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South Africa Launches Historic Tourism Equity Fund That May Serve as Global Model

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Long-term solutions tackling the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in the travel industry, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, have been surfacing over the past eight months since last summer’s global racial protests, albeit at a snail’s pace.
On the other side of the Atlantic, one destination is creating change where it’s least expected: at the top. In a bold move that has startled its tourism industry, which continues to reel from Covid’s impact, South Africa’s government this month opened an $82 million “Tourism Equity Fund” to provide capital through a combination of debt finance, concessional loans and grants to qualifying new or existing tourism and hospitality projects that are at least 51 percent Black South African-owned and controlled. ....

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Airlines Are Picking Routes Based on Family Travel Patterns

Airlines Are Picking Routes Based on Family Travel Patterns
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Although most air travelers were grounded in 2020, those who did fly this year were provided an opportunity to reconnect with their roots, return to ancestral homes, and visit friends and relatives abroad. What started as demand for specially coordinated repatriation flights for those stranded abroad amid the unfurling COVID-19 crisis became the inspiration for lucrative new international routes. Carriers have capitalized on this trend by creating new routes for diaspora populations seeking not only refuge from the pandemic, but also a rekindling of cultural bonds.
One of the most prominent examples? United Airlines. After operating more than 1,300 repatriation flights from 20 countries, the Chicago-based carrier announced in September that it would launch three new nonstop routes in spring of 2021, specifically centered around serving the Af ....

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