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Quick Takeaways

• In this webinar, Safari Portal shared a sneak peek of Travel Dashboards (the next iteration of the Guest Portal) and welcomed guest hosts Butch and Haley from Imvelo Safari Lodges to highlight their camps, experiences, and community-first approach in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
• Travel Dashboards are designed as a flexible, “blank canvas” space to share proposals, documents, forms, invoices, payments, and more—built to reduce back-and-forth and create a more confident client experience.
• You’ll be able to create a Travel Dashboard at any stage of a File (lead, planning, confirmed), and share it via an open link or a protected link—giving you full control over friction and access.
• Setup includes templates (three options, plus “start from scratch”)—including a “final trip hub” that mirrors today’s Guest Portal workflow with a confirmed Itinerary, vouchers, e-tickets, and pre-departure materials.
• Use one Dashboard to share multiple Itinerary options and Lookbooks before a trip is confirmed, then evolve the same Dashboard as the client decides—swap options, add intake/forms, and layer in next steps as the journey progresses.
• Dashboards support highly customizable sections and layout choices, plus branding controls like welcome messages, backgrounds, and font/color customization so the experience feels like “you.”
• Timeline: Safari Portal is aiming to launch Travel Dashboards in 6–8 weeks (targeting April), while continuing to support existing Guest Portals and allowing new Guest Portal creation for a transition period.
• The mobile app remains compatible—not only with the Guest Portal, but also with Lookbooks, Itineraries, and the upcoming Travel Dashboards.
• Based in Hwange (near Victoria Falls), Imvelo Safari Lodges emphasized experiential safaris and meaningful community engagement, with a circuit of distinct camps including Bomani, Camelthorn (on community land), Jozibanini (remote “mobile-camp feel”), Nehimba (dry-season standout), and the new Tum Tum Treehouse Lodge.
• Signature experiences highlighted included exceptional elephant viewing, the Elephant Express private rail-car safari, expert guided walks, underground “look-up blinds” at waterholes, bush brunch/lunch, mountain biking (even alongside wild dogs), and immersive campfire evenings under the stars.
• Conservation and community impact featured prominently: a community-embedded white rhino reintroduction with sanctuaries rolling out sequentially (1 in 2022, 2 in 2024, 3 opening this year), protected 24/7 by locally trained Cobra Rangers—creating a buffer zone that helps reduce human-wildlife conflict.
• Imvelo broader community work includes school visits and “walk to school” engagements, encouraging guests to buy locally made curios, a large-scale school feeding program, well-building initiatives, medical outreach (Smile and See), and ongoing water-pumping efforts to support wildlife during drought conditions.

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