Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
*. Wesgro is inviting investors to capitalize on the depreciation of the Rand in investing in the Western Cape, and to buy exported products from the province. Wesgro CEO Tim Harris said that the province’s skilled workforce would offer investors better value for money. Investors would benefit from the lower costs created by the weaker Rand in setting Continue reading →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Africa now has 100 million Facebook users, still only half of the number of internet users on the continent. The majority of Facebook users access the site via mobile phone. While the growth in Social Media usage in Africa is massive, it is still very costly.
* The Open Book Festival will run at The Fugard Theatre for the second year running, from 17 – 21 September, with authors from 12 countries attending. Local authors will include Wilbur Smith, Zakes Mda, and Zelda la Grange.
* Shock news is the resignation with immediate effect of SA Tourism Chief Marketing Officer Jan Hutton. No reasons are provided, but the suddenness of the resignation is ominous. The industry has expressed its regret about the resignation of this dynamic marketer of our country.
* It’s a bad week for flying in Europe. On Monday a bomb scare at London Luton airport caused the cancellation of all EasyJet Continue reading →
A number of Food and Wine, sport, as well as art and cultural Festivals have been organised for September, and one can attend a festival on almost every day of the month! It appears a shame that so many Festivals overlap throughout the month.
We list some of them, and will update the list during the month:
31 August: Bot River Spring Festival
1 September: Bot River Spring Festival
5 September: ‘Chefs who Share’ gala charity dinner, City Hall, Cape Town/First Thursday Cape Town art galleries open until 21h00 in the city centre.
6 September: Tru-Cape Windgat Festival and Kogelberg Mountain Challenge /Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival/Darling Voorkamerfest Continue reading →