The Travel Exchange

The Coronavirus has taken the tourism and hospitality industries by storm. The virus outbreak is now obliterating demand for travel across the entire world and affecting business everywhere. Like everyone else on planet Earth, tourism & hospitality businesses are still in a phase of deeply uncomfortable uncertainty, especially about how long the war might last. A few weeks? A few months? A few quarters? More than a year? In this webinar, we talked about the key challenges, crisis management strategies and solutions that small business owners are using to navigate through these turbulent times.  We were joined by small business owners, Farirai Sanyika, founder of GoPhari Travel; a travel company that offers all-inclusive group trip packages for women to African destinations. Senzelwe & Thobeka Mthembu, co-founders of The Lived Experience Travel; a travel company connecting people through African travel. Pearl Nkosi, co-founder of Traveling Cheapskates, a social enterprise that puts together budget travel packages for in and around South Africa. Ashleigh Mazivisa, founder of Tingu, a platform connecting local hosts to travellers that want to join group trips. Karabo Sepharatla, founder of Camping Khapela, a company providing intimate bespoke butlered Camping and Glamping Experiences Through Africa and Phaka Hlazo, founder of Zulu Nomad, an ecosystem digitally-driven startups, solving challenges for travelers, small business owners and tourism bodies.