Earlier this month Cape Town was included in the Telegraph ’20 Places you must visit in 2016‘ list of global destinations, the excellent value for money due to the weak Rand Continue reading →
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Cape Town Tourism launches ‘The Official Guide to Cape Town’ App, a local in one’s pocket!
Cape Town Tourism has launched an App ‘The Official Guide to Cape Town‘, aimed at first-time visitors to Cape Town, described as being like having a local in one’s pocket! The App reflects the tourism body’s strategy to be where tourists are!
The free App for IOS and Android contains locals’ hints and tips of what to see and do whilst in Cape Town, in addition to a list of tools. Continue reading →
‘Platter’s by Diners Club 2015 South Africa Wine Guide’ launched with a number of changes!
The 2015 Platter’s Wine Guide was launched at the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel last night, in a Beaujolais Ferment colour, with a number of changes in terms of its methodology to evaluate the 5 star wines, as well as in the content of the Wine Guide. Out of 6000 wines submitted for evaluation, a total of 50 wines and one brandy received the highly desired 5 star rating. The Platter’s Winery of the Year is Sadie Family Wines, the second time that Eben Sadie has received this accolade. DeMorgenzon Reserve Chardonnay 2013 was named the White Wine of the Year, 
and De Trafford Blueprint Syrah 2012 was named the Red Wine of the Year.
The first Platter’s change is that JP Rossouw has been the new publisher for the past year, looking confident last night, relative to his first more restrained presentation a year ago. It was nice to see former publisher Andrew McDowell Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 13 May
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* A new yacht race between Durban and the Seychelles has been organised, along the lines of the ‘Cape To Cairo’ (sic) race, The New Age obviously meaning the Cape to Rio yacht race! The race will include Mozambique and Swaziland (land-locked), but how the latter country will be involved is uncertain.
* ‘Restaurant Australia’ is a new marketing campaign for Australia, to promote eating at the country’s good restaurants and drinking its good wines whilst on holiday in the country, food for thought for a Western Cape campaign, which could equally have been shot locally. Social Media is strongly incorporated in the campaign, with the hashtag #restaurantaustralia.
* A new airline Fly Blue Crane is applying for an Air Services Licence, belonging to a trio of owners previously working at SAA and SA Express, being Siza Mimela, Theuns Potgieter, and Jerome Simelane. The airline plans to fly between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
* TripAdvisor’s mobile app has been downloaded on Android and iOS 100 million times. The free app is available in 21 Continue reading →