Indaba News

Breaking Travel News investigates: Conferences, exhibitions and online events
As governments around the world begin to ease the handbrake on restrictions, Breaking Travel News takes a fresh look at what it will mean for the travel event space

Africa’s Travel Indaba postponed in South Africa
Africa’s Travel Indaba has been postponed indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak spreading around the world. South Africa tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced the decision earlier.

Breaking Travel News investigates: Sustainable tourism in South Africa
Visiting Durban for Africa’s Travel Indaba earlier this year, Sapphire Goss here weighs up the environmental impact of tourism and questions whether it can even be beneficial to local communities

Breaking Travel News investigates: Africa’s Travel Indaba
As South Africa goes to the polls, incumbent president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is keen to woo the hospitality sector with the promise of a radical overhaul of the national visa regime. Reporting from Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban for Breaking Travel News, Sapphire Goss assesses what impact it will have on the local market

Legend Hospitality Group returns to Indaba, South Africa
Legend Hospitality Group has exhibited at this year’s Tourism Indaba in Durban, making it the 21st consecutive year the leading tourism organisation has appeared at the show.

Indaba 2018: South Africa Tourism shines in Durban
The South African Tourism stand is catching the eye of delegates at Africa’s Travel Indaba with its unique and engaging design.

Indaba 2018: African tourism ministers call for closer cooperation
Tourism ministers from several African countries have called for greater regional cooperation to ensure growth in tourism across the continent.

Indaba 2018: Hanekom welcomes international tourism leaders to Durban
South Africa minister of tourism Derek Hanekom has opened Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban. “This is going to be the greatest Indaba of all time, and it is all because of you,” Hanekom told delegates at the opening of the show.

Breaking Travel News: Indaba 2017, South Africa
Indaba is one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar and one of the top three must visit events of its kind on the global calendar. It showcases the widest variety of Southern Africa’s best tourism products and attracts international buyers and media from across the world. Here Eleanor Hawkins visits for Breaking Travel News.

Breaking Travel News interview: Sisa Ntshona, chief executive, South African Tourism
Taking up the role of chief executive with South Africa Tourism in late 2016, Sisa Ntshona is seeking to utilise his experience in the banking sector to inject a new professionalism into the body. Here he talks with Breaking Travel News reporter Eleanor Hawkins at Indaba 2017 to discuss his plans for the future.

Breaking Travel News interview: Tokozile Xasa, minister of tourism, South Africa
Tokozile Xasa, the first female minister of tourism in South Africa was appointed to her post in October last year, having served as deputy minster since 2009. Here she speaks to Eleanor Hawkins about her plans for the developing sector during Indaba 2017, the preeminent trade show for the hospitality community in Africa.

Indaba 2017: Minister Xasa meets with industry stakeholders
South Africa tourism minister Tokozile Xasa has met and engaged with industry leaders at a breakfast event held at Southern Sun Elangeni in Durban.