Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* SAA is cancelling its Johannesburg – Beijing flights as of April, its acting CEO Nico Bezuidenhout said at a media briefing. Air China will service the route in a code-share agreement with SAA from May. The number of SAA flights to India has been decreased, and may be cut altogether, being another loss-making route. Changes to the USA route may also be made.
* SAA-owned low-cost domestic airline Mango will decrease its fares with immediate effect, by as much as 25%, due to the lower fuel price.
* SA Tourism is targeting India as its largest source market by 2020. Hanneli Slabber, India Country Head for SA Tourism, said ‘We have substantially increased our marketing spend in India over the years to promote tourism. We are targeting India, which is globally the seventh source market for our country, to become the biggest by 2020, by when we are expecting five lakh travellers. In 2014, we saw a dip in tourist arrivals from India due to problem in visa issuance, which was due to manpower issues. Since then we have taken care of the problem. But the Ebola outbreak was a major setback as most people consider Africa as a country and not a continent. However, we feel that Indian market reacts fast and recovers fast as well. Therefore, we are expecting a double digit growth this year (about 12 per cent)’.
* Controversial Independent Newspapers has announced editor appointments and reshuffled positions. Cape Argus editor Jermaine Craig takes over as brand and editorial executive of the Group. His position will be taken over by Cape Times editor Gasant Abarder, assisted by Yunus Kemp as deputy editor. Abarder’s position will be taken over by Aneez Salie, as new editor of the Cape Times.
* Classic Wine magazine, an excellent quality publication in terms of editorial content and production values, has announced its closure, writing to its subscribers: ‘It is with great regret to inform you that Classic FM has, after much consideration, decided to suspend the print publication Classic Wine until further notice. Classic FM’s commitment and support of the wine industry will continue through the Classic FM radio programme, “Classic Wine” presented by Carrie Adams broadcast on Friday evenings between 18h00 and 19h00. The key elements covered by the Classic Wine magazine will be included in the radio programme going forward complemented by a dedicated Classic Wine website’.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: click here
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