A Western Cape trade, tourism, and investment delegation is currently visiting China, led by Premier Helen Zille and Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde. Exports to China from the Western Cape were valued at R2 billion in 2013. The delegation’s goals include doubling Continue reading →
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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 12 September
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Traveling should be easier, and barriers to entry by tourists should be reduced. E-passports have been proposed for 2020, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said when he addressed the e-Tourism Africa Summit in Cape Town earlier this week. ‘We need to address the present outdated system of always having to go to Embassies, filling in forms and standing in queues. In a few years times this will be non-existent’, Van Schalkwyk said. He also highlighted that industry taxes should be regulated, to make travel more viable and accessible.
* Cape Town blogger Kamini Pather wins MasterChef SA Season 2, against tight competition from Leandri van der Wat !
* Travel by young persons has decreased dramatically in the past six years, from 75% in 2007 to 47% currently, to focus on improving their CVs, a study by the World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation has found.
* Col’Cacchio has introduced a Mobi-friendly Loyalty program, offering R20 Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 18 July
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Joanne Gibson has made the shortlist in the International Feature Writer of the Year category, and Michael Fridjhon in the Best Columnist category, of the Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards. Ms Gibson was one of the 20 or so wine writers whose entries for the Franschhoek Literary Festival Wine Writer Award were rejected as not being good enough! (received by Tweet from Joanne Gibson)
* Decanter has published its top 50 The Decanter Power List 2013
* Times Media Limited, publishers of the Sunday Times and The Times, has withdrawn from the South African Press Association (SAPA), a news sharing service, writes The Media Online.
* SAA staff is striking today, but there has been no disruption, with only a small number of staff being absent, the airline says.
* South Africa is on the front cover of Marie Claire world-wide, with the very noble cause of developing budding South African swimmers to get them trained up to Olympic standard by Princess Charlene of Monaco, and fitting to celebrate Mandela Day, a Marie Claire exclusive in its editions worldwide. The princess gave up attending the Dutch enthronement for the shoot in South Africa, to royal criticism. An alternative cover features the princess with swimming stars and Olympic medal winners Ryk Neethling and Chad le Clos. Continue reading →
SA wine exports grow
South African wine exports grew by 17 % in the twelve months ending April 2009, says Wines of South Africa (WOSA), according to a report in the Cape Times.
More than 400 million litres were exported, and sales to the UK grew by 27 %, to Sweden by 26 % and by 12 % in Germany. The export performance is in contrast to that of Australia, which experienced a decline in sales to the UK by 18 %, and by 23 % to the USA.
In the UK South African wines are the fastest growing segment, and command a 10 % market share. In Germany South African wines are the fourth largest sellers, while in Sweden they are the largest. Strong performance is also experienced in Holland and Belgium.
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