ROYAL African Discoveries,
which is the agent for
Wendy Wu Tours in the
South African market, will
no longer represent the
brand, come January 1.
Wendy Wu’s seat-in-coach
business will take on new
representation in the South
African market. It is not
yet clear who the new GSA
will be. Meanwhile, Royal
African Discoveries will
retain the custom-tailored
business, which will operate
under a new brand –
Discoveries Worldwide.
“During the last few years
we’ve seen an increasing
demand for custom-tailored
programmes and we’ve
now reached a stage
where our custom-tailored
business far exceeds the
scheduled seat-in-coach
group business. In order
to expand this part of the
business and avoid trade
restrictions under the
Wendy Wu Tours brand, we
are launching the brand
Discoveries Worldwide,”
says Johan Groenewald, md
of Royal African Discoveries.
The new brand will still
make use of all the same
suppliers and DMCs across
the various destinations in
Asia in which the Wendy Wu
brand operated, he says.
