{"id":47907,"date":"2013-09-02T16:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=47907"},"modified":"2013-09-02T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T14:25:54","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2-september\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 2 September"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhaleTales\"<\/a>Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0The petrol attendants’ strike, threatened to have started today, has been averted for the time being.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The\u00a0World Travel Awards Europe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0winners have been announced: Yorkshire Best Region, Portugal Best Golf destination, Waldorf Astoria Hotel Berlin Best New Hotel, Zurich Airport Best Airport, Lufthansa Best Airline,\u00a0easyJet\u00a0Best Low Cost Airline, and Hilton Leading Hotel group.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The\u00a0harvest in Bordeaux<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>is down by 20% this year, the lowest in just more than twenty years.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Western Cape focus for September as Tourism Month follows the international theme of water, Tourism Minister Alan Winde has announced. \u00a0Mr\u00a0Winde said that ‘the province\u2019s water-themed experiences enhanced its position as one of the country\u2019s most popular destinations. \u00a0The Western Cape is world-renowned for its coastal beauty. We are home to more than 20 of South Africa\u2019s 30 Blue Flag beaches. Water is a popular part of the province\u2019s overall tourism package’. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Minister Winde added: ‘Domestic tourism is the bread and butter of our tourism industry and the Western Cape traditionally welcomes a steady stream of travellers from across the country’. \u00a0<\/em>(via media release from Minister Winde’s office)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Bush weddings are becoming increasingly popular as they are more affordable and offer add-on events for the wedding guests, \u00a0reports Travel News Weekly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SAA will be taking a one hour fueling stop at Dakar from 27 October until April, to the discontent of its passengers, reports Southern African Tourism Update<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0There is no stop on the return New York-Johannesburg flight.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Mango is adding its first international flights, \u00a0between Johannesburg and Zanzibar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0The petrol attendants’ strike, threatened to have started today, has been averted for the time being. * \u00a0 The\u00a0World Travel Awards Europe\u00a0winners have been announced: Yorkshire Best Region, Portugal Best Golf destination, Waldorf Astoria Hotel Berlin Best New Hotel, Zurich Airport Best Airport, Lufthansa Best Airline,\u00a0easyJet\u00a0Best Low Cost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,1918,25,22,21,19],"tags":[769,1317,11950,369,20687,32378,20688,1480,20685,30,20686,16211,20689,1783,20608,3506,759,19856,5,2062,20683,5490,32373,10,365,20681,20682,752,20684],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\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