Good news for hikers is that Ai-Ais Hotsprings and Spa will reopen to coincide with the main hiking season in the Fish River Canyon. Ai-Ais is at the end of the arduous trail and this…
Wildlife Resorts slashes weekday prices by 70% at…
State-owned enterprise, mandated to run the tourism facilities in the country, Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) for the month of March slashed prices by 70% during weekdays, in commemoration of the 31st Independence anniversary. The discount…
Gondwana reinvents itself during the quiet period in…
The Gondwana Collection Namibian has turned the Gondwana Travel Centre in Windhoek into an all-in-one hub for travel and safaris in Namibia as from 1 March. The centre will be used to support direct bookings…
N$20m needed for Namutoni facelift
A LEAST N$20 million is needed to restore the historic Namutoni Fort at Etosha National Park to its former glory. This was said in a statement by Namibia Wildlife Resorts spokesperson Mufaro Nesongano in response…
Erongo Hospitality Hit Hard
BUSINESS started picking up for many restaurants and eateries in the Erongo region, but new government restrictions have made it nearly impossible for them to cope. The region has been closed off from the rest…
Retrenched Hilton Workers Received Full Severance Pay –…
Despite more than 100 retrenched Hilton Hotel workers claiming they were frustrated by the refusal of the hotel to pay their final pay and severance packages, general manager Martin Voskamp yesterday said all workers have…
Ngwangwama Appointed Substantive NWR Managing Director
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) board of directors has appointed Dr Matthias Mpareke Ngwangwama as the company's substantive managing director. The appointment is effective as of 1 April 2020 for a tenure of five years. Dr…
HAN wants responsible reopening of borders
The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) says although Namibia received praise for jump-starting the local tourism sector by opening hospitality establishments, it wants to see an orderly and responsible reopening of the country’s borders to…
Gondwana not retrenching yet – Namibian
GONDWANA Collection Namibia will not retrench any of its 1 000 plus workers for now due to the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism and hospitality sector, but will use its reserves to keep them.…
Namibian tourism sector to resume operation on May…
Namibia's tourism and hospitality industry will be allowed to resume operations after the country enters the second stage of its national lockdown on May 5, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said Thursday. Namibia's…
Tourism sector calls for relaxed restrictions to allow…
Chairman of the Namibia Tourism Association (NTA), Bernd Schneider said the tourism industry has been exemplary in following the state of emergency regulations. The sector has effectively closed its doors. There is no movement from…