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Remember when business travel wellness meant a gym with a treadmill and a fruit basket in your room? Fast forward to today: South African business travellers are upping the ante with demands for light-filled rooms and the holy grail of sleep aids—a memory foam pillow. Yes, you heard right. “We’re seeing more requests for specific preferences like hotel rooms with great natural light or […]
With summer around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about where to take some time off before the end-of-year rush is upon us. As the warmer months unfurl, exciting changes start happening in our natural surroundings, especially where there is an abundance of animals and flora. Kruger National Park, with its diversity of plant and animal life, is the perfect place to […]
Attention design lovers: Get ready to discover the hottest design predictions for the upcoming year. Our curated selection of Airbnbs showcases the decorative trends experts predict* are set to dominate in 2024. Classic motifs are making a comeback, but with a modern twist. From the timeless charm of Heritage Shaker to the captivating allure of Tapestry Revival, these stays offer the perfect opportunity to […]
As the world prepares to wrap up 2023, Airbnb has shaken the magic eight ball to unveil what travel in the New Year will look like. For the holiday planners, the data reveals some of the top trending domestic and international destinations as well as some interesting insights about how people are travelling. Big Greek getaway: International destinations South Africans are searching The following countries […]
If you’re anything like me, you don’t take any significant purchase lightly. You do a lot of research, Googling and asking your mates what their experiences were when making similar buys. What you probably don’t do is stay loyal to the same brand over and over again just because your parents and grandparents did, writes Anton Gillis, CEO of Kruger Gate Hotel. But that […]
Airbnb have just released Guest Favorites, a collection of the 2 million most-loved homes on Airbnb, along with revamped ratings & reviews, and a new Listings tab featuring a set of tools to help Hosts better showcase their homes, according to Airbnb. Airbnb has more than 7 million homes all over the world. Each home is one-of-a-kind, and this uniqueness is what sets Airbnb […]
Naamsa, the business council for the automotive industry, reports that Suzuki sold 3 857 new cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles to customers in October. This represents 86% of the total of 4 480 vehicles that Suzuki sold in South Africa last month. The rise in retail sales is in sharp contrast to retail sales by the industry in general. According to naamsa, a total […]
Budapest has it all. Fairytale castles, an admirable love of the red powder paprika, architecture that is jaw-dropping, fun entertainment ranging from Escape Rooms to Ruin Bars and, of course, the Thermal Baths, writes Marion Kate.
A breathtaking resort town on Turkey’s central Mediterranean coast (aka the Turkish Riviera), Alanya should be high on any traveler’s To Do List, writes Marion Kate.
Hayward’s Grand Safari Company has been granted the opportunity to take exclusive mobile safari camps in 5-star style for bespoke groups into some of its most untouched areas within the Kruger’s 19,485 square kilometre border. An encounter with wildlife in its natural environment is both a privilege and a rarity as the 950 000 annual tourists to the Kruger National Park of South Africa can […]
After a lifetime dreaming of visiting Russia, Marion Kate reveals that her budget trip to the icy capital of communism was everything she expected… and much, much more. Why do we have bucket lists? Is it to keep our dreams alive, to help us reach our goals… or to feel satisfied and content when we do? Whatever it is, Russia has been a bucket […]