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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine industry: 2 December

WhaleTalesTourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   Eskom says that loadshedding may be over for this year, and will be doing further maintenance of power stations over the festive season.  Eskom spokesperson Andrew Etzinger said: ‘Heading into the festive period, we will be doing a lot of maintenance, although the demand for electricity will be lighter as well. All in all, I think on balance we’ll do our best to avoid load shedding but we can’t rule it out unfortunately’.   The public’s use of electricity will determine whether there will be loadshedding this month, he added.

*    The Guala Closures Group is offering a range of liners for its screwcap wine bottle closures.   Its Oenoseal was developed over the past two years, offering various levels of oxygenation, or lack of, depending on the type of wine bottled.  Wine producers can select the best liner for their screwcaps without changing the settings on the bottling lines.

*   Eleven new hotel projects are in the pipeline in Cape Town for the next four years, with  total of just over 2000 rooms Continue reading →

WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 9 October

WhaleTalesTourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   Air France and kulula.com have created a codeshare agreement, allowing passengers to connect with Air France from a number of domestic airports in checking in their luggage, and doing their own one-stop check-ins.  Premium Air France passengers will be able to use the SLOW Lounges at Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg airports.

*   In a bid to protect the rhinos in the Kruger National Park from poaching, it is offering for sale groups of 20 white rhinos or more.   In the past year 1000 rhinos were poached, the rhinos in the Kruger Park being the main target.

*   Michael Bublè is coming back to Cape Town on 19 March, but his concert will be held one night only, and at the Cape Continue reading →