Tara McGovern

WAALO 2026 We Are Africa Local Expands to a 1.5-Day Showcase for 2026

We Are Africa Local Expands to a 1.5-Day Showcase for 2026 After a powerful debut in 2025, We Are Africa Local is set to return bigger and bolder for 2026 – growing into a dedicated 1.5-day event from 4–5 May 2026 at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium. This expansion is a direct response to the phenomenal We Are Africa Local Expands to a 1.5-Day Showcase for 2026

Q&A with Khwai Expeditions Camps’ Matshido Stiekema

 Q&A with Khwai Expeditions Camps’ Matshido Stiekema  A trailblazer in Botswana’s high-end safari space, Matshidiso “Tshidi” Stiekema has not only made her place in history as the first, and still only, Motswana woman to own and operate a luxury tented safari camp, but she has also become a guiding light for the next generation of Q&A with Khwai Expeditions Camps’ Matshido Stiekema

Fostering Inclusive Tourism Fostering Inclusive Luxury Tourism

Fostering Inclusive Luxury Tourism Conscious travel, local upliftment, sustainability, community-led tourism; the buzzwords of today’s industry promise a vision of travel as a force for good. In Africa, where tourism sits at the crossroads of conservation, culture, and community livelihoods, this jargon is more than marketing. It’s a necessity. For many operators, particularly in the Fostering Inclusive Luxury Tourism

Keeping Luxury on track with Tiffany Vos-Thane

Keeping Luxury on track with Tiffany Vos-Thane We recently had the chance to sit down with Rovos Rail’s Chief Operating Officer, Tiffany Vos-Thane, for an illuminating interview delving into her unique journey – in particular, what it means to be steering her family’s legendary passenger trains with a combination of empathy, precision planning, agility and Keeping Luxury on track with Tiffany Vos-Thane