Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* International tourist arrivals increased by 4% between January and April this year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer. In the same period international tourism arrivals in our country decreased by 7%, and those to Africa by 6%, largely due to Ebola in the case of the latter, 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 →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Award-winning winemaker Gottfried Mocke of Chamonix is to move to Boekenhoutskloof in September, joining Marc Kent and his team, writes Tim James. Assistant winemaker Thinus Neethling will take over from Mocke.
* Tomorrow the Provincial Regulating Entity will consider verified Uber license applications, which have been supported by the City of Continue reading →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* The price of petrol went up by 44 cents a liter at midnight, the increase being blamed on the weakening Rand, and increased demand for petrol in Europe and Asia, reports EWNews.
* The inaugural Ethiopian Airlines flight landed in Cape Town yesterday, the airline flying between Cape Town and Addis Ababa six Continue reading →