

#BizTrends2025: Shaping tomorrow’s travel industry - innovation, sustainability, and purpose

#BizTrends2025: Shaping tomorrow’s travel industry - innovation, sustainability, and purpose

By Olivier Perillat-Piratoine 31 Jan 2025

Jordan Hollander, co-founder at Hotel Tech Report

How AI will revolutionise the hospitality industry in 2025

By Jordan Hollander 28 Jan 2025

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#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping the travel sector in 2025 and beyond

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping the travel sector in 2025 and beyond

Kelly Jackson 28 Jan 2025

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5 key travel trends shaping the cruise industry in 2025

28 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Kirby Gordon 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Christy Tawii 13 Jan 2025

2025 travel boom: South Africans plan more holidays, Marriott study shows

2025 travel boom: South Africans plan more holidays, Marriott study shows

5 Dec 2024

WTM Africa 2025 registration opens

WTM Africa 2025 registration opens

29 Nov 2024

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Bryte Travel Index 2024: Key trends shaping the road ahead for SA travellers

21 Nov 2024

Key trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

Key trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

19 Nov 2024

5 hospitality trends for SA’s summer season

5 hospitality trends for SA’s summer season

Michelle Cyster 11 Oct 2024

#BizTrends2025: Sponsorships loading

#BizTrends2025: Sponsorships loading

Bizcommunity.com 19 Sep 2024

Travel trends in South Africa: Navigating sales-specific insights

Travel trends in South Africa: Navigating sales-specific insights

Andy Woods-Ballard 28 Jun 2024

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#BizTrends2025: Shaping tomorrow’s travel industry - innovation, sustainability, and purpose

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2025: Shaping tomorrow’s travel industry - innovation, sustainability, and purpose

Olivier Perillat-Piratoine 31 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025

Marc Harding 31 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping the travel sector in 2025 and beyond

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping the travel sector in 2025 and beyond

Kelly Jackson 28 Jan 2025

Jordan Hollander, co-founder at Hotel Tech Report

Tourism & TravelHow AI will revolutionise the hospitality industry in 2025

Jordan Hollander 28 Jan 2025

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Tourism & Travel5 key travel trends shaping the cruise industry in 2025

28 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Kirby Gordon 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Christy Tawii 13 Jan 2025

2025 travel boom: South Africans plan more holidays, Marriott study shows

Tourism & Travel2025 travel boom: South Africans plan more holidays, Marriott study shows

5 Dec 2024

WTM Africa 2025 registration opens

Tourism & TravelWTM Africa 2025 registration opens

29 Nov 2024

Source: DEZALB via

Tourism & TravelBryte Travel Index 2024: Key trends shaping the road ahead for SA travellers

21 Nov 2024

Key trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

Tourism & TravelKey trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

19 Nov 2024

5 hospitality trends for SA’s summer season

Tourism & Travel5 hospitality trends for SA’s summer season

Michelle Cyster 11 Oct 2024

#BizTrends2025: Sponsorships loading

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Sponsorships loading

Bizcommunity.com 19 Sep 2024

Travel trends in South Africa: Navigating sales-specific insights

Tourism & TravelTravel trends in South Africa: Navigating sales-specific insights

Andy Woods-Ballard 28 Jun 2024

Source: The Heart of Europe. Floating villas and artificial island living are among the top sought after emerging experiences travellers are longing for.

Tourism & TravelMastercard: Top 5 emerging trends at Arabian Travel Market 2024

Katja Hamilton 17 May 2024

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PropertySt Francis Links climbs to third in South Africa's Top 100 golf courses for 2024

16 May 2024

A decade of growth: WTM Africa's 2024 content programme revealed

Tourism & TravelA decade of growth: WTM Africa's 2024 content programme revealed

4 Apr 2024

Travel in 2024 & beyond: It’s bespoke, it’s alone, it’s tech-driven but also so much more

Tourism & TravelTravel in 2024 & beyond: It’s bespoke, it’s alone, it’s tech-driven but also so much more

Anton Gillis 19 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unveiling key trends in the travel and tourism sector

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2024: Unveiling key trends in the travel and tourism sector

Nombulelo Guliwe 30 Jan 2024

Marius van der Ham, General Manager, Air France-KLM, East and Southern Africa, Nigeria and Ghana

Tourism & TravelAirlines to embrace value-added strategies for post-pandemic prosperity

Marius van der Ham 25 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: How to attract guests from emerging markets with tech in 2024

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2024: How to attract guests from emerging markets with tech in 2024

24 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Top 10 travel trends for 2024

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2024: Top 10 travel trends for 2024

Martin Wiest 12 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: 5 tourism and travel megatrends to take note of in 2024

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2024: 5 tourism and travel megatrends to take note of in 2024

Sabine Lehmann 10 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Practical AI for tourism businesses – saving time for your highest-value work

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2024: Practical AI for tourism businesses – saving time for your highest-value work

Natalia Rosa 8 Jan 2024

#BestofBiz 2023: Tourism & Travel

Tourism & Travel#BestofBiz 2023: Tourism & Travel

19 Dec 2023

6 trends that hotels must embrace in 2024

Tourism & Travel6 trends that hotels must embrace in 2024

Tim Cordon 28 Nov 2023

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HR & Management'Bleisure travel' and its benefits for employees

17 Aug 2023

Africa Travel Week trends report reveals tourism drivers for 2023

Tourism & TravelAfrica Travel Week trends report reveals tourism drivers for 2023

5 Apr 2023

#BizTrends2023: A year of recovery for hospitality marketers

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: A year of recovery for hospitality marketers

Corné Visser and Madri van der Westhuizen 1 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: How hoteliers should prepare for a cookieless world using first-party data

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2023: How hoteliers should prepare for a cookieless world using first-party data

Stewart Smith 23 Jan 2023

Global traveller report reveals shift towards sustainable travel

Tourism & TravelGlobal traveller report reveals shift towards sustainable travel

23 Jan 2023

Source: © Michael Burrows Mobile messaging is the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023 says research from Clickatell

Marketing & MediaClickatell: Mobile messaging the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023

18 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Bridging the skills shortage gap is key to the travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2023: Bridging the skills shortage gap is key to the travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery

Enver Duminy 9 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: The reckoning of 2023

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2023: The reckoning of 2023

Paul de Waal 9 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Technology, sustainable travel to go hand-in-hand as the world continues to be on the move

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2023: Technology, sustainable travel to go hand-in-hand as the world continues to be on the move

Hariprasad Viswanathan 9 Jan 2023

Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO, Tourism Business Council of South Africa

Tourism & Travel#BizTrends2023: Renewed focus on domestic, intra African travellers among top themes for 2023

Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa 9 Jan 2023

What to expect from business travel in 2023

Tourism & TravelWhat to expect from business travel in 2023

21 Dec 2022

Global research reveals key trends shaping the hotel industry

Tourism & TravelGlobal research reveals key trends shaping the hotel industry

15 Dec 2022

Positive travel trends reported by City Lodge Hotels

Tourism & TravelPositive travel trends reported by City Lodge Hotels

City Lodge Hotels 30 Nov 2022

Here's what South Africans can expect the business travel industry to look like in 2023

Tourism & TravelHere's what South Africans can expect the business travel industry to look like in 2023

Marc Wachsberger 29 Nov 2022