Effective March 15, 2022, visitors over 18 years, having received the first two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine including a booster dose after 6 six months since completing the primary series; will be considered fully immunised. Fully immunisation for visitors aged 12 to 18 years, necessitate the completion of only two vaccine doses. All...
Travel Update: South Africa’s Status Moves from Orange to Green for France [09 Mar 2022]
South Africa’s status relating to COVID danger from visitors entering the country has been moved from orange to green. This means fully vaccinated South Africans may travel to France without a test and unvaccinated South Africans can enter with a negative PCR test result done in the 72 hours prior to departure, or a...
Our Outlook for Business Travel in 2022
As we move into 2022, we asked the Thompsons Travel Management Team for their insights into travel this year, plus some helpful tips and advice. What is your outlook for business travel 2022? Sharon: The outlook remains positive, but the recovery remains highly dependent on vaccine roll out border restrictions and a normalization of...
Why Hire a Travel Management Partner
Are you spending hours looking for flights and booking accommodation for your company’s business travellers? Does organising transport or managing travel claims leave you feeling frustrated? If the stress of business travel planning is getting in the way of the regular demands of your job, you need a travel management partner. Whether it is...
7 Smart Ways Tech is Making Solo Travel Safer
Whether stealing a moment between meetings or taking advantage of a few bleisure days at the end of your work trip, business travel often equals solo travel. And if you have ever found yourself nervously wandering around a new destination alone, the good news is that smart technology is making solo travel safer. Here’s how: Stay up-to-date with our Travel...
Celebrating Leadership, Empowerment and Kindness During Women’s Month
As we celebrate Women’s Month across South Africa, we are tremendously proud to acknowledge our incredible all-female leadership team at Thompsons Travel and have done a round table to get their input on what inspires them as women leaders, what motivates them to give of their best, and why they are passionate about being in South...
Alert Level 1: International Travel Opens 1 October 2020
With President Ramaphosa’s announcement this week that South Africa will be moving to Alert Level 1, comes the update that our borders will be reopening to international travel at the beginning of October. International travel includes both business and leisure travel, with some restrictions applied: Travellers will only be able to use one of the land border posts that...
A personal experience of flying under lockdown level 2
As lockdown in South Africa has lifted to Level 2 and domestic travel restrictions have begun to ease, South Africans may now travel between provinces for any reason and no longer need to provide supporting documentation other than all travellers need to complete a health declaration document which can be completed at home, printed out and presented upon arrival at the airport, or it can be done prior to entering the building. Accommodation facilities...
Business Travel in Level 3: Everything you need to know PLUS flying internationally
As lockdown is slowly lifting and travel restrictions begin to ease, we’re shifting gears and looking to embrace a world in which new rigorous hygiene and safety protocols will be the norm. Here’s everything you need to know about travelling in South Africa and abroad during lockdown Level 3: Update 12 June 2020: Limited international...
Duty of Care in the New Normal
Before the outbreak of Covid-19, business travel was essential for many companies. Now, there are strict travel bans in place to protect employees and curb the spread of the virus. With many countries still under some level of social distancing lockdown, nobody knows how long the effects will last, and how our relationship with...