Brussels Airlines Joins ATA

According to traveldailynews, Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines has joined the Africa Travel Association as a corporate member.
 The airline currently offers flights to 19 African destinations and will add more weekly flights to several existing destinations, including Dakar, Senegal, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yaounde, Cameroon, Cotonou, Benin, Freetown, Sierra Leone and Conakry, Guinea during 2013.
Brussels Airlines will link its Africa network with the US Capital thanks to the new service to Washington launched this spring.

Rezidor to Launch Park Inn by Radisson Dakar

The Rezidor Hotel Group, a member of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has announced that it will open the first Park Inn by Radisson hotel in Senegal. The Park Inn by Radisson Dakar will feature 122 rooms and is scheduled to open in in the fourth quarter of 2014. The new build will enjoy a premium location between Dakar’s International Airport and the city’s main highway. It will be part of Dakar’s exclusive mixed-use development (Cité Tobago), which includes retail and offices. The hotel will feature a restaurant, a bar, a fitness centre, parking and an outdoor swimming pool. The hotel will also have 489 square metres of meeting space, and will ideally complement Rezidor’s existing Radisson Blu hotel, which is located on the seaside of Dakar.