South Africa
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Travelport announced an agreement to acquire Galileo Southern Africa from South African Airways
The acquired business will be combined with a two-year-old Worldspan operation into a unit called Travelport Southern Africa. Travelport also signed a five-year full-content agreement with the airline.
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Survey: Diminished Supplier Discounts Pressuring Corporate Travel Costs
… managers in Brazil (58 percent), South Africa (45 percent) and Singapore ..... 29 percent and 44 percent), South Africa (45 percent and 57 percent) and Australia ..... Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland …
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Sabre Enters South African Market
… for the first time has moved into South Africa and will compete against major ..... dominated the market, and Amadeus. South Africa accounts for 50 percent of all ..... booking platform for travel agents. South Africa is the first country where it will …
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June Hotel Rates, Occupancy Rise Worldwide
… percent in the Middle East and Africa, though a large portion of that drop is attributable to unfavorable comparisons in South Africa , which hosted the FIFA World Cup last year. Rates in the country overall were down 45.9 percent. Rates in Jeddah …
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April Hotel Rates, Occupancy Rise Worldwide
… 59 percent, average daily rates were up 10.8 percent. The largest rate increases were in South Africa : Rates were up 21.6 percent in Johannesburg and by 15.7 percent in Cape Town. Abu Dhabi, Beirut and Cairo all reported double-digit …
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Slots, Visas Stymie U.S.-China Open Skies
… deals with Russia—"one of the large, emerging economies that some day we might like to get" signed up—and South Africa . China rounds out the five biggest markets without U.S. Open Skies deals. "We hit 100 agreements, but we hit …
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STR Metrics Show Growing Global Hotel Strength In 2010
… percent and rates up 3.1 percent. RevPAR in the region was up 4 percent. South Africa recorded the largest rate increases, with rates up 30.5 percent in Johannesburg and 27.4 percent in Cape Town. Abu Dhabi experienced the largest declines …
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The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry Of 2010
… Airlines (centered on routes in New York and Boston, later augmented with frequent flyer reciprocity), El Al, Emirates and South African Airways. Barger expects more such partnerships this year. Though he noted that its partners include members of both Oneworld …
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September Hotel Rates, Occupancy Generally Rise Worldwide
… increased by 8.2 percent, occupancy by 58.2 percent and RevPAR by 14.2 percent. Rates increased the most in Johannesburg , South Africa , up 32.5 percent compared with September 2009. In Abu Dhabi, however, rates plummeted by 27.8 percent …
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Egencia announced travel management company partnerships in Denmark, Finland, Greece, Norway, Philippines, Poland, South Africa , Sweden and Thailand
… Swire Travel Philippines, Thailand's Variety International Company Limited, Netmedia Business Travel in Poland, and South Africa 's XL Thompsons Travel. Egencia now claims presence in 39 countries overall, including alliance partnterships in …
