Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
*. Durban has been given the go-ahead to bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a potential boost of R11 billion and employment for 11500 forecast. The cost to host the event is estimated at R 6,4 billion. The announcement of the winning bid will be made on Wednesday, and is likely to be awarded to Durban, as the former competitor city Edmonton withdrew earlier this year.
* Volkswagen has announced that it will invest R4,5 billion in the Continue reading →
The Sweet Service Award goes to a taxi service (I did not note its name) based at the airport, which is allowed to tout for business as passengers arrive at Cape Town International. I had planned to use Uber, but had to get the roaming switched off first, and had experienced the problem of where the Uber pick-up point is at an airport when calling Uber in Nice, so was open to be sold the taxi service. I asked whether the service would equal the Uber rate, and he confidently said that he could offer the service for R250, usually charged at R300 or R350! This demonstrates the power Uber has on the taxi industry! Continue reading →
The hospitality industry is a tough (self-inflicted) taskmaster, especially when you have a ‘boss’ as tough as I have, 24/7 duty being the norm!
A gathering of the von Ulmenstein family in Ulm, to explore the origin of our family name and title granted by the then Kaiser Karl the Sixth more than 300 years ago, was the impetus for the journey, to which I have added additional Continue reading →
The Sweet Service Award goes to ABSA Sea Point and its manager Zida Dante, who assisted me in finding information as to the whereabouts of our new credit card, which was due to be replaced, being close to its expiry date of 31 March. Not only did she contact the courier company UTI, but she also called me an hour after speaking to her to check if I had succeeded in tracing my new credit card, going beyond the call of duty! Continue reading →