{"id":1389,"date":"2009-03-01T00:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T22:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2009-03-01T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T22:02:24","slug":"cape-town-hunts-the-southern-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/cape-town-hunts-the-southern-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town hunts the “southern tiger”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The negative impact that the move of the head offices from Cape Town to Johannesburg of BP and Old Mutual has had on the Cape economy prompted the organisation Accelerate Cape Town to create a Vision 2030 for Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Sharing\u00a0the vision with\u00a0members of the Europa Club this week,\u00a0Accelerate Cape Town CEO Guy Lundy spoke about the 20-year scenario options that had been created for Cape Town.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The current vision places Cape Town in the “Southern Comfort” scenario, focusing on its mountain and beaches and tourism value.\u00a0\u00a0 The desired scenario is called the “Southern Tiger”, which is a high growth senario, that is inclusive of all sectors of the population.<\/p>\n

To do so, Lundy said aggressive marketing of Cape Town is required.\u00a0\u00a0 Social networks across all population sectors are to be developed, to bridge the divide and bring the diversity of Cape Town together, and to create a hub of “sustainable ideas” and creative thinking in Cape Town.\u00a0\u00a0 Lundy said that a better marriage of creativity and hi-tech was also essential for the future growth of Cape Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The negative impact that the move of the head offices from Cape Town to Johannesburg of BP and Old Mutual has had on the Cape economy prompted the organisation Accelerate Cape Town to create a Vision 2030 for Cape Town. Sharing\u00a0the vision with\u00a0members of the Europa Club this week,\u00a0Accelerate Cape Town CEO Guy Lundy spoke […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[921,922,923,32366,920,924,926,925],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t