SA Tourism has revealed a ‘five in five’ marketing strategy aimed at increasing tourism numbers to our country by five million in the next five years, four million tourists to be international and one million domestic, reports SA Tourism Update.
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Wed 31 Aug 2016
SA Tourism optimistic about future tourism arrivals!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Tourism news, WhaleTales Blog
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Tue 9 Aug 2016
Chenin Blanc wears the crown of South African white wines!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news, Winelands
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Chenin Blanc is our country’s top-selling white wine, and is also the most widely planted white wine variety in South Africa! More and more Chenin Blanc wines are winning awards. Sales are growing dramatically, reports the Chenin Blanc Association. (more…)
Tue 5 Jul 2016
#starsandbites: a food journey to New York and London!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Blogging news, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, London, New York, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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By the time you read this Blogpost I will have arrived in New York, for what is the most exciting journey I have ever undertaken, focusing on the best restaurants in the Big Apple as well as in London. (more…)
Mon 21 Mar 2016
WOSA calls for international entries for 2016 Sommelier Cup
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Restaurant news, Tourism news, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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Wines of South Africa (WOSA) is inviting entries from wine sommeliers and serving staff in restaurants and hotels in nine countries which are our wine industry growth markets, for its 2016 Sommelier Cup. (more…)
Wed 9 Mar 2016
Blaauwklippen launches trio of Triple Three flavour-infused Gins!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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Last week Blaauwklippen launched its new trio of hand-crafted Triple Three Hand-crafted Premium Gin at La Mouette, at a media and trade event hosted by its Triple Three Estate Distillery. (more…)
Tue 2 Feb 2016
‘There’s always a story in Nederburg’, new labels and TV commercial!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, design, Events, Food news, Paarl, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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Today I attended an interesting Nederburg event held at MOMA Gallery on Buitengracht Street, to create awareness for new labels for the wines in the Nederburg range, as well as a new TV commercial. The new pay-off line for the brand is ‘There’s always a story (more…)
Wed 6 Jan 2016
‘Südafrika: der Kinofilm’ German documentary excellent marketing for South Africa!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Film news, South Africa, Tourism news, V&A Waterfront, WhaleTales Blog
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South Africa can expect a Tourist boom from Germany this year, with another film about our country to be launched in Germany on 25 February. The documentary about our country is called ‘Südafrika: der Kinofilm‘ (South (more…)
Thu 12 Nov 2015
President Zuma visits German Chancellor Angela Merkel!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, South Africa, WhaleTales Blog
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I do not usually write stories about politicians, but the official state visit by our President Zuma to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, his first ever visit to Germany, attracted attention as both leaders are facing tremendous criticism from their countrymen, and both face important elections in 2016. What touched me was the photograph of the two leaders holding hands in support of each other, both going through a torrid time politically, with declining popularity. (more…)
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Visa Regulations don’t just affect Tourism, but property sales too!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Tourism news, WhaleTales Blog
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Not just the Tourism industry, but also the property market in Cape Town is affected by the Visa Regulations! Estate agents on the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl say that the Tourist decline is mirroring a decline in property sales.
Since the introduction of the Visa Regulations the impact has been felt in the property market. Foreign buyers are more likely to buy property when they are in Cape Town. Since April this year Atlantic Seaboard and city (more…)
Wed 30 Sep 2015
International Tourist arrivals drop by 13% in June!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, South Africa, Tourism news, Whale Cottage Portfolio
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The impact of the new Visa regulations on the Tourism industry is making itself felt, with a 13 % decline in international tourist arrivals for the period June 2014 (the month in which the new regulations were implemented) to June this year. (more…)
