{"id":48928,"date":"2013-09-24T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T14:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=48928"},"modified":"2013-09-24T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T15:10:01","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-24-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-24-september\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 24 September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has downgraded its growth projection for airline passengers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to 5% for the rest of 2013, but does expect a stronger growth in 2014.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The City of Cape Town staff strike has come to a speedy end.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Fish & Chip Company’s<\/strong><\/span><\/a> short-lived advertising campaign with President Zuma as its subject, on which R500000 was spent on media placement before it was withdrawn, generated R20 million in PR coverage in ten days, winning the Metropolitan Republic a Gold Loerie for PR Communication Campaign. Die Antwoord’s video for its song ‘Fatty Boom Boom’ was a surprise Gold winner in the TV and Cinema 90 second+ category.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Swiss airline Edelweiss,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which belongs to Lufthansa, returns to Cape Town from October for the third year, serving the Zurich – Cape Town route, a popular way for German, British and Italian tourists in particular to fly directly to Cape Town.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa’s ‘maverick’<\/em> winemakers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> receive praise from wine-searcher.com<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The next London Wine Fair<\/strong><\/span><\/a> will be held from 2 – 4 June 2014, somewhat later than its normal May dates.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Cape Town will be in rugby fever on Saturday, with the Springboks meeting the Wallabies<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>at Newlands in the first Castle Lager Rugby Championship match. \u00a0No benefit to tourism is noticeable yet!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0The top five destinations of Chinese travelers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are\u00a0Hong Kong,\u00a0Phuket, Taiwan,\u00a0Bangkok, and\u00a0Paris<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Bordeaux is boring<\/strong><\/span><\/a> say fine wine buyers, saying they are unexciting wines relative to unusual top quality wines from Napa valley.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The largest film studio in the world<\/span><\/strong>,<\/a> to be called the Oriental Movie Metropolis, is \u00a0to be built in China, at the cost of more than $8 billion.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: \u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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