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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* Minister of Finance Pravin Ghordan has agreed to relook his ban on the purchase of wines with state funds, announced in Parliament on Wednesday, after he received complaints from WOSA as well as Parliamentarians that entertaining foreign dignitaries without wine is unthinkable!

* The Finalists for the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year 2013, with the theme of non-Bordeaux red blends, have been announced:

+ Christiaan Groenewald of New Cape Wines

+ Mary-Louise Nash of Black Pearl

+ William Wilkinson of Wildekrans Wine Estate

+ Johan Malan of Simonsig

+ Johan Jordaan of Spier

+ David Finlayson of Edgebaston.

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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* While two-thirds of large corporates are involved in Social Media in the USA, only 10% report benefiting from it, using it mainly as a means of marketing their brands to their consumers.

The first international Arctic Circle conference will be held in Reykjavik from Saturday until Monday to discuss climate change, shipping lanes, and economic development.

* The Association for Airline Passenger Rights is hosting its first conference on Air Travel Accessibility later this year, to focus on ways in which the travel by aeroplane by special needs passengers, including ‘Wounded Warriors, passengers with disabilities, passengers of size and senior citizens needing assistance‘ can be improved.

* Travel service suppliers such as airlines are under fire in the UK for charging excessive fees for paying with their credit cards, 2% extra being the maximum charge but in reality far more than this is charged.

* The DA has admitted to erecting the e-tolling billboards: ‘E-tolls. Proudly brought to you by the Continue reading →