Hiring a car when traveling for business or taking a self-drive holiday abroad has been so much less stressful since the ubiquity of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices, and particularly since smartphones included this functionality via apps. However, phones are fallible in many ways, particularly when you’re in an unfamiliar country. Read the full article […]

Businesses booking corporate travel for executives focus on every itinerary detail, from flights to accommodation, dinners to entertainment. But is risk mitigation considered when transfers between events are simply listed on the itinerary as “transfer by taxi” or “self-drive in hired car”, with executives left to their own devices to travel between arrangements, particularly in […]

Tourism UpdateAccording to this year’s forecast by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), an estimated 1.8 billion tourists are expected to travel each year over the next ten years, and Africa has the potential to welcome a substantial number of these tourists, as long as the negative perceptions surrounding the continent change. Read the full article […]

Targeted crime is real in South Africa, says Jared Higgins, CEO of Secure Drive, who notes that there’s been a spate of kidnappings, with victims varying from local and visiting business executives, to children snatched for ransom by diverse perpetrators – ranging from internationally-linked syndicates, to domestic workers. Read the full article on BusinessTech. The […]