The business traveller & hospitality

By Samson Echenim   Radisson Blu and Providence hotel brands are among the top 100 corporate hotels for business travels announced by Egencia, Expedia’s business travel division, in its annual awards programme, revealing the top 100 preferred hotels around the globe. The Egencia programme honours properties with the goal of recognising those that are committed […]

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading carrier, celebrated the 2019 customer service week in grand style with on-board gifts and musical performance at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja Domestic Terminal 1 otherwise known as General Aviation Terminal (GAT). The airline said the objective was to celebrate its guests and thank them for keeping faith in the airline […]

By Samson Echenim   Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading carrier, celebrated the 2019 customer service week in grand style with on-board gifts and musical performance at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja Domestic Terminal 1 otherwise known as General Aviation Terminal (GAT). The airline said the objective was to celebrate its guests and thank them for keeping […]

By Samson Echenim  Arik Air, a leading airline in Nigeria, is re-launching flight services to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri the Imo State capital. Daily flights to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport, Lagos will resume on Monday, October 21, 2019. Arik Air suspended flights to Owerri early this year due to operational exigencies and […]

By Samson Echenim   Radisson Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest, has signed off the development of 11 new hotels in Africa since the beginning of 2019, accelerating its expansion across the continent. This brings the group’s African portfolio to almost 100 hotels and over 17,000 rooms in operation and under development across 32 […]

By Samson Echenim     Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has got approval from South African government to fly into Johannesburg on regular schedule, weeks after the airline helped to evacuate over 630 Nigerian citizens from South Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed Monday that the South African government had granted Nigerian carrier Air […]

By Samson Echenim   A new study released at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) by food and beverage (F&B) strategy and design firm KEANE, forecasts that 700 new hotel restaurants and bars will be opened in Africa by 2025, in internationally branded hotels. The prediction is based on KEANE’s research into 410 F&B venues […]

By Samson Echenim   Aset of new aircraft landing equipment meant for installation at the Lagos and Abuja airports are global standard equipment that can aid aircraft landing during adverse weather conditions, but Nigerian airliners may not be able to leverage on the equipment due to lack of on-board facilities in old planes being used […]