Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh is the Managing Director of Johannesburg-based Now Media which publishes a number of specialist publications including this one.

You can have your burger… but you need to sign a waiver

26 Jan 2024

OPINION: Reality 452 vs Dreamland 0 – tell ANC

15 May 2023

WTM Africa snippets - Combine East and Southern Africa

05 Apr 2023

Late night flights: Turn last travel day into a highlight

07 Mar 2023

TU stats show burgeoning interest from US source market

14 Feb 2022

Oldies rediscover their youth e-Biking around SA

30 Sep 2021

Canadians shrug off COVID to travel to Africa

23 Aug 2021

Salary misery continues

13 Jul 2021

Positive signs on the salary front

17 May 2021

Only 11% of inbound staff on full pay

12 Apr 2021

Salary survey shows first shoots of turnaround

08 Mar 2021

Over one million tourism jobs likely to be lost

20 May 2020

Vaccine results send travel stocks soaring

18 May 2020

“Take just one product and one hotel group: City Lodge consumes 1.4million eggs a year," said Gillian Saunders, exemplifying the impact of tourism as an industry. Pictured: City Lodge Hotel, Newtown, Johannesburg.

Little awareness of tourism’s economic effect, says Saunders

23 Apr 2020

This graph forms part of the 27 slide document TU has seen.

Government to ignore tourism in plan to reopen economy

21 Apr 2020

125th birthday of the gem of Gauteng

Time to toast a father of conservation

24 Feb 2020

Single guests can beat the heat and safari rates in summer

Singles enjoy best game viewing with no supplement if tour ops get smart

24 Oct 2019

At last...

Airlines change rules to make family travel to SA easier

29 Apr 2019

Register for Africa Travel & Safari Show Online to connect with Africa travel products and services.

US delegates most interested in online Africa travel show

11 Feb 2019

Now Media Publisher deconstructs embarrassing Home Affairs UBC regulation fail.

Débâcle might prompt Home Affairs to finally engage with industry

10 Jan 2019

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