Qatar Enhances North African Capacity

According to breakingnewstravel, Qatar Airways has announced an increase in capacity between Qatar and North Africa with its flights to Tripoli, Libya, and Casablanca, Morocco going non-stop.
Scheduled services to the Libyan capital Tripoli will be de-linked from the Egyptian city of Alexandria, offering additional seats to both cities. On the same day Casablanca will have direct non-stop services from the airline’s Doha hub.
Currently the route is served via the Tunisian capital of Tunis. With the de-linking and re-introduction of non-stop flights, Qatar Airways is giving passengers travelling to the four North African cities more choice and flexibility when planning their travels.
 Passengers from the Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East can now take advantage of a seamless one-stop connection to Tripoli and Casablanca via Doha.

TAP Expands African Network

According to breakingnewstravel, Portuguese airline TAP is expanding its African operations with the launch of two new routes.
 From October, TAP will introduce flights to Tangier in Morocco and Boa Vista in Cape Verde. TAP will begin offering twice weekly flights to the island of Boa Vista and five flights per week to Tangier, which will join Casablanca and Marrakech as the Moroccan destinations that TAP flies to.
With the opening of this route, and with the planned increase in capacity to Casablanca, the total number of seats TAP will offer each week between Portugal and Morocco will increase by 50%.

BA Boosts African Network

British Airways is increasing its presence in Africa with additional flights to Morocco. In October, the airline will fly to Marrakech 10 times a week and there will be three flights a week to Agadir. 
This complements its 16 other routes in 15 countries across the continent. Other recent schedule increases include three more flights to Johannesburg and double daily direct flights between Cape Town and London during South Africa’s summer peak season. 
In addition to its international network, British Airways’ South African franchise partner Comair operates over 700 domestic and regional departures a week in South and Southern Africa, including the recent addition of Maputo.

Grace Hotels Expands into North Africa

 According to breakingnewstravel, luxury boutique hotel group, Grace Hotels, is expanding into the North Africa region through the acquisition of the Les Terres M’Barka, a property located near the village of Tameslouht, 22 kilometres south-west of Marrakech, Morocco. Grace Marrakech will compromise 18 suites and lofts, a restaurant, bar, library, outdoor heated pool, traditional farm kitchen and fully serviced spa with traditional hammam and whirlpool. Les Terres M’Barka will close in June and after a full refurbishment, it will re-launch as Grace Marrakech in the fourth quarter of the year. Grace Cafayate, situated on a residential and sporting estate with vineyards in north-west Argentina and Grace Panama, a contemporary boutique hotel within the dramatic ‘Twist Tower’ in Panama City, are due to open later this year.