Chobe’s rebound exceeds pre-COVID levels
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Beyond the numbers: Odumetse says Chobe’s success is due to its employees and supply chain
Established 40 years ago, Chobe Holdings Limited operates two famous safari brands, Desert & Delta Safaris and Ker & Downey Botswana, as well as providing safari services through its tour operator The Booking Company and integrated air charter operator Safari Air. The iconic lodges and camps spread throughout the tourism heartland in the northwest under the Chobe group include Chobe Game Lodge, Chobe Savanna Lodge, Savute Safari Lodge, Camp Moremi as well as Dinaka, Footsteps, Kanana, Shinde and others.
In 2019 Chobe purchased the Sedia Riverside Hotel in Maun and is currently renovating the hotel to achieve a three star-grading. The group is also involved in the diversification of northern Botswana’s rural economy through its shareholding in Chobe Farms and Chobe Bream.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...