TRAVEL

How Travel Agencies Deploy Strategies to Remain Competitive

With continuous depreciation of the naira, the increasing cost of airfares and stringent conditions on visa protocol by some countries, international travel is facing difficult times in Nigeria. Although Nigeria still records about four million passenger traffic on international destinations every year, industry experts predict that there could be a slow down on passenger traffic […]

Aviation

Bankole: Concession’ll Remove Political Interference from Airports

The Group Managing Director, Finchglow Group, a travel and aviation development company, Mr. Bankole Bernard, in this interview says concession of the airports will attract international funding to upgrade, modernise the facilities as well as remove political interference in the management process. What is your view about concession of airports? Simply explained, an airport concession […]

Bernard Aviation

Travel Agencies Battle to Staying on Top

Competition is rising among major travel agencies in Nigeria. But as operators in the downstream of the aviation sector, not many know about the critical role travel agencies play in connecting people to flights and hospitalities. Statistics indicate that travel and tourism sector in Nigeria contributed about 2.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product […]